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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-0812219

Ja Woollam Foundation

A private foundation in Lincoln, NE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $238,376 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

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $238,376

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $29,355,984

  • Tax year 2024

    $202,875

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $29,428,957

  • Tax year 2023

    $94,932

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $27,099,847

  • Tax year 2022

    $114,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $27,242,148

  • Tax year 2021

    $67,568

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $27,570,081

  • Tax year 2020

    $1,180,230

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $26,850,426

  • Tax year 2019

    $2,645,884

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $25,002,438

  • Tax year 2018

    $332,708

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $23,665,406

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of Nebraska FoundationLincoln, NE

    Foundation fund & scholarships

    $215,376
  2. Spring Creek Prairie AudubonDenton, NE

    Nature education programs & maintaining tallgrass prairie habitat

    $10,000
  3. The Nature ConservancyArlington, VA

    General support - wyoming chapter

    $5,000
  4. Wyoming Public MediaLaramie, WY

    General support

    $5,000
  5. Sheridan Community Land TrustSheridan, WY

    Community trails

    $3,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $215,37699% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $3,0001% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Nebraska2 grants $225,376
  2. Wyoming2 grants $8,000
  3. Virginia1 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.

  • John A WoollamTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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