The Rod Rhoden Foundation
Omaha, NE · EIN 45-4081296. Reported 83 grants totalling $4,604,175 to 43 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. The Rod Rhoden 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $600,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $2,070,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Foundation of Western Iowa | Council Bluffs, IA | $1,600,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pottawattamie County Community Foundation | Council Bluffs, IA | $350,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Omaha Community Foundation | Omaha, NE | $260,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Responders Foundation | Omaha, NE | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omaha Street School | Omaha, NE | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Merrymakers Association | Omaha, NE | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Platte Institute | Omaha, NE | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sienna Francis House | Omaha, NE | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Vincent De Paul Society | Omaha, NE | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jet Award Foundation | Omaha, NE | $14,600 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Topeka, KS | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Omaha, NE | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Greater Omaha | Omaha, NE | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dyslexia Foundation | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Offutt Airman's Attic | Bellevue, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Omaha Police Foundation | Omaha, NE | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tunnel to Towers Foundation | Staten Island, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation | Sarasota, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Van Wezel Museum Foundation | Sarasota, FL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Iowa Western Foundation | Council Bluffs, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mills County YMCA | Glenwood, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation - Justin Lake Scholarship Fund | Sioux Falls, SD | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| All Faiths Food Bank | Sarasota, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Judicial Watch | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Iowa Western Community College | Council Bluffs, IA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Harmony | Omaha, NE | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Junior Achievement | Omaha, NE | $1,375 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Omaha, NE | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Omaha, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Square | Council Bluffs, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| CO2 Coalition | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Florida Sheriffs Youth Camp | Boys Ranch, FL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Goodfellows | Omaha, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Inclusive Communities | Omaha, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jennie Edmundson Foundation | Council Bluffs, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nebraska Humane Society | Omaha, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Open Door Mission | Omaha, NE | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Safe Children Coalition | Sarasota, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue | Omaha, NE | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Toys for Tots | Triangle, VA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| St Luke's Czech Catholic Shrine | Brainard, NE | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
20 of 43 (47%) 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 65%, 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 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.
- Community Foundation of Western Iowa
TO SERVE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY, IOWA.TO SERVE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY, IOWA. - Pottawattamie County Community Foundation
TO SERVE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY, IOWA. - Omaha Community Foundation
TO IMPROVE, PRESERVE, STRENGTHEN NEIGHBORHOODS AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITY IN THE OMAHA COMMUNITY - First Responders Foundation
TO FUND COMMUNITY SAFETY PROGRAMS & PROJECTS - Merrymakers Association
TO PROVIDE LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES TO SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES - Omaha Street School
TO ASSIST WITH STUDENTS' EDUCATIONAL COSTS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 45 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | $885,125 | $2,500 |
| 2022 | 24 | $1,208,000 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 23 | $1,219,050 | $4,600 |
| 2024 | 22 | $1,292,000 | $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. 57% 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 $2,500. 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 The Rod Rhoden Foundation'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: 4111 South 144TH Street, Omaha, NE, 68137. 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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