FundersNebraska

Burlington Capital Foundation

Omaha, NE · EIN 01-0658759. Reported 103 grants totalling $1,721,336 to 73 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,000median grant
$1,721,336granted, 2021-2024
73organizations funded
33%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,566,989assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Burlington Capital Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,250 and $11,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
4 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
39 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
21 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
24 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
3 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
5 grants
$100,000 and Up
7 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Nebraska Multi Sports ComplexOmaha, NE$400,000332023
Yanney Heritage ParkKearney, NE$400,000442024
Partnership 4 KidsOmaha, NE$241,661442024
Nebraska Workforce Development Co United WayOmaha, NE$90,000222024
Consortium of Dementia AlternativesOmaha, NE$60,000332024
Nebraska Philanthropic Trust (uno Softball Field)Omaha, NE$60,000332023
Omaha Douglas Public Building CommissionOmaha, NE$50,000112022
United Way of the Midlands on Behalf of Nebraska Workforce Development & EdOmaha, NE$45,000112021
Creighton University AthleticsOmaha, NE$32,000332023
Omaha Equestrian FoundationOmaha, NE$25,000222024
Heart Ministry CenterOmaha, NE$23,000442024
Project HarmonyOmaha, NE$22,500332023
KanekoOmaha, NE$20,000112022
Lake Cunningham Development TrustOmaha, NE$20,000222024
Sheltering TreeOmaha, NE$20,000112023
Uno School of MusicOmaha, NE$11,000112021
Lincoln Crossroads FestivalLincoln, NE$10,125112024
Boys and Girls Club of Lincolnlancaster CountyLincoln, NE$10,000112021
Madonna Rehabilitation HospitalOmaha, NE$10,000112022
National Audubon SocietyDenton, NE$10,000222024
Opera OmahaOmaha, NE$10,000112023
Restoring DignityOmaha, NE$10,000222024
Symphony Workforce FoundationValley, NE$10,000112023
Education Rights CounselOmaha, NE$7,500112024
Fontenelle ForestBellevue, NE$6,000222024
The Furniture ProjectOmaha, NE$6,000222024
Applied Information Management InstituteOmaha, NE$5,000112021
El Museo LatinoOmaha, NE$5,000112023
Folds of HonorOwasso, OK$5,000112023
Habitat for HumanityOmaha, NE$5,000112024
Horatio Alger AssociationAlexandria, VA$5,000112021
Jet Award Foundation and TrustOmaha, NE$5,000112022
National FFA FoundationLincoln, NE$5,000112024
Ne Land TrustLincoln, NE$5,000112024
Omaha SymphonyOmaha, NE$5,000112023
Support Nebraska Dba Pinnacle Bank ChampionshipOmaha, NE$5,000112021
University of NebraskaLincoln, NE$5,000112023
Uno Summer Musical Theatreun FoundationOmaha, NE$5,000112023
La Vista Community FoundationLa Vista, NE$3,750332024
Crane River Theater CompanyKearney, NE$3,000222024
Janis K Lindeman Memorial FundSan Antonio, TX$2,750222023
American Heart AssociationOmaha, NE$2,500112024
Made New MakerspaceOmaha, NE$2,500112021
New Visions Homeless ServicesCouncil Bluffs, IA$2,500112023
Omaha Parks Foundation (holiday Lights Festival)Omaha, NE$2,500112024
The Builder FoundationOmaha, NE$2,500112021
Youth FrontiersOmaha, NE$2,500112024
Joslyln CastleOmaha, NE$2,000112024
Omaha Sports CommissionBoystown, NE$2,000112023
Boys and Girls Clubs of the MidlandsOmaha, NE$1,500112023
Nebraska Youth Justice Initiative Dba RadiusOmaha, NE$1,500112023
Omaha Police FoundationOmaha, NE$1,500112021
100 Black Men of OmahaOmaha, NE$1,000112024
Big Muddy Urban FarmOmaha, NE$1,000112023
Blue Barn TheaterOmaha, NE$1,000112024
City of Omaha Public Library FoundationOmaha, NE$1,000112024
Council Bluffs Public Library FoundationCouncil Bluffs, IA$1,000112023
Culxr House OmahaOmaha, NE$1,000112024
Davey Park RenovationDavey, NE$1,000112021
Girls IncOmaha, NE$1,000112023
Incommon Community DevelopmentOmaha, NE$1,000112021
Matt Talbot Kitchen & OutreachLincoln, NE$1,000112022
Mentor NebraskaOmaha, NE$1,000112023
Nebraska Crossroads Music FestivalOmaha, NE$1,000112023
Partners for Livable OmahaOmaha, NE$1,000112021
Patrol Base AbbateArlington, VA$1,000112021
Refugee Women RisingOmaha, NE$1,000112022
St James AME ChurchSavannah, GA$1,000112023
The Kim FoundationOmaha, NE$1,000112024
Duschene AcademyOmaha, NE$500112023
For Love of ChildrenDayton, OH$500112023
New Beginnings for YouDayton, OH$300112021
St Jude's HospitalMemphis, TN$250112023

18 of 73 (25%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 33%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 58 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Youth Development
8 grants
Arts & Culture
7 grants
Human Services
6 grants
Education
4 grants
Crime & Legal
4 grants
Diseases & Disorders
4 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202124$439,862$5,000
202217$432,000$10,000
202335$545,750$2,500
202427$303,724$5,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 99% of this one's giving went to organizations in Nebraska. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Nebraska
$1.7M
Virginia
$6K
Oklahoma
$5K
Iowa
$4K
Texas
$3K
Georgia
$1K
Ohio
$800
Tennessee
$250

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund20 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc19 shared recipientsRobert B Daugherty Foundation17 shared recipientsThe Hawks Foundation15 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc14 shared recipientsThe Holland Foundation12 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Nebraska.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Burlington Capital Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 1004 Farnam Street 400, Omaha, NE, 68102. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 01-0658759 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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