Anne Thorne Weaver Family
Omaha, NE · EIN 36-3918676. Reported 97 grants totalling $2,329,627 to 46 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Anne Thorne Weaver Family did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $2,627 and the largest $180,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvation Army | Omaha, NE | $420,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $185,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | Des Moines, IA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Dynamo | Naples, FL | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Spirit Lake Youth Athletics | Spirit Lake, IA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Willa Cather Foundation | Red Cloud, NE | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Cassel Foundation | Omaha, NE | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dickinson County Trail Board | Spirit Lake, IA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mercy Ships | Lindale, TX | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nebraska Humane Society | Omaha, NE | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Frank's Orphaned and Injured Wildlife | Lake Park, IA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Visiting Nurse Association | Omaha, NE | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Indian Medical Scholarship Fund | Omaha, NE | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dickinson County Hunger Coalition | Spirit Lake, IA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Emmet County Animal Shelter | Estherville, IA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cherish Center | Milford, IA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Mesa, AZ | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of Northwest Iowa | Milford, IA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ican Informed Consent Action Network | Austin, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Operation Smile | Virginia Beach, VA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Westside Community Schools Foundation | Omaha, NE | $39,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Morning Star Lutheran Church | Omaha, NE | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bethany Lutheran Church | Elkhorn, NE | $32,627 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | Nashville, TN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kearney Area Animal Shelter | Kearney, NE | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Albans Episcopal Church | Spirit Lake, IA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Camp Foster YMCA | Spirit Lake, IA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Paws With a Cause | Wayland, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Harmony | Omaha, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shayla Bee Fund | Spencer, IA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Animal Nations | Sacramento, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arnold's Park Amusemnt Park Restore the Park | Arnolds Park, IA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good News Church | Okoboji, IA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lakes Area Dog Park | Spirit Lake, IA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trinity Cathedral | Omaha, NE | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Upper Des Moines Opportunity Inc | Graettinger, IA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wounded Warriors | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Creighton University | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Farm Rescue | Horace, ND | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Jude Hospital | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Behind the Badge Foundation | Redmond, WA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mission 22 | Sisters, OR | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tunnels to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Flatwater Folk Art Museum | Brownville, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | Canyon Lake, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Morning Star Preschool & Childcare | Omaha, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
23 of 46 (50%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 68%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 57 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | $240,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 25 | $663,627 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 27 | $713,000 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 27 | $713,000 | $20,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 42% of this one's giving went to organizations in Nebraska. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Nebraska.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Anne Thorne Weaver Family's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1301 S 75TH Street 200, Omaha, NE, 68124. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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