Funding search · EIN 471116371 · Omaha, NE

Walter Scott Family Foundation

Name: Walter Scott Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

187
grants reported: $292.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

generation next campaign capital advancing communities scholarships award

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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.

Where the money goes

Capital campaigns for Omaha cultural, education, and human service institutions
Scholarships and capital at Nebraska community colleges
University of Nebraska Foundation research, scholarships, program support
Children and youth services: Project Harmony, Child Saving Institute, Children's Hospital
Small infrastructure grants to rural Nebraska cities under 'Advancing NE Communities'
Small 'Next Generation' gifts, often out of state and modest

Typical grant

Median grant is $100,000, but the distribution is extreme: the top half runs from roughly $1 million to $51 million while the bottom quarter sits at $10,000 or less. The eight-figure checks go to Omaha bricks-and-mortar projects like the Downtown Riverfront Trust, OPAS Foundation, and Joslyn Art Museum, plus the family's own Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation. Small gifts of $5,000 to $50,000 scatter widely and look like family-directed giving; repeat funding is clear for Joslyn, University of Nebraska Foundation, Central Community College, and the affiliated Scott foundation.

Positioning adjacent work

Connect to 'CAPITAL CAMPAIGN' framing: they fund buildings and facilities far more than operating research budgets.
Route Nebraska research through the University of Nebraska Foundation, which took $10M in 2023 and $1.7M in 2024.
Ask small first outside Omaha. Non-Nebraska science grants like Keck Observatory and CSU STRATA landed at $39K to $250K.
Pair a training or student pipeline component and label it 'NEXT GENERATION' and 'SCHOLARSHIPS'.

Worth knowing: This is heavily an Omaha foundation: 106 of 138 recipients are Nebraska, and a handful of Omaha institutions plus the affiliated Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation absorb most of the dollars. The out-of-state small grants, including several Southampton NY fire and ambulance gifts and items tagged 'BOB SINGER', read as relationship-driven rather than open to unsolicited approach. CAAMPAIGN. AMPAIGN. Correction: language patterns are listed in the language_patterns field.",

Top recipients

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

Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation3 grants · $93.8M
Downtown Riverfront Trust2 grants · $45.1M
Opas Foundation1 grant · $15.1M
Omaha Zoo Foundation2 grants · $13.0M
University of Nebraska Foundation3 grants · $11.9M
Joslyn Art Museum2 grants · $11.0M
Brownell Talbot School2 grants · $10.0M
Omaha Discovery Trust2 grants · $8.0M
Mental Health Innovation Foundation1 grant · $6.0M
Community Alliance2 grants · $6.0M

Giving over time

$101.0M

2022

$145.6M

2023

$46.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 187 grants.

