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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “luminarium”
Where the money went
Largest: $250,000 to OMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST — to provide three years of general operating support for kiewit luminarium.
Largest: $100,000 to KIEWIT LUMINARIUM — field trip program
Iowa West FoundationCouncil Bluffs, IA
3 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to OMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST — stem programming at kiewit luminarium
Largest: $600,000 to OMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST (DBA KIEWIT LUMINARIUM) — community spaces
Largest: $1.1M to OMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST — kiewit luminarium
Nebraska Community FoundationLincoln, NECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $500,000 · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to OMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST — kiewit discovery center-luminarium yr 5 of 5
Largest: $200,000 to OMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST DBA KIEWIT LUMINARIUM — general operating support
Simple FoundationOmaha, NECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $154,615 · through 2023Largest: $154,615 to KIEWIT LUMINARIUM — programing and internships
Largest: $75,000 to KIEWIT LUMINARIUM — support science education
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to KIEWIT LUMINARIUM — quality education
Largest: $20,000 to Kiewit Luminarium — to further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
Largest: $25,000 to OMAHA DISCOVERY TRUST — kiewit luminarium
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →