Open Foundations · Nebraska

Union Pacific Foundation

Omaha, Nebraska · EIN 136406825. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $8.2M across 441 grants in 2025, a median of $10K each.

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$8.2M
paid in 2025
441
grants paid
$10K
median grant
32%
to first-time recipients
$75K
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
ONLY ONLINE APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPT
Address
1400 DOUGLAS STREET STOP 1560, OMAHA, NE, 681791620
Phone
4025440162
Form the request should take
GRANT APPLICATION AVAILABLE ONLINE DURING SPECIFIC PERIODS.
Submission deadline
MAY 31, 2026 FOR 2026 APPLICATIONS.
Restrictions on awards
THE FOUNDATION ADMINISTERS THE PHILANTHROPIC PROGRAM OF UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION AND UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY. GRANTS ARE AWARDED TO NONPROFIT 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED IN UNION PACIFIC COMMUNITIES THAT BEST ALIGN WITH THE FOUNDATION'S FUNDING GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA. FUNDING IS PRIORITIZED FOR DIRECT SERVICES AND EFFORTS THAT BUILD THE CAPACITY OF ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON SAFETY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY SPACES, AND LOCAL NEEDS WITHIN UNION PACIFIC LOCAL OPERATING COMMUNITIES.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202621359349102612. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

health socialeconomic developmentcommunity economicculture artseducationenvironmentother

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 441 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Omaha Discovery Trust (dba Kiewit Luminarium)NE$600,000COMMUNITY SPACES
2Community Information TrustNE$500,000PUBLIC SPACES: RECREATION AND BEAUTIFICATION
3Downtown Riverfront TrustNE$500,000PUBLIC SPACES: RECREATION AND BEAUTIFICATION
4Mental Health Innovation FoundationNE$500,000HEALTH AND WELLNESS
5University of Nebraska FoundationNE$500,000EDUCATION: HIGHER
6University of Nebraska FoundationNE$400,000HEALTH AND WELLNESS
7Omaha Zoo FoundationNE$335,000ANIMAL WELFARE
8United Way of the MidlandsNE$325,00020 - HEALTH/HUMAN SERVICES
9Joslyn Art MuseumNE$300,000ARTS AND CULTURE
10Foodbank for the HeartlandNE$100,000HUNGER AND NUTRITION
11American National Red Cross - OmahaNE$50,00020 - HEALTH/ HUMAN SERVICES\ AMERICAN RED CROSS
12Nature ConservancyUT$35,000ENVIRONMENT
13Eugene Parks FoundationOR$30,000COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
14Portland Community College Foundation IncOR$30,000EDUCATION (HIGHER EDUCATION)
15The Houston Food BankTX$30,00020 - HEALTH/HUMAN SERVICES

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020938$12.6M
2021595$8.9M
2022533$9.8M
2023558$9.3M
2024500$10.2M
2025 (partial year)441$8.2M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Texas22%
California14%
Nebraska10%
Illinois7%
Arkansas6%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Bl ClarkVP · 2025
Cb ConlinSECRETARY · 2025
Cc FairchildVP - TAX (CURRENT) · 2025
Cj PowersASSISTANT CONTROLLER · 2025
De BlackASSISTANT SECRETARY · 2025
Ef WhitedPRESIDENT · 2025
Ja Menicucci JrASSISTANT SECRETARY · 2025
Jl HamannVP · 2025
Ll StarkVP · 2025
Sj Caruso JrTREASURER · 2025
Sr LoefflerASSISTANT TREASURER · 2025
Tm RynaskiCONTROLLER · 2025
Vj VenaCHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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