Funding search · EIN 911805591 · Lincoln, NE

D F Dillon Foundation

Name: D F Dillon Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

433
grants reported: $27.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

capital improvements

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

University of Nebraska Foundation13 grants · $4.8M
Regis University5 grants · $1.1M
Doane College4 grants · $950,000
Southeast Community College Foundat2 grants · $800,000
Pius X Foundation5 grants · $800,000
Creighton University4 grants · $787,000
Nebraska State Historical Foundatio9 grants · $721,215
Cato Institute4 grants · $650,000
Nebraska Wesleyan University4 grants · $650,000
Blessed Sacrament School4 grants · $644,000

Giving over time

$6.5M

2022

$5.9M

2023

$6.5M

2024

$8.1M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 433 grants.

$1.0M
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital improvements
$1.0M
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Capital improvements
$500,000
Doane College · Crete, NE · 2025
Program
$500,000
Pius X Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital improvements
$500,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$500,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program
$500,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program
$500,000
Bryan Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Capital improvements
$500,000
Southeast Community College Foundat · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Capital improvements
$500,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$475,000
National Arbor Day Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital improvements
$300,000
Regis University · Denver, CO · 2025
Program
$300,000
Doane College · Crete, NE · 2024
Program
$300,000
Malone Center · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital improvements
$300,000
Regis University · Denver, CO · 2024
Program
$300,000
Southeast Community College Foundat · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program
$250,000
Audubon Nebraska · Denton, NE · 2025
Capital improvements
$250,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
Program
$250,000
Lincoln City Library Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital improvements
$250,000
Lincoln Parks and Recreation Founda · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital improvements
$250,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital improvements
$250,000
Audubon Nebraska · Denton, NE · 2023
Capital improvements
$250,000
Cedars Home for Children · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Capital improvements
$250,000
Nebraska Wesleyan University · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Capital improvements
$250,000
Regis University · Denver, CO · 2022
Program
$235,000
Roncalli Catholic High School · Omaha, NE · 2022
Capital improvements
$225,450
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$225,000
Creighton University · Omaha, NE · 2024
Program
$215,000
Creighton University · Omaha, NE · 2025
Program
$200,000
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2025
Capital improvements
$200,000
Nebraska Wesleyan University · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital improvements
$200,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Program
$200,000
Cultural Centers of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program
$200,000
Nebraska Public Media Foundation in · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital improvements
$200,000
Nebraska State Historical Foundatio · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital improvements
$200,000
Nebraska State Historical Foundatio · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Capital improvements
$180,000
Blessed Sacrament School · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Capital improvements
$176,000
Blessed Sacrament School · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital improvements
$175,000
Bellevue University · Bellevue, NE · 2025
Program
$175,000
Women'S Care Center · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital improvements
$175,000
Creighton University · Omaha, NE · 2023
Program
$175,000
Roncalli Catholic High School · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital improvements
$175,000
St Teresa'S School · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Capital improvements
$172,000
Creighton University · Omaha, NE · 2022
Program
$150,000
St Teresa'S School · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital improvements
$150,000
Bellevue University · Bellevue, NE · 2024
Program
$150,000
Community Action Partnership · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program
$150,000
Regis University · Denver, CO · 2023
Program
$150,000
Pius X Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Capital improvements
$150,000
St Teresa'S School · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Capital improvements
$145,500
Blessed Sacrament School · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital improvements
$144,000
Roncalli Catholic High School · Omaha, NE · 2024
Capital improvements
$142,500
Blessed Sacrament School · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Capital improvements
$125,000
St Thomas Aquinas Church · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Capital improvements
$100,000
Community Action Partnership · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$100,000
Teammates · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$100,000
Cedars Home for Children · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital improvements
$100,000
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2024
Capital improvements
$100,000
Community Action Partnership · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program
$100,000
Nebraska State Historical Foundatio · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital improvements
$100,000
Nebraska Wesleyan University · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program
$100,000
St Teresa'S School · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program
$100,000
Teammates · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program
$100,000
Bellevue University · Bellevue, NE · 2023
Program
$100,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Program
$100,000
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2023
Capital improvements
$100,000
Doane College · Crete, NE · 2023
Program
$100,000
Madonna School · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital improvements
$100,000
Nebraska State Historical Foundatio · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program
$100,000
Nebraska Wesleyan University · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program
$100,000
Regis University · Denver, CO · 2023
Program
$100,000
St Mary Catholic Church · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Capital improvements
$100,000
Teammates · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program
$100,000
Audubon Nebraska · Denton, NE · 2022
Program
$100,000
Bellevue University · Bellevue, NE · 2022
Program
$100,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Program
$100,000
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation · Williamsburg, VA · 2022
Capital improvements
$100,000
Community Action Partnership · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Capital improvements
$100,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$100,000
Wayne State Foundation · Wayne, NE · 2022
Program
$90,000
St Elizabeth Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program
$85,000
Family Service Association of Linco · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$75,000
Brady Public Schools · Brady, NE · 2025
Capital improvements
$75,000
St Elizabeth Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$69,000
St James School · Crete, NE · 2022
Capital improvements
$68,525
St Agnes Academy Foundation · Alliance, NE · 2022
Program
$66,000
Roncalli Catholic High School · Omaha, NE · 2025
Program
$65,350
St Thomas Aquinas Church · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital improvements
$65,000
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat Ho · Waverly, NE · 2025
Capital improvements
$64,000
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat Ho · Waverly, NE · 2024
Program
$62,000
Friendship Home of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$62,000
Friendship Home of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program
$62,000
Friendship Home of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Capital improvements
$62,000
Friendship Home of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program
$61,000
Lincoln Literacy · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program
$60,000
Madonna School · Omaha, NE · 2025
Program
$60,000
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat Ho · Waverly, NE · 2023
Program
$60,000
St Thomas Aquinas Church · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Capital improvements
$60,000
Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat Ho · Waverly, NE · 2022
Capital improvements
$60,000
St Thomas Aquinas Church · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Capital improvements

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.