Funding search · EIN 237352686 · Omaha, NE

Lauritzen Foundation

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

102
grants reported
$20.0M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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  • Lauritzen Gardens3 grants · $5.0M
  • Omaha Performing Arts3 grants · $3.0M
  • National Audubon Society3 grants · $1.9M
  • Museum of Nebraska Art1 grant · $1.0M
  • Princeton University - Brl Professorship Fund1 grant · $1.0M
  • Joslyn Art Museum - Evolve Project3 grants · $900,000
  • Ducks Unlimited - Conservation for a Continent1 grant · $800,000
  • Westside Community Schools Impacting Excellence2 grants · $800,000
  • Behavioral Health and Wellness Cemter2 grants · $720,000
  • Omaha Central Library2 grants · $666,666

Giving over time

$5.7M
2022
$6.6M
2023
$7.7M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 102 grants.

  • $2.1M

    Lauritzen Gardens · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $1.6M

    Lauritzen Gardens · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $1.3M

    Lauritzen Gardens · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $1.2M

    Omaha Performing Arts · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $1.2M

    Omaha Performing Arts · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $1.0M

    Princeton University - Brl Professorship Fund · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $1.0M

    Museum of Nebraska Art · Kearney, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $800,000

    Ducks Unlimited - Conservation for a Continent · Grand Island, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $625,000

    National Audubon Society · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $625,000

    National Audubon Society · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $625,000

    National Audubon Society · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $600,000

    Omaha Performing Arts · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $500,000

    Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $400,000

    Westside Community Schools Impacting Excellence · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $400,000

    Westside Community Schools Impacting Excellence · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $400,000

    Creighton University Collaborative Care Complex · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $360,000

    Behavioral Health and Wellness Cemter · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $360,000

    Behavioral Health and Wellness Cemter · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $333,333

    Omaha Central Library · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $333,333

    Omaha Central Library · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $300,000

    Joslyn Art Museum - Evolve Project · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $300,000

    Fontenelle Forest · Bellevue, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $300,000

    Joslyn Art Museum - Evolve Project · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $300,000

    Joslyn Art Museum - Evolve Project · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $200,000

    Brownell Talbot School · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $200,000

    Kiewit Discovery Center · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $200,000

    Kiewit Discovery Center · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $200,000

    Kiewit Discovery Center · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $200,000

    Nps Foundation · Monterey, CA · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $191,667

    Trinity Cathedral · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $166,667

    Trinity Cathedral · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $75,000

    Alexandria Junior Golf Foundation · Alexandria, MN · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $75,000

    Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $75,000

    Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $70,000

    Omaha Conservatory of Music · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $67,000

    Westside Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $56,000

    Aksarben Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $55,000

    Westside Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Gallery 1516 · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Gallery 1516 · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Tyler'S House Kc · Mission, KS · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $50,000

    Trinity Cathedral · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $35,000

    United Way of the Midlands · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $33,250

    Aksarben Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $32,250

    Learning for All · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $30,000

    Westside Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $28,250

    Aksarben Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Kansas School of Classical Ballet · Overland Park, KS · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Nelson Atkins Museum · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    St Andrews Episcopal Church - Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    American Heart Association · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Harvesters - the Community Food Network · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Kansas School of Classical Ballet · Overland Park, KS · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Nebraska Community Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Nelson Atkins Museum · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    St Andrews Episcopal Church - Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    St Pauls Lutheran Early Childhood Center · Council Bluffs, IA · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Fontenelle Forest · Bellevue, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Harvesters - the Community Food Network · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Kansas School of Classical Ballet · Overland Park, KS · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    Nelson Atkins Museum · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $25,000

    St Andrews Episcopal Church - Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Opera Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Danish American Heritage Society · Elk Horn, IA · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Boys and Girls Clubs of the Midlands - On the Road · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Kicks for a Cure · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $20,000

    Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Memorial · Papillion, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Legacy of the Lakes Museum · Alexandria, MN · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Legacy of the Lakes Museum · Alexandria, MN · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Omaha Symphony Guild · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Legacy of the Lakes Museum · Alexandria, MN · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $15,000

    Omaha Conservatory of Music · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $14,748

    Westside Middle School · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    American Lung Association · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Boy Scouts - Mid America Council · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Morning Star Lutheran Church · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Boy Scouts - Mid America Council · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Brownell Talbot School · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Kicks for a Cure · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Minnesouri Scholarship Foundation · Leawood, KS · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Partners for Livable Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    United Way of the Midlands · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    100 Black Men of Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Brownell Talbot School · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Film Streams · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Minnesouri Scholarship Foundation · Leawood, KS · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Omaha Public Schools Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    United Way of the Midlands · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $10,000

    Willa Cather Foundation · Red Cloud, NE · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Partners for Livable Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Seal Family Foundaton · Carlsbad, CA · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Semester at Sea · Fort Collins, CO · 2024

    General exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Seal Family Foundaton · Carlsbad, CA · 2023

    General exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Harvard Business School · Boston, MA · 2022

    General exempt purpose

  • $5,000

    Seal Family Foundaton · Carlsbad, CA · 2022

    General exempt purpose

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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.