Bernard K and Norma F Heuermann Foundation
Omaha, NE · EIN 47-0748466. Reported 92 grants totalling $1,545,351 to 45 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. 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. Bernard K and Norma F Heuermann Foundation 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,500 and $10,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $270,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Christian School | Central City, NE | $390,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hamilton Community Foundation Inc | Aurora, NE | $388,101 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aurora Housing Development Corp | Aurora, NE | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $83,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hastings College Foundation | Hastings, NE | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | Lincoln, NE | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cambridge Memorial Hospital | Cambrdige, NE | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hamilton County Historical Society | Aurora, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hamilton County Recreation Inc | Aurora, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edgerton Education Foundation | Aurora, NE | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nebraska Public Media Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Masonic-Eastern Star Home for Children | Fremont, NE | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shriners Hospital for Children | Minneapolis, MN | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Nebraska Masonic Home | Plattsmouth, NE | $18,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics of Nebraska Inc | Omaha, NE | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Epworth Village | York, NE | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Heartland United Way | Aurora, NE | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Phillips United Methodist Church | Phillips, NE | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Village of Marquette | Marquette, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arc of Nebraska Inc | Lincoln, NE | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Annie Jeffrey | Osceola, NE | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hampton Public Schools Foundation | Hampton, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Memorial Foundation Inc | Aurora, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nebraska for Public Television | Lincoln, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Red Cross | Grand Island, NE | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Farnam Economic Development Corp | Farnam, NE | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hamilton County Ag Society | Aurora, NE | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Aurora Humane Society | Aurora, NE | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hamilton County Youth Center | Aurora, NE | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Phillips Rural Fire Protection Districtphillips | Phillips, NE | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hastings Scottish Rite Foundation | Hastings, NE | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Beaver Valley Senior Center | St Edward, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bremer Community Center | Aurora, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chadron Community Hospital | Chadron, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Creek Valley Schools | Chappell, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fullerton's Future Inc | Fullerton, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nebraska 4-H Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $5,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rock County Senior Center | Bassett, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Table of Grace Mobile Food Pantry | Sidney, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cattlemen's Ball of Ne Inc | Kearney, NE | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Shrine Bowl of Nebraska Inc | Lincoln, NE | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America Council | Grand Island, NE | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Willa Cather Foundation | Red Cloud, NE | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Mark Thallander Foundation | South Pasadena, CA | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
28 of 45 (62%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 74%, across 2 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Nebraska Christian School
TO FUND THE FOLLOWING: CONSTRUCTION FUND $250,000 AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS $20,000. - Hamilton Community Foundation Inc
TO FUND THE FOLLOWING: DONOR ADVISED FUND $33,250; NEBRASKA WESLEYAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND $60,000; GO BIG GIVE PROJECT - $3,000 TO AURORA HUMANE SOCEITY, $5,000 TO HAMILTON COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC., $8,000 TO HAMILTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY; $5,000 TO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, INC. AURORA NE, $2,500 TO NEBRASKA 4-H FOUNDATION, $15,000 TO PHILLIPS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, $4,000 TO SOAR OF AURORA; $20,000 TO NEBRASKA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF CENTRAL CITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. - Aurora Housing Development Corp
TO FUND THE RURAL WORKFORCE HOUSING INVESTMENT FUND. - University of Nebraska Foundation
TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE FOLLOWING: CENTER FOR PLANT SCIENCE INNOVATION FUND $25,000; LEAD AGRICULTURE LEADERSHIP FUND $2,000; AGRICULTURE TERRORISM REFERENCE PROJECT $2,000. - Nebraska Wesleyan University
TO FUND THE ARCHWAY FUND. - Hastings College Foundation
TO SUPPORT THE 1882 FUND OF THE ORGANIZATION.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 42 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $521,101 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 27 | $578,250 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 34 | $446,000 | $5,000 |
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. 99% 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 $5,000. 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 Bernard K and Norma F Heuermann Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Union Bk-Custodian 14400 Branch St, Omaha, NE, 68154. 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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