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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 51-0178685

Sterns Charitable Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Lincoln, NE. Its return for tax year 2024 reports $171,677 paid in grants, listed in an attachment that is not in the e-file.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Sep 30, 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
Del Lienemann Jr - Foundation Manag
PO Box 81402
Lincoln, NE 68501
(402) 435-4369
Form and materials
See attached statement
Deadlines
See attached statement
Restrictions
See attached statement

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $171,677

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $3,446,505

  • Tax year 2023

    $57,000

    Grants listed
    In an attachment
    Assets, end of year
    $3,853,061

  • Tax year 2022

    $82,500

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $2,890,816

  • Tax year 2021

    $61,050

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,476,052

  • Tax year 2020

    $63,000

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $2,422,874

  • Tax year 2019

    $27,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,158,394

Grants paid in 2024

Grants listed in an attachment (not in the e-file)

As listed on the return.

  1. This return lists its grants in an attachment that is not in the IRS e-file: $171,677 in all.

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Douglas LienemannPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $10,925
  • Jodi DailyTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $2,185
  • Del Lienemann JrFND MGR VP, TREAS Hours 3Pay $15,295
  • Laura BishopSECRETARY Hours 0.5Pay $2,185
  • Anne FergusonTRUSTEE Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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