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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-3332899

Shoemaker Family Foundation

A private foundation in Cambridge, NE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 15 grants and $107,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Kristina Witte
304 Nelson Street
Cambridge, NE 69022
(308) 697-3395
Form and materials
Narrative which details the purpose of the expenditure for the amount requested.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Grants will be made only to 501(c)(3) charitable entities or to governmental entities.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $107,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,195,886

  • Tax year 2024

    $92,500

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,197,193

  • Tax year 2023

    $96,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,178,441

  • Tax year 2022

    $101,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,241,590

  • Tax year 2021

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $1,305,340

  • Tax year 2020

    $93,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,173,999

  • Tax year 2019

    $81,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $1,219,828

  • Tax year 2018

    $72,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,039,746

Grants paid in 2025

15 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Economic Development FoundationCambridge, NE

    General support

    $15,000
  2. Nebraska Humanities CouncilLincoln, NE

    General support

    $15,000
  3. Open Sky Policy InstituteLincoln, NE

    General support

    $10,000
  4. Nebraska Journalism TrustOmaha, NE

    Flatwater free press

    $10,000
  5. Nebraska Chamber PlayersLincoln, NE

    Art spirit

    $10,000
  6. Nebraska AppleseedLincoln, NE

    General support

    $10,000
  7. City of CambridgeCambridge, NE

    Main street revival mural

    $5,000
  8. Cambridge Public SchoolsCambridge, NE

    Trap team

    $5,000
  9. Cambridge Public SchoolsCambridge, NE

    Backpack program

    $5,000
  10. Cambridge Public SchoolsCambridge, NE

    Washington, DC trip

    $5,000
  11. Matt Talbot Kitchen and OutreachLincoln, NE

    General support

    $5,000
  12. Friendship Home of LincolnLincoln, NE

    General support

    $5,000
  13. Cambridge Senior Center IncCambridge, NE

    General support

    $3,000
  14. Sma Family and FriendsElk Grove Village, IL

    Families of spinal muscular atrophy

    $3,000
  15. Teammates Mentoring ProgramLincoln, NE

    Support of the cambridge, nebraska program

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Community development1 grant $15,00043% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $10,00029% of the total
  3. Public affairs1 grant $10,00029% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Nebraska14 grants $104,000
  2. Illinois1 grant $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Kristina L WittePRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • J August ShoemakerSECRETARY/DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • William E ShoemakerTREASURER/DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Kathryn A HeitmannVICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • D Charles ShoemakerDIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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