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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-0827646

Bridges Family Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Omaha, NE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 11 grants and $3.6 million 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
Jennifer S Bridges
PO Box 542021
Omaha, NE 68154
(402) 393-8300
Form and materials
No forms specified - requests to be written
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $3,560,398

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $103,072

  • Tax year 2024

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,898,849

  • Tax year 2023

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $2,281,761

  • Tax year 2022

    $73,813

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $1,767,749

  • Tax year 2021

    $147,665

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $810,674

  • Tax year 2020

    $114,865

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $230,945

  • Tax year 2019

    $122,865

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $341,631

  • Tax year 2018

    $75,292

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $459,159

Grants paid in 2025

11 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Bridges Philanthropic Fund Jennifer S BridgesOmaha, NE

    General purpose

    $928,410
  2. Bridges Philanthropic Fund Edson III & Tracy BridgesOmaha, NE

    General purpose

    $928,337
  3. Robert & Elizabeth Bridges DafOmaha, NE

    General purpose

    $928,264
  4. Bridges Philanthropic Fund Jennifer S BridgesOmaha, NE

    General purpose

    $225,129
  5. Robert & Elizabeth Bridges DafOmaha, NE

    General purpose

    $225,129
  6. Bridges Philanthropic Fund Edson III & Tracy BridgesOmaha, NE

    General purpose

    $225,129
  7. The Hope Center for KidsOmaha, NE

    General purpose

    $20,000
  8. Abide NetworkOmaha, NE

    General purpose

    $20,000
  9. My Bridge RadioLincoln, NE

    General purpose

    $20,000
  10. Good News GlobalOmaha, NE

    General purpose

    $20,000
  11. Lony Community AssociationOmaha, NE

    General purpose

    $20,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking4 grants $2,307,00599% of the total
  2. Youth development1 grant $20,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Nebraska11 grants $3,560,398

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Jennifer S BridgesPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Robert W BridgesSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
  • Edson L Bridges IIITREASURER Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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