Lienemann Charitable Foundation Inc
Lincoln, NE · EIN 47-6044090. Reported 78 grants totalling $3,562,474 to 45 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. Lienemann Charitable Foundation Inc 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 $12,750. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,953 and $32,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $973,469. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See Attached Schedule | Lincoln, NE | $1,719,428 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $336,250 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Omaha Zoo Foundation | Omaha, NE | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lincoln Children's Zoo | Lincoln, NE | $174,370 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lake Cunningham Development Trust | Omaha, NE | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Estes Park Health Foundation | Estes Park, CO | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lincoln Symphony Orchestra | Lincoln, NE | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Food Fort | Lincoln, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lincoln Community Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lincoln Housing Charities | Lincoln, NE | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Bryan Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Nebraska District of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod | Seward, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boy Scouts of America - Cornhusker Council | Walton, NE | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Valley Church | West Des Moines, IA | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church | Lincoln, NE | $34,739 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Teammates Mentoring Program | Lincoln, NE | $34,739 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friendship Home | Lincoln, NE | $34,738 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Healing Kadi Foundation | Omaha, NE | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tabitha Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Marks United Methodist Church | Lincoln, NE | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| People's City Mission | Lincoln, NE | $19,370 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lincoln Children's Museum | Lincoln, NE | $18,474 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Common Threads Ministry | Lincoln, NE | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Faith Lutheran Church of Golden | Golden, CO | $16,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Brothersbig Sisters Lincoln | Lincoln, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nebraska Childrens Home Society | Lincoln, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Living History Farms | Des Moines, IA | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for People in Need | Lincoln, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Heartland Hope Mission | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lighthouse | Lincoln, NE | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Red Cross | Lincoln, NE | $8,685 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lincoln Police Department | Lincoln, NE | $8,685 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mount Calvary Lutheran Church | Estes Park, CO | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lincoln Parks & Recreation Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Open Door Mission | Omaha, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Harmony | Omaha, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Monica's Home | Lincoln, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fresh Start Inc | Lincoln, NE | $3,474 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pioneer Park Nature Center | Lincoln, NE | $3,474 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| YMCA of Lincoln | Lincoln, NE | $3,474 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| YWCA of Lincoln | Lincoln, NE | $3,474 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Four Paws for Hope | Talmage, NE | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Food Bank of Lincoln Inc | Lincoln, NE | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
27 of 45 (60%) 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 41%, across 2 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.
- University of Nebraska Foundation
UNL STATE MUSEUM - MORRILL HALL PERMANENT PHOTO ARK EXHIBIT - Omaha Zoo Foundation
HENRY DOORLY ZOO SEA LIONS SHORE PROJECT - Lake Cunningham Development Trust
LAKE CUNNINGHAM REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT - Lincoln Children's Zoo
ZOO EXPANSION FOR GIRAFFE HABITAT - Lincoln Symphony Orchestra
REDUCED STUDENT TICKET PROGRAM - The Bryan Foundation
NURSE NAVIGATOR ENDOWMENT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 49 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 34 | $800,738 | $11,750 |
| 2022 | 42 | $1,042,308 | $12,500 |
| 2023 | 1 | $745,959 | $745,959 |
| 2024 | 1 | $973,469 | $973,469 |
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. Lienemann Charitable Foundation Inc has 27 of them, worth $10.7M. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| See Attached Schedule | Lincoln, NE | $3,315,000 |
| See Attached Schedule | Lincoln, NE | $2,982,500 |
| The Bryan Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $1,000,000 |
| The Bryan Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $950,000 |
| Lincoln Children's Zoo | Lincoln, NE | $425,000 |
| Lincoln Children's Zoo | Lincoln, NE | $350,000 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $300,000 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $200,000 |
| Lake Cunningham Development Trust | Omaha, NE | $175,000 |
| Estes Park Health Foundation | Estes Park, CO | $150,000 |
| Omaha Zoo Foundation | Omaha, NE | $125,000 |
| Estes Park Health Foundation | Estes Park, CO | $100,000 |
| Lake Cunningham Development Trust | Omaha, NE | $100,000 |
| Lincoln Symphony Orchestra | Lincoln, NE | $100,000 |
| Lincoln Children's Zoo | Lincoln, NE | $85,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 95% 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 $12,750. 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 Lienemann Charitable Foundation Inc'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: Pobox 81407, Lincoln, NE, 68501. 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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