Cope Ron & Carol Foundation Trust
Kearney, NE · EIN 36-3693227. Reported 77 grants totalling $2,999,214 to 52 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. Cope Ron & Carol Foundation Trust 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 $24,240. Half of everything it gave fell between $8,500 and $50,000; the smallest was $3,000 and the largest $298,435. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Kearney, NE | $520,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Advocacy Network | Kearney, NE | $450,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation | Kearney, NE | $206,716 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Harmon Sonotorium Restoration Commi | Kearney, NE | $178,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kearney Family YMCA | Kearney, NE | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rowe Sanctuary | Gibbon, NE | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Buffalo County Historical Society | Kearney, NE | $145,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kearney Jubilee Center | Kearney, NE | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Prince of Peace Catholic Church | Kearney, NE | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kearney Public Schools | Kearney, NE | $72,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Elm Creek Fire Department | Elm Creek, NE | $64,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kearney Area Communty Foundation | Kearney, NE | $59,435 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crossroads Mission Avenue | Kearney, NE | $58,829 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hot Meals USA | Kearney, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kearney Catholic Foundatoin | Kearney, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Merryman Performing Arts Center | Kearney, NE | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mosaic Axtell | Axtell, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kearney Partnership | Kearney, NE | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nebraska Journalism Trust | Omaha, NE | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mosaic | Axtell, NE | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ravenna Area Vision Fund | Ravenna, NE | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kearney Area Animal Shelter | Kearney, NE | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kearney Noon Rotary | Kearney, NE | $25,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Three Trails Draft Horse Show | Kearney, NE | $25,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kearney Community Sustainable Housg | Kearney, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kearney Rescue Cats | Kearney, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Theater | Kearney, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Master Trauma Foundation | Elkhorn, NE | $24,240 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Buffalo County Community Health Par | Kearney, NE | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kearney Catholic Foundation | Kearney, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Little Eagles Learning Center | Overton, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kearney Area Community Foundation | Kearney, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement | Kearney, NE | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Childrens Nebraska Foundation | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crane River Theater | Kearney, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friend Historical Society | Friend, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kearney Housing Development Corp | Kearney, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rowe Sancturary | Gibbon, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Reunion | Lincoln, NE | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kearney Symphony Orchestra | Kearney, NE | $7,580 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Classic Car Collection | Kearney, NE | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kearney Area Symphony Orchestra | Kearney, NE | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| East Lawn Trailer and Food Pantry | Kearney, NE | $7,314 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Helpcare Clinic | Kearney, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kearney Woman's Club | Kearney, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Make-a-Wish Greater Nebraska | Kearney, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Elm Creek High School | Elm Creek, NE | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kearney Area Arts Council | Kearney, NE | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kearney Creates | Kearney, NE | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make a Wish Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Axtell Oratorio Society | Axtell, NE | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Help Care Clinic | Kearney, NE | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
15 of 52 (29%) 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 35%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Rowe Sanctuary
CAPITAL EXPANSION PROJECT - Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation
EMERGENCY ROOM ADDITION & MANIKIN - Harmon Sonotorium Restoration Commi
RESTORE HARMON PARK SONOTORIUM - Crossroads Mission Avenue
FURNITURE FOR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING - Kearney Catholic Foundatoin
1/5 OF OUTDOOR FACILITIES PROJECT - Kearney Public Schools
CHOIR RISERS AND CLAVINOVAS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 36 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 | $664,213 | $27,500 |
| 2022 | 22 | $800,001 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 17 | $760,000 | $24,000 |
| 2024 | 20 | $775,000 | $30,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Cope Ron & Carol Foundation Trust has 33 of them, worth $3,852,901. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Kearney, NE | $716,565 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Kearney, NE | $600,000 |
| Kearney Catholic Foundation | Kearney, NE | $400,000 |
| Kearney Catholic Foundation | Kearney, NE | $350,000 |
| Kearney Partnership | Kearney, NE | $200,000 |
| Family Advocacy Network | Kearney, NE | $162,965 |
| Kearney Partnership | Kearney, NE | $160,000 |
| Family Advocacy Network | Kearney, NE | $150,000 |
| Prince of Piece Catholic Church | Kearney, NE | $150,000 |
| Prince of Piece Catholic Church | Kearney, NE | $100,000 |
| Harmon Sonotorium Restoration Commi | Kearney, NE | $100,000 |
| Harmon Sonotorium Restoration Commi | Kearney, NE | $100,000 |
| Kearney Area Community Foundation | Kearney, NE | $90,565 |
| Harmon Sonotorium Restoration Commi | Kearney, NE | $50,000 |
| Kearney Community Sustainable Housi | Kearney, NE | $50,000 |
Where its money goes
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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 $24,240. 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 Cope Ron & Carol Foundation Trust'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: Po Box 1775, Kearney, NE, 68848. 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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