Funding search · EIN 476199355 · Big Springs, NE
Lois E Riss Trust
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 80
- grants reported
- $289,314
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $3,659
- 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
Full IRS filings ↗How this is builtReport an error
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.
Sign in to analyze this funder’s giving pattern. Free in early access.
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Jared Ehmke3 grants · $11,383
- Mariah Koenen3 grants · $11,382
- Kerstin Brown3 grants · $11,010
- Lauryn Stanley3 grants · $11,010
- Jate Saults3 grants · $11,010
- Ethan Reichman3 grants · $11,009
- Emma Schneider3 grants · $9,701
- Autumn Dickmander2 grants · $8,092
- Caitlin Koenen2 grants · $8,092
- Kristie Hill2 grants · $8,092
Giving over time
Grant history
All 80 reported grants, largest first.
- $4,433
Autumn Dickmander · Brule, NE · 2022
Scholarship
- $4,433
Caitlin Koenen · Sedgwick, CO · 2022
Scholarship
- $4,433
Caroline Stanley · Big Springs, NE · 2022
Scholarship
- $4,433
Cooper Riechman · Chappell, NE · 2022
Scholarship
- $4,433
Emma Schneider · Chadron, NE · 2022
Scholarship
- $4,433
Haylee Sitzman · Chappell, NE · 2022
Scholarship
- $4,433
Heelin Lee · Casper, WY · 2022
Scholarship
- $4,433
Jared Ehmke · Julesburg, CO · 2022
Scholarship
- $4,433
Jay Goddard · Julesburg, CO · 2022
Scholarship
- $4,433
Kaleb Fowler · Julesburg, CO · 2022
Scholarship
- $4,433
Kristie Hill · Big Springs, NE · 2022
Scholarship
- $4,433
Mariah Koenen · Chappell, NE · 2022
Scholarship
- $4,433
Megan Lindsay · Julesburg, CO · 2022
Scholarship
- $4,433
Paige Graham · Julesburg, CO · 2022
Scholarship
- $4,433
Ryan Cheleen · Chappell, NE · 2022
Scholarship
- $4,433
Samuael Grabowski · Chappell, NE · 2022
Scholarship
- $4,061
Alexxa Fletcher · Chappell, NE · 2025
Scholarship
- $4,061
Andrew Welch · Julesburg, CO · 2025
Scholarship
- $4,061
Avery Hayward · Big Springs, NE · 2025
Scholarship
- $4,061
Emily Fowler · Julesburg, CO · 2025
Scholarship
- $4,061
Jate Saults · Big Springs, NE · 2025
Scholarship
- $4,061
Jordyn Strasser · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Scholarship
- $4,061
Kaden W Harens · Julesburg, CO · 2025
Scholarship
- $4,061
Lauryn Stanley · Big Springs, NE · 2025
Scholarship
- $4,061
Rafe Buettenback · Julesburg, CO · 2025
Scholarship
- $4,060
Avery Belle Goddard · Julesburg, CO · 2025
Scholarship
- $4,060
Chaelin Polk · Chappell, NE · 2025
Scholarship
- $4,060
Dashle Richards · Brule, NE · 2025
Scholarship
- $4,060
Ethan Reichman · Chappell, NE · 2025
Scholarship
- $4,060
Haily Koenen · Chappell, NE · 2025
Scholarship
- $4,060
Kerstin Brown · Big Springs, NE · 2025
Scholarship
- $4,060
Kierra Mane Ehnes · Julesburg, CO · 2025
Scholarship
- $4,060
Madison Cheleen · Chappell, NE · 2025
Scholarship
- $3,659
Allison Lofton · Lodgepole, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Autumn Dickmander · Brule, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Brittany Hensley · Big Springs, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Caitlin Koenen · Sedgwick, CO · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Caitlyn Mueller · Sidney, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Colton Moorhead · Brule, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Elijah Schmid · Oshkosh, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Emma Schneider · Chadron, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Ethan Reichman · Chappell, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Grace Timm · Chappell, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Jared Ehmke · Julesburg, CO · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Jate Saults · Big Springs, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Kayla Ann Collins · Chappell, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Kerstin Brown · Big Springs, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Kristie Hill · Big Springs, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Lauryn Stanley · Big Springs, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Lee Heelin · Riverton, WY · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Mariah Koenen · Chappell, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,659
Rylee Estrada · Brule, NE · 2023
Scholarship
- $3,291
Allison Lofton · Lodgepole, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,291
Andrew Welch · Julesburg, CO · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,291
Bree Johnson · Laramie, WY · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,291
Brittany Hensley · Big Springs, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,291
Elijah Schmid · Oshkosh, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,291
Emily Fowler · Julesburg, CO · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,291
Haily Koenen · Chappell, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,291
Jared Ehmke · Julesburg, CO · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,291
Kerstin Brown · Big Springs, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,291
Kierra Mane Ehnes · Julesburg, CO · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,291
Riley Adams · Big Springs, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,290
Chaelin Polk · Chappell, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,290
Emily Marin · Chappell, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,290
Ethan Reichman · Chappell, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,290
Garrett Harms · Brule, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,290
Grace Timm · Chappell, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,290
Jate Saults · Big Springs, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,290
Jordan Bocock · Crete, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,290
Kayla Ann Collins · Chappell, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,290
Lauryn Stanley · Big Springs, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,290
Mariah Koenen · Chappell, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $3,290
Rafe Buettenback · Julesburg, CO · 2024
Scholarship
- $2,070
Jordyn Koenen · Chappell, NE · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,972
Aleah Blochowitz · Julesburg, CO · 2025
Scholarship
- $1,738
Megan Lindsay · Julesburg, CO · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,738
Sadie Ingram · Julesburg, CO · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,609
Emma Schneider · Chadron, NE · 2024
Scholarship
- $-1,682
Elijah Schmid · Oshkosh, NE · 2025
Scholarship Returned
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- The Sherwood Foundation2,686 grants · $978.4M
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation1,530 grants · $3.56B
- The Nebraska Medical Center137 grants · $1.25B
Similar purposes
- National Collegiate Athletic Association2,481 grants · $2.09B
- Good Ventures Foundation1,830 grants · $1.32B
- UCLA Foundation276 grants · $1.75B
Similar grant size
- Enterprise Holdings Foundation30,880 grants · $360.4M
- State Employees Credit Union Foundation7,131 grants · $63.0M
- Publix Super Markets Charities6,333 grants · $108.7M
Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.
Search funders like this oneSource: 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.