$51.6M
Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
General operating support
$40.6M
Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022
Omaha award & general operating support
$25.1M
Downtown Riverfront Trust · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$20.0M
Downtown Riverfront Trust · Omaha, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$15.1M
Opas Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$10.5M
Omaha Zoo Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$10.0M
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$9.0M
Brownell Talbot School · Omaha, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$8.0M
Joslyn Art Museum · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$6.0M
Mental Health Innovation Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$5.0M
Omaha Discovery Trust · Omaha, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$5.0M
Community Information Trust · Omaha, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$4.0M
David Foster Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Program support
$3.0M
Community Alliance · Omaha, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$3.0M
Radius · Omaha, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$3.0M
Yanney Heritage Park Foundation · Kearney, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$3.0M
Omaha Discovery Trust · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$3.0M
Hastings College Foundation · Hastings, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$3.0M
Joslyn Art Museum · Omaha, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$3.0M
Community Alliance · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$3.0M
Child Saving Institute · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$2.5M
Westside Community Schools Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$2.5M
Omaha Zoo Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$2.5M
The Salvation Army · Omaha, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$2.0M
Omaha Symphony Association · Omaha, NE · 2023
General operating support
$2.0M
Project Harmony · Omaha, NE · 2024
Program support
$2.0M
Omaha Multi-Sport Complex Dba Nebraska Multisport Complex · Omaha, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$2.0M
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Capital campaign
$1.7M
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Next generation, program support, and scholarships
$1.6M
Children'S Hospital & Medical Center Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024
Capital campaign and next generation
$1.5M
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum · Ashland, NE · 2024
General operating support
$1.5M
Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024
Omaha award
$1.4M
Omaha Community Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024
Program support
$1.2M
Meca Tri-Park Llc · Omaha, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$1.1M
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum · Ashland, NE · 2022
General operating support
$1.1M
Central Community College Foundation · Hastings, NE · 2023
Capital campaign & scholarships
$1.0M
Southeast Community College Educational Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Capital campaign and scholarships
$1.0M
Lake Cunningham Development Trust · Omaha, NE · 2022
Next generation & capital campaign
$1.0M
Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$1.0M
Lake Cunningham Development Trust · Omaha, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$1.0M
Singer Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2024
General operating support
$1.0M
Brownell Talbot School · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$1.0M
Lake Cunningham Development Trust · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$1.0M
Singer Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
General operating support
$1.0M
Singer Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2022
General operating support
$998,475
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum · Ashland, NE · 2023
General operating support
$996,769
Habitat for Humanity of Omaha · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$996,769
Metropolitan Entertainment & Convention Authority (Dba Meca) · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$950,000
Omaha Performing Arts Society · Omaha, NE · 2022
Program support
$820,000
Children'S Hospital & Medical Center Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$750,000
Omaha Community Playhouse · Omaha, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$750,000
Northstar Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
Next generation & capital campaign
$687,973
Southeast Community College Educational Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Scholarships
$577,315
Central Community College Foundation · Hastings, NE · 2024
Scholarships
$575,000
Share Good · Omaha, NE · 2023
General operating support
$568,342
Northeast Community College Foundation · Norfolk, NE · 2024
Scholarships
$530,000
Metropolitan Community College Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign and scholarships
$500,000
Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands · Omaha, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$500,000
Charles E Lakin Human Services Campus Foundation · Council Bluffs, IA · 2024
Program support
$500,000
Share Good · Omaha, NE · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
11th Street Enterprises · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$500,000
Alaska Raptor Center · Sitka, AK · 2023
Capital campaign
$500,000
Ignite Pathways · Woodbine, IA · 2023
Capital campaign
$500,000
Museum of Nebraska Art · Kearney, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$500,000
Omaha Symphony Association · Omaha, NE · 2023
General operating support
$500,000
Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum · Ashland, NE · 2023
General operating support
$500,000
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Capital campaign
$500,000
Omaha Symphony Association · Omaha, NE · 2022
General operating support
$500,000
The Rabbit Hole Kc · North Kansas City, MO · 2022
Capital campaign
$500,000
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Capital campaign
$500,000
Wm Keck Observatory · Kamuela, HI · 2022
Program support
$400,000
Alaska Raptor Center · Sitka, AK · 2022
Capital campaign
$320,000
Project Harmony · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$250,000
Garfield County Frontier Fair Association · Burwell, NE · 2024
Capital campaign
$250,000
Kaneko · Omaha, NE · 2024
General operating support
$250,000
Wm Keck Observatory · Kamuela, HI · 2024
Program support
$250,000
The Durham Museum · Omaha, NE · 2023
Capital campaign
$250,000
Wm Keck Observatory · Kamuela, HI · 2023
Program support
$250,000
Friends of Keene Memorial Library · Fremont, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$250,000
Offutt Community Development Corporation · Omaha, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$200,000
Nebraska Methodist Hospital Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
Next generation
$200,000
Omaha Zoological Society · Omaha, NE · 2022
Program support
$175,000
Lincoln Community Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$158,000
University of Nebraska Foundation · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Next generation & scholarships
$150,000
Blue Valley Educational Foundation · Overland Park, KS · 2022
Capital campaign
$150,000
Michigan Maritime Museum · South Haven, MI · 2022
Capital campaign
$150,000
Nebraska Philanthropic Trust · Omaha, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$150,000
Sunshine Acres Childrens Home · Mesa, AZ · 2022
Next generation
$138,000
Seal Family Foundation · Carlsbad, CA · 2023
Event & next generation
$125,000
Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons · East Hampton, NY · 2024
Bob singer
$105,000
Seal Family Foundation · Carlsbad, CA · 2024
Program support
$100,000
City of Bassett · Bassett, NE · 2024
Advancing ne communities
$100,000
City of McCook · McCook, NE · 2024
Advancing ne communities
$100,000
City of North Platte · North Platte, NE · 2024
Advancing ne communities
$100,000
City of Wood River · Wood River, NE · 2024
Advancing ne communities
$100,000
Police Athletics for Community Engagement · Omaha, NE · 2024
Program support
$100,000
Omaha Parks Foundation · Omaha, NE · 2023
Next generation
$100,000
South Tongass Volunteer Fire Department · Ketchikan, AK · 2022
Capital campaign
$100,000
The Durham Museum · Omaha, NE · 2022
Capital campaign
$100,000
Visiting Nurse Association · Omaha, NE · 2022
Program support

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