Amy L Scott Family Foundation
Omaha, NE · EIN 36-4071890. Reported 117 grants totalling $4,112,150 to 57 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Amy L Scott Family Foundation, the IRS classifies it as a philanthropic organization (NTEE T99Z).
- How spread out its giving is. 57 distinct organizations, with 19% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 52% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $13,500 and $30,000; the smallest was $6,500 and the largest $515,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Childrens Hospital & Medical Center Foundation | Omaha, NE | $782,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Donorschoose Org | New York, NY | $435,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nebraska Methodist Hospital Foundation | Omaha, NE | $216,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Fontenelle Forest | Bellevue, NE | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Omaha Community Foundation | Omaha, NE | $187,750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $138,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Northstar Foundation | Omaha, NE | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ponca Hills Volunteer Fire Department | Omaha, NE | $111,200 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Durham Museum | Omaha, NE | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dibs for Kids | Omaha, NE | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Denver | Denver, CO | $95,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Siena Francis House | Omaha, NE | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy Inc | Gretna, NE | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Omaha Home for Boys | Omaha, NE | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lake Cunningham Development Trust | Omaha, NE | $76,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Omaha Botanical Center Inc | Omaha, NE | $76,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sheltering Tree Inc | Papillion, NE | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Completely Kids | Omaha, NE | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Omaha Zoo Foundation | Omaha, NE | $65,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kids Can Community Center | Omaha, NE | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Nebraska Childrens Home Society Inc | Omaha, NE | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Salvation Army | Hoffman Estates, IL | $56,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Nebraska Children and Families Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Fort Calhoun Community Schools Foundation | Fort Calhoun, NE | $52,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Time to Heal | Omaha, NE | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Crohns & Colitis Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Xander Community | Caledonia, MI | $45,700 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| City of Omaha Public Library Foundation | Omaha, NE | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Whispering Roots | Omaha, NE | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Foster Heart Hope | Omaha, NE | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bridge Family Resource Connector Network | Omaha, NE | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| CASA for Douglas County | Omaha, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| College of St Mary | Omaha, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Eagles Healing Nest | Sauk Centre, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Father Flanagans Boys Home | Boys Town, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Omaha Equestrian Foundation | Omaha, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Omaha Public Schools Foundation | Omaha, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dreamweaver Foundation | Omaha, NE | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Tyrome Williams Foundation | Omaha, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Visiting Nurse Health Services | Omaha, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cues Fund | Omaha, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Foster Care Closet | Lincoln, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Joslyn Art Museum | Omaha, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nebraska Diaper Bank | Omaha, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Notre Dame Housing Inc | Omaha, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Police Athletics for Community Engagement | Omaha, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Project Harmony-Haven for Abuse Response Members Serving Our | Omaha, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United States Catholic Conference | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Football for the World Foundation USA | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kim Foundation | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nebraska Shakespeare | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Offutt Airmans Attic | Offutt Afb, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Omaha Childrens Museum Inc | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue Inc | Omaha, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| At Ease USA | Omaha, NE | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Colorado State University Foundation | Fort Collins, CO | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Greenway Foundation Inc | Denver, CO | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
30 of 57 (53%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Children's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation
EVENT & CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS - Omaha Community Foundation
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, PROGRAM AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - Nebraska Methodist Hospital Foundation
SCHOLARSHIPS & PROGRAM SUPPORT - Fontenelle Forest
PROGRAM SUPPORT & CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - CASA for Douglas County
PROGRAM AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - A Time to Heal
PROGRAM & GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 50 of 57 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | $485,500 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 24 | $974,500 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 24 | $1,253,700 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 20 | $699,750 | $21,000 |
| 2025 | 27 | $698,700 | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
82% of its giving went to organizations in Nebraska. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $20,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Nebraska.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Amy L Scott Family Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 27 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 10340 North 84TH Street, Omaha, NE, 68122.
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