Funding search · EIN 476025298 · Omaha, NE

The Owen Foundation

Name: The Owen Foundation grants, 2020–2023
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.

94
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2020–2023
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report 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.

Top recipients

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

Boys & Girls Club of Omaha3 grants · $907,500
Heart Ministry Center4 grants · $260,000
Aksarben Foundation4 grants · $119,350
Opera Omaha3 grants · $110,000
University of Nebraska Foundation4 grants · $104,000
Lpif Foundation1 grant · $100,000
Holy Name School2 grants · $55,000
Vita Nova Maternity Community1 grant · $50,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation3 grants · $45,000
Friends of Nebraska Parks3 grants · $42,500

Giving over time

$344,650

2020

$224,900

2021

$904,405

2022

$552,600

2023

Grant history

All 94 reported grants, largest first.

$800,000
Boys & Girls Club of Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2022
Charitable
$135,000
Heart Ministry Center · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
Lpif Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$100,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$60,000
Boys & Girls Club of Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$50,000
Holy Name School · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Vita Nova Maternity Community · Papillion, NE · 2023
Charitable
$50,000
Heart Ministry Center · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$50,000
Heart Ministry Center · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$50,000
Opera Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$47,500
Boys & Girls Club of Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$33,250
Aksarben Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$31,350
Aksarben Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022
Charitable
$30,000
Opera Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$30,000
Opera Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2022
Charitable
$28,000
Aksarben Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$26,750
Aksarben Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$25,000
Heart Ministry Center · Omaha, NE · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Pace Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2022
Charitable
$25,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$15,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Ross Leaders · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$15,000
Friends of Nebraska Parks · Omaha, NE · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Friends of Nebraska Parks · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$15,000
St Margaret Mary Church · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$12,500
Friends of Nebraska Parks · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$12,500
St Margaret Mary Church · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$10,000
St Margaret Mary Church · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
United Way of the Midlands · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$10,000
Film Streams · Omaha, NE · 2022
Charitable
$10,000
The Jet Award Foundation and Trust · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$10,000
United Way of the Midlands · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$9,250
Omaha Symphony · Omaha, NE · 2022
Charitable
$8,000
Boy Scouts of America · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$5,250
Creighton Prep High School · Omaha, NE · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · San Diego, CA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Creighton Prep High School · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Makr Group · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Omaha Community Playhouse · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
The Jet Award Foundation and Trust · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · San Diego, CA · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Omaha Performing Arts Society · Omaha, NE · 2022
Charitable
$5,000
Boy Scouts of America · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$5,000
Joslyn Art Museum · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$5,000
Lauritzen Gardens · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$5,000
Omaha Zoo Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$5,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$5,000
Holy Name School · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$5,000
Jdrf Omaha-Council Bluffs Chapter · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$4,500
Boys and Girls Club of Siouxland · Sioux City, IA · 2020
Charitable
$4,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$2,500
St Margaret Mary Church · Omaha, NE · 2022
Charitable
$2,500
App Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2021
Charitable
$2,500
Minnesouri Club Scholarship Program · Missions Hills, KS · 2020
Charitable
$2,000
The Als Association · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$1,500
Completely Kids Guild · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
The Als Association · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$1,500
Boy Scouts of America · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$1,500
Lauritzen Gardens · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$1,500
Northstar Foundation - Camp Northstar · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$1,350
Omaha Symphony · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$1,200
Omaha Symphony · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$1,050
Nebraska State Fair · Grand Island, NE · 2020
Charitable
$1,000
Bensen Theatre · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Bluestem Robotics Incorporated · Clinton, WI · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Lauritzen Gardens · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation · Waverly, NE · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
The Bay Fka Rabble Mill · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Wahoo Ministerial Committee · Wahoo, NE · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Wahoo Ministerial Committee · Wahoo, NE · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Westside Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022
Charitable
$1,000
Marian High School · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$1,000
Saunders County Food Pantry · Wahoo, NE · 2021
Charitable
$1,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2020
Charitable
$1,000
Junior Achievement of the Midlands · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$1,000
Madonna School and Community Based Services · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$750
Nebraska State Fair · Grand Island, NE · 2021
Charitable
$700
Heartland Family Service Student League · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$600
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · San Diego, CA · 2020
Charitable
$555
Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation · Waverly, NE · 2022
Charitable
$550
Waverly Chamber of Commerce · Waverly, IA · 2020
Charitable
$500
Corporal Daegan Page Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022
Charitable
$500
McMillan Magnet School · Omaha, NE · 2022
Charitable
$500
American Veterans Mc of Nebraska · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$500
Metro Community College Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2021
Charitable
$500
Omaha Latino Peace Officers Association · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$500
Wahoo Elementary Pto · Wahoo, NE · 2021
Charitable
$500
City of Carter Lake · Carter Lake, IA · 2020
Charitable
$500
Omaha Latino Peace Officers Association · Omaha, NE · 2020
Charitable
$250
Sioux Center Chamber of Commerce · Sioux Center, IA · 2021
Charitable
$200
Corporal Daegan Page Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2021
Charitable
$-12,500
Council Bluffs Schools Foundation · Council Bluffs, IA · 2022
Charitable
$-50,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022
Charitable

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 grant size

Enterprise Holdings Foundation30,880 grants · $360.4M
State Employees Credit Union Foundation7,131 grants · $63.0M
Seattle Foundation14,012 grants · $457.3M

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 one

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.