Open Foundations · Nebraska

Kitty M Perkins Foundation

Cambridge, Nebraska · EIN 366154399. 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 $605K across 10 grants in 2025, a median of $28K each.

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$605K
paid in 2025
10
grants paid
$28K
median grant
51%
to first-time recipients
$9.9M
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
KRISTINA L WITTE
Address
41126 DRIVE 420, CAMBRIDGE, NE, 69022
Phone
3086973395
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
DETAIL AS TO PURPOSE FOR FUNDS AND AMOUNT REQUESTED.
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
LIMITED IN GENERAL TO PUBLIC CHARITIES UNDER IRC SECTION 501(C)(3) LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202600959349100500. 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 filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2025

All 10 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Hastings Museum Foundation IncNE$270,000KOOLAID DISPLAY
2Doane UniversityNE$100,000PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
3Tri-valley Medical FoundationNE$75,000GENERAL SUPPORT
4Doane UniversityNE$60,000PAN-CARIBBEAN/SOUTH AMERICA SCHOLARSHIP
5Garden County Health Services FoundationNE$30,000GENERAL SUPPORT
6Cambridge Park FoundationNE$25,000PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
7Nebraska Public MediaNE$25,000NPR AND NET
8Hastings Symphony OrchestraNE$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
9Butler Memorial Library Foundation IncNE$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT
10Nebraska Lions FoundationNE$5,000GENERAL SUPPORT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202015$513K
202124$524K
202229$624K
202323$566K
202411$575K
2025 (partial year)10$605K

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Nebraska100%

Who decides

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

D Charles ShoemakerDIRECTOR/DIRECTOR · 2025
J August ShoemakerSECRETARY/DIRECTOR · 2025
Kathryn a HeitmannVICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR · 2025
Kristina L WittePRESIDENT/DIRECTOR · 2025
William E ShoemakerTREASURER/DIRECTOR · 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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