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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-0719195

James M Cox Foundation

A private foundation in Eagan, MN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 18 grants and $121,000 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
Norman Otto James M Cox Foundation
1500 Kingston Road
Lincoln, NE 68506
(402) 488-1951
Form and materials
Application forms are available upon request.
Deadlines
April 1st
Restrictions
Amount of the scholarship is $1,000 and awarded to high school seniors attending college or trade school. Applicants must be in the eastern third of nebraska.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $121,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $2,125,918

  • Tax year 2024

    $110,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $1,936,798

  • Tax year 2023

    $108,560

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,964,718

  • Tax year 2022

    $106,700

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $2,025,559

  • Tax year 2021

    $90,775

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $1,629,130

  • Tax year 2020

    $111,331

    Grants listed
    26
    Assets, end of year
    $1,551,576

Grants paid in 2025

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Scholarship

    $26,000
  2. Individual

    Scholarship

    $17,000
  3. Individual

    Scholarship

    $16,000
  4. Individual

    Scholarship

    $8,000
  5. Individual

    Scholarship

    $8,000
  6. Individual

    Scholarship

    $6,000
  7. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  8. Hamilton Community FoundationHamilton, OH

    General operating

    $5,000
  9. Individual

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  10. Out of PovertyLevittown, PA

    General operating

    $5,000
  11. Individual

    Scholarship

    $4,000
  12. Individual

    Scholarship

    $4,000
  13. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  14. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  15. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  16. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  17. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  18. Individual

    Scholarship

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Human services1 grant $5,00050% of the total
  2. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $5,00050% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio1 grant $5,000
  2. Pennsylvania1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • US Bank N ATRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $34,593

The return

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