Funding search · EIN 476026897 · Lincoln, NE
Rogers 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.
- 149
- grants reported
- $2.4M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $15,000
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Lincoln Children'S Zoo4 grants · $145,000
- Food Bank of Lincoln4 grants · $140,000
- Community Action Partnership4 grants · $100,000
- Lincoln Baseball Association4 grants · $95,000
- Lincoln Children'S Museum4 grants · $85,000
- Unl Foundation - Unl State Museum3 grants · $76,000
- Bryan Foundation3 grants · $75,000
- Tabitha Foundation2 grants · $75,000
- Nebraska Children & Families Fdtn4 grants · $65,000
- Cedars Home of Children Foundation2 grants · $60,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 149 grants.
- $50,000
Lincoln Children'S Zoo · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable purpose
- $50,000
Lincoln Children'S Zoo · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable purpose
- $40,000
Food Bank of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable purpose
- $40,000
Tabitha Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $40,000
Food Bank of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable purpose
- $40,000
Food Bank of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Charitable purpose
- $38,000
Fresh Start · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $35,000
Tabitha Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $30,000
Community Action Partnership · Lincon, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $30,000
Lincoln Children'S Museum · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable purpose
- $30,000
Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor Ministrie · Ashland, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $30,000
Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor Ministrie · Ashland, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $30,000
Cedars Home of Children Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable purpose
- $30,000
Cedars Home of Children Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Charitable purpose
- $30,000
Lincoln Children'S Zoo · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Charitable purpose
- $26,000
Unl Foundation - Unl State Museum · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $25,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $25,000
Foundation for Lincoln Public Schoo · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $25,000
Lincoln Baseball Association · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $25,000
Bryan Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $25,000
Lincoln Baseball Association · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $25,000
Nebraska Children & Families Fdtn · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $25,000
Unl Foundation - Unl State Museum · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $25,000
Bryan Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $25,000
Community Action Partnership · Lincon, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $25,000
Unl Foundation - Unl State Museum · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $25,000
Bryan Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Charitable
- $25,000
Community Action Partnership · Lincon, NE · 2022
Charitable
- $25,000
Lincoln Baseball Association · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Charitable
- $25,000
Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor · Ashland, NE · 2022
Charitable
- $25,000
Unl Fdn - Rogers Vft · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Charitable
- $25,000
Unl Foundation - Big Red Satellite · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Charitable
- $20,000
Bravebe Child Advocacy Center · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $20,000
Center Pointe · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable purpose
- $20,000
Children'S Nebraska Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $20,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Fdn · Omaha, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $20,000
Junior Achievement of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $20,000
Nebraska Children & Families Fdtn · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $20,000
Children'S Nebraska Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $20,000
Community Action Partnership · Lincon, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $20,000
Crohn'S & Colitis Fdn · Omaha, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $20,000
Food Bank of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable purpose
- $20,000
Girl Scouts Spirit of Ne · Omaha, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $20,000
Lincoln Children'S Museum · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable purpose
- $20,000
Rabble Mill · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $20,000
Crohn'S & Coilitis Fdn · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable purpose
- $20,000
Foundtaion for Lps · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $20,000
Lincoln Baseball Association · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $20,000
Lincoln Children'S Museum · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable purpose
- $20,000
Madonna Fdn · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable purpose
- $20,000
Minden Gun Club · Minden, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $20,000
City Impact · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Charitable
- $20,000
Girl Scouts Spirit · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Charitable purpose
- $20,000
Madonna Fdn · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Charitable purpose
- $18,000
Lux Center for the Arts · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $18,000
Fresh Start · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $17,500
Children'S Hospital & Medical Cente · Omaha, NE · 2022
Charitable
- $17,000
Lighthouse · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $15,000
Angels Among US · Omaha, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $15,000
Bright Lights · Lincon, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $15,000
Clinic With a Heart · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $15,000
Friendship Home · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $15,000
Good Neighbor Community Center · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $15,000
Lincoln Literacy · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $15,000
Bright Lights · Lincon, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $15,000
Friendship Home · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $15,000
Junior Achievement of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $15,000
Make-a-Wish Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable purpose
- $15,000
Minden Opera House · Minden, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $15,000
Bright Lights · Lincon, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $15,000
Lincoln Children'S Zoo · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable purpose
- $15,000
Make-a-Wish Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable purpose
- $15,000
St Elizabeth Foundation · Licnoln, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $15,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Charitable
- $15,000
Bright Lights · Lincon, NE · 2022
Charitable
- $15,000
Foundtaion for Lps · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Charitable
- $15,000
Lincoln Children'S Museum · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Charitable purpose
- $15,000
The Goodneighbor Community Center · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Charitable
- $12,500
Friendship Home of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Charitable purpose
- $12,000
Milkworks · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $12,000
Junior Achievement · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $11,000
Rabble Mill · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $10,000
Casa for Lancaster County · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable purpose
- $10,000
Hero - Veteran Suicide Golf Outing · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2025
Charitable
- $10,000
Hetra - Heartland Equine Therapeuti · Gretna, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $10,000
Lincoln Municipal Band · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable purpose
- $10,000
Lincoln'S Symphony Orchestra · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $10,000
Nebraska State Historical Society F · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Charitable
- $10,000
Bravebe Child Advocacy Center · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Casa for Lancaster County · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable purpose
- $10,000
Lincoln Literacy · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Lincoln Municipal Band · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable purpose
- $10,000
Lux Center for the Arts · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Milkworks · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Unl Foundation - International Quil · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Charitable
- $10,000
Alzheimer'S Association · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $10,000
Angels Among US · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable purpose
- $10,000
Audubon - Spring Creek Prairie · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Charitable
- $10,000
Boyscout of Americal Cornhusker · Walton, NE · 2023
Charitable
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