Funding search · EIN 476022547 · Fremont, NE

Lester a Walker Foundation

Name: Lester a Walker 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.

70
grants reported: $623,701
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,000
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

current scholarship

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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.

Fremont Area Community Foundat4 grants · $401,427
St James Episcopal Church4 grants · $34,949
Midland University4 grants · $25,090
Aid To Adoption of Special Kids4 grants · $17,841
Arizona Community Foundation4 grants · $17,840
Hospice of the Valley4 grants · $17,840
Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding4 grants · $17,824
Nebr Indep College Fund4 grants · $10,036
United Negro College Fund4 grants · $10,036
Fremont Area Habitat for Humanity3 grants · $8,500

Giving over time

$167,002

2022

$152,091

2023

$147,386

2024

$157,222

2025

Grant history

All 70 reported grants, largest first.

$107,609
Fremont Area Community Foundat · Fremont, NE · 2022
Current operations
$101,190
Fremont Area Community Foundat · Fremont, NE · 2025
Current operations
$97,772
Fremont Area Community Foundat · Fremont, NE · 2023
Current operations
$94,856
Fremont Area Community Foundat · Fremont, NE · 2024
Current operations
$10,783
St James Episcopal Church · Fremont, NE · 2024
Current operations
$9,832
St James Episcopal Church · Fremont, NE · 2025
Current operations
$7,444
St James Episcopal Church · Fremont, NE · 2023
Current operations
$6,890
St James Episcopal Church · Fremont, NE · 2022
Current operations
$6,726
Midland University · Fremont, NE · 2022
Scholarship fund
$6,324
Midland University · Fremont, NE · 2025
Scholarship fund
$6,112
Midland University · Fremont, NE · 2023
Scholarship fund
$5,928
Midland University · Fremont, NE · 2024
Scholarship fund
$5,000
Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding · Gretna, NE · 2025
Current operations
$5,000
Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding · Gretna, NE · 2024
Current operations
$4,783
Aid To Adoption of Special Kids · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Current operations
$4,782
Arizona Community Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Current operations
$4,782
Hospice of the Valley · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Current operations
$4,728
Rebuilding Together Greater Fremont · Fremont, NE · 2023
Current operations
$4,497
Aid To Adoption of Special Kids · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Current operations
$4,497
Arizona Community Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Current operations
$4,497
Hospice of the Valley · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Current operations
$4,345
Aid To Adoption of Special Kids · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Current operations
$4,345
Arizona Community Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Current operations
$4,345
Hospice of the Valley · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Current operations
$4,216
Aid To Adoption of Special Kids · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Current operations
$4,216
Arizona Community Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Current operations
$4,216
Hospice of the Valley · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Current operations
$4,035
McCook Lester Walker Fndt · McCook, NE · 2022
Current operations
$4,000
Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding · Gretna, NE · 2023
Current operations
$4,000
Roots To Wings · Arlington, NE · 2022
Current operations
$3,824
Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding · Gretna, NE · 2022
Current operations
$3,795
McCook Community Hospital Foundatio · McCook, NE · 2025
Current operations
$3,666
McCook Lester Walker Fndt · McCook, NE · 2023
Current operations
$3,557
McCook Community Hospital Foundatio · McCook, NE · 2024
Current operations
$3,000
Nebraska State Historical Society · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Current operations
$3,000
Rebuilding Together · Fremont, NE · 2025
Current operations
$3,000
Fremont Area Habitat for Humanity · Fremont, NE · 2024
Current operations
$3,000
Fremont Area Habitat for Humanity · Fremont, NE · 2023
Current operations
$3,000
Dodge County Historical Society · Fremont, NE · 2022
Current operations
$2,690
Nebr Indep College Fund · Omaha, NE · 2022
Scholarship fund
$2,690
United Negro College Fund · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Scholarship fund
$2,530
Nebr Indep College Fund · Omaha, NE · 2025
Scholarship fund
$2,530
United Negro College Fund · Fairfax, VA · 2025
Scholarship fund
$2,500
Fremont Area Habitat for Humanity · Fremont, NE · 2022
Current operations
$2,445
Nebr Indep College Fund · Omaha, NE · 2023
Scholarship fund
$2,445
United Negro College Fund · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Scholarship fund
$2,371
Nebr Indep College Fund · Omaha, NE · 2024
Scholarship fund
$2,371
United Negro College Fund · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Scholarship fund
$2,000
Bishop Neuman Central High School · Wahoo, NE · 2025
Current operations
$2,000
Fremont Area Art Association · Fremont, NE · 2023
Current operations
$2,000
Roots To Wings · Arlington, NE · 2023
Current operations
$2,000
Fremont Family Ymca · Fremont, NE · 2022
Current operations
$2,000
Rebuilding Together Greater Fremont · Fremont, NE · 2022
Current operations
$1,500
Roots To Wings · Arlington, NE · 2024
Current operations
$1,346
Dodge Co 4-H Foundation · Fremont, NE · 2022
Current operations
$1,345
Planned Parenthood · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Current operations
$1,265
Dodge Co 4-H Foundation · Fremont, NE · 2025
Current operations
$1,265
Planned Parenthood · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Current operations
$1,222
Dodge Co 4-H Foundation · Fremont, NE · 2023
Current operations
$1,222
Planned Parenthood · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Current operations
$1,186
Dodge Co 4-H Foundation · Fremont, NE · 2024
Current operations
$1,186
Planned Parenthood · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Current operations
$1,000
Catz Angels Care Llc · Fremont, NE · 2025
Current operations
$1,000
Fremont Area Veterans Coalition · Fremont, NE · 2025
Current operations
$1,000
Catz Angels Care Llc · Fremont, NE · 2024
Current operations
$1,000
Dodge Co 4-H Council · Fremont, NE · 2024
Current operations
$1,000
Fremont Area Veterans Coalition · Fremont, NE · 2024
Current operations
$1,000
Catz Angels Care Llc · Fremont, NE · 2023
Current operations
$1,000
Catz Angels Care Llc · Fremont, NE · 2022
Current operations
$1,000
Fremont Area Veterans Coalition · Fremont, NE · 2022
Current operations

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