Open Foundations · Nebraska

Rod Rhoden Foundation

Omaha, Nebraska · EIN 454081296. 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 $1.4M across 21 grants in 2025, a median of $8K each.

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$1.4M
paid in 2025
21
grants paid
$8K
median grant
16%
to first-time recipients
$26.4M
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
RODNEY D RHODEN
Address
4111 SOUTH 144TH STREET, OMAHA, NE, 68137
Phone
4023909500
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
N/A
Submission deadline
N/A
Restrictions on awards
N/A

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202641199349100129. 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

The 15 largest of the 21 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1University of Nebraska FoundationNE$501,000UNRESTRICTED
2Community Foundation of Western IowaIA$500,000UNRESTRICTED
3Metropolitan Community College FoundationNE$200,000UNRESTRICTED
4First Responders FoundationNE$66,000UNRESTRICTED
5Omaha