Funding search · EIN 470762310 · Lincoln, NE

Pegler Family 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.

87
grants reported
$2.2M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • University of Nebraska Foundation2 grants · $615,000
  • Lincoln Youth Football League4 grants · $234,865
  • Lincoln Childrens Zoo4 grants · $225,500
  • Food Bank of Lincoln4 grants · $210,000
  • Cedars Home for Children Foundation1 grant · $107,000
  • Lighthouse2 grants · $95,000
  • Westside Foundation4 grants · $84,000
  • Northstar Foundation4 grants · $53,000
  • Garland Volunteer Fire & Rescue1 grant · $50,000
  • Centerpointe1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$355,650
2022
$406,615
2023
$432,300
2024
$967,250
2025

Grant history

All 87 reported grants, largest first.

  • $600,000

    University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $155,000

    Lincoln Youth Football League · Lincoln, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $107,000

    Cedars Home for Children Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $100,000

    Lincoln Childrens Zoo · Lincoln, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $90,000

    Food Bank of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $80,000

    Food Bank of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $52,500

    Lighthouse · Lincoln, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Lincoln Childrens Zoo · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Garland Volunteer Fire & Rescue · Garland, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Lincoln Childrens Zoo · Lincoln, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Centerpointe · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $42,500

    Lighthouse · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $40,000

    Bravebe Child Advocacy Center · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $40,000

    Thomas S Watson Supporting Foundation · Overland Park, KS · 2024

    General operations

  • $40,000

    Lincolnlancaster County Child Advocacy Center · Lincoln, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $40,000

    Child Advocacy Center · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $32,500

    Lighthouse Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $28,000

    Lincoln Youth Football League · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $28,000

    Westside Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $28,000

    Northstar Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $26,865

    Lincoln Youth Football League · Lincoln, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $26,000

    Westside Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,500

    Lincoln Childrens Zoo · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Westside Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Community Action Partnership · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Lincoln Youth Football League · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Food Bank of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Food Bank of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $15,500

    Silver Hawks Booster Club · Lincoln, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Rudge Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2025

    General operations

  • $15,000

    Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center · Denton, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $15,000

    University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $12,000

    Silver Hawks Booster Club · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Emeralds Booster Club · Lincoln, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Northstar Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Ronald McDonald House Charities in Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Northstar Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Rudge Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    The Watson Youth Golf Foundation · Overland Park, KS · 2024

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Downtown Riverfront Trust · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Rudge Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2023

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Downtown Riverfront Trust · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Pediatric Cancer Action Network · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $10,000

    Ronald McDonald House Charities · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,250

    Pga Reach Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Pga Reach Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Angels Among US · Omaha, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Syracuse Area Health Foundation · Syracuse, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Fire Ridge Elementary School · Elkhorn, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Northstar Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $5,000

    Westside Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $4,000

    Emeralds Booster Club · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $4,000

    Silver Hawks Booster Club · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $4,000

    Fire Ridge Elementary · Elkhorn, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $3,000

    Brownell-Talbot School · Omaha, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $3,000

    The Aubri Brown Club · Raymond, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $3,000

    University of Nebraska Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $2,600

    Omaha Public Schools Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $2,500

    Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General operations

  • $2,500

    Lighthouse Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $2,500

    Project Kindle · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $1,500

    Woods Tennis and Educational Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $1,250

    Blue Jays for Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2025

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Raymond Central Communities Foundation · Raymond, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Silver Hawks Booster Club · Lincoln, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Woods Tennis and Educational Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Hudson Advocates · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $1,000

    50 Mile March Foundation · Papillion, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Emeralds Booster Club · Lincoln, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $1,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters · Grand Island, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $750

    Tabitha Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $500

    Hudson Advocates · Lincoln, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $500

    Red Barn Schoolhouse · Crescent, IA · 2025

    General operations

  • $500

    Junior Achievement of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $500

    Hudson Advocates · Lincoln, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $500

    Hudson Advocates · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $500

    Lincoln Young Life · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $300

    Paul Adams Elementary Parent Teacher Organization · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $300

    Adams Pto · Lincoln, NE · 2022

    General operations

  • $250

    Foodbankfortheheartland · Omaha, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $250

    Lincoln Gold · Lincoln, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $250

    Operation Warm · Glen Mills, PA · 2025

    General operations

  • $250

    Tabitha Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2025

    General operations

  • $250

    Tabitha Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024

    General operations

  • $250

    American Cancer Society · Omaha, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $250

    Pga Reach Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023

    General operations

  • $250

    American Cancer Society · Omaha, NE · 2022

    General operations

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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.