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Foundation Lookup

Grant recipient EIN 32-0596113Education

Who funds Omaha Discovery TR?

28 private foundations gave Omaha Discovery TR in Omaha, NE $58.2 million across 60 grants, in tax years 2020 to 2025.

See which foundations fund work like yours Matching by cause, place and grant size

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2020 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

60 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2025

    2025 operating grant

    $250,000
  2. HDR FoundationOmaha, NE 2025

    Charitable

    $100,000
  3. Richard Brooke FoundationOmaha, NE 2025

    Field trip program

    $100,000
  4. Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock FoundationOmaha, NE 2025

    To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient

    $20,000
  5. Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    To provide capital support for the construction of the Kiewit Discovery Center. (Luminarium)

    $5,000,000
  6. Lilly Endowment IncIndianapolis, IN 2024

    Religion & cultural inst initiative

    $2,500,000
  7. Union Pacific FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    Community spaces

    $600,000
  8. Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    To provide three years of general operating support for Kiewit Luminarium.

    $250,000
  9. Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    To assist with the costs of the search and placement of the new CEO.

    $150,000
  10. The Ethel S Abbott Charitable FoundationRalston, NE 2024

    School field trip program

    $105,000
  11. Robert B Daugherty FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    General Operating Support

    $100,000
  12. Eliason Family FoundationYutan, NE 2024

    Support

    $100,000
  13. Lilly Endowment IncIndianapolis, IN 2024

    Religion & cultural inst initiative

    $99,079
  14. Richard Brooke FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    Field trip program

    $75,000
  15. The Hawks FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    Support science education

    $75,000
  16. Weitz Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    General operating

    $40,000
  17. Iowa West FoundationCouncil Bluffs, IA 2024

    STEM programming at kiewit luminarium

    $25,000
  18. Iowa West FoundationCouncil Bluffs, IA 2024

    Luminarium STEM programming in SW iowa

    $25,000
  19. Iowa West FoundationCouncil Bluffs, IA 2024

    Southwest iowa music & arts education programs

    $18,750
  20. Dennis & Ellin Murphy FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    Charitable

    $10,000
  21. John K & Lynne D Boyer FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    General support

    $6,500
  22. Allan and Ann Mactier Charitable FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    Charitable

    $5,000
  23. Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE 2024

    One time gift for participation in Peter Kiewit Foundation's Sustainability Request for Information.

    $1,000
  24. Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    To provide capital support for the construction of the Kiewit Discovery Center. (Luminarium)

    $5,000,000
  25. Walter Scott Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    Capital campaign

    $3,006,062
  26. The Holland FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    Kiewit luminarium

    $1,076,802
  27. The Giving 3 FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    Kiewit luminarium capital campaign

    $1,000,000
  28. The Hawks FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    Support science center

    $1,000,000
  29. Union Pacific FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    Community spaces

    $600,000
  30. Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    To provide three years of general operating support for Kiewit Luminarium.

    $250,000
  31. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    2023 operating grant

    $200,000
  32. Eliason Family FoundationYutan, NE 2023

    Support

    $100,000
  33. Richard Brooke FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    Field trip program

    $50,000
  34. Help Foundation of Omaha IncOmaha, NE 2023

    Kiewit luminarium

    $25,000
  35. Iowa West FoundationCouncil Bluffs, IA 2023

    STEM programming at kiewit luminarium

    $25,000
  36. The Fred and Eve Simon Charitable FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    Support exploration of astonishing phenomena at the intersection of science, art, and human perception.

    $20,000
  37. John K & Lynne D Boyer FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    General support

    $15,000
  38. CL Werner FoundationValley, NE 2023

    To provide funding to support 100 no cost memberships to lower income families

    $10,000
  39. Dennis & Ellin Murphy FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    Charitable

    $10,000
  40. D F Dillon FoundationLincoln, NE 2023

    Program

    $10,000
  41. The Charles and Mary Heider Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    Charitable

    $5,000
  42. Jaros Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2023

    Charitable operations

    $2,500
  43. Walter Scott Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    Capital campaign

    $5,004,276
  44. Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    To provide capital support for the construction of the Kiewit Discovery Center. (Luminarium)

    $5,000,000
  45. The Holland FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    Operating

    $671,521
  46. Union Pacific FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    Community spaces

    $600,000
  47. Eliason Family FoundationYutan, NE 2022

    Support

    $500,000
  48. The Lozier FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    Hiring luminators, creating pop-ups, providing prof dev, providing under-resourced students & families

    $500,000
  49. Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    To provide one year of general operating support for the Kiewit Luminarium.

    $250,000
  50. Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    To provide three years of general operating support for Kiewit Luminarium.

    $250,000
  51. Dennis & Ellin Murphy FoundationOmaha, NE 2022

    Charitable

    $10,000
  52. Peter Kiewit FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    To provide capital support for the construction of the Kiewit Discovery Center. (Luminarium)

    $5,000,000
  53. The Sherwood FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    Luminarium project

    $4,000,000
  54. Walter Scott Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    Capital campaign

    $2,000,000
  55. The Giving 3 FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    Kiewit luminarium capital campaign

    $1,000,000
  56. The Holland FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    Operating

    $707,235
  57. Union Pacific FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    Community spaces

    $600,000
  58. Linder Family FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    General operating funds

    $25,000
  59. Dennis & Ellin Murphy FoundationOmaha, NE 2021

    Charitable

    $10,000
  60. Bill and Berniece Grewcock FoundationOmaha, NE 2020

    Kiewit center capital campaign

    $10,000,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other education organizations in Omaha, NE and are not among Omaha Discovery TR’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 262 grants Preselected only $36,804 to similar organizations
  2. Lincoln Financial Foundation IncRadnor, PA 19 grants Accepts applications $3,914 to similar organizations
  3. Charles E Lakin Foundation IncCouncil Bluffs, IA 35 grants Accepts applications $14,359,934 to similar organizations
  4. Mutual of Omaha FoundationOmaha, NE 20 grants Preselected only $1,365,000 to similar organizations
  5. Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable FoundationOmaha, NE 23 grants Accepts applications $1,602,851 to similar organizations
  6. Seline Family FoundationOmaha, NE 20 grants Accepts applications $231,300 to similar organizations
  7. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 16 grants Preselected only $11,825 to similar organizations
  8. Buffett Early Childhood FundOmaha, NE 15 grants Preselected only $33,676,619 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 32-0596113 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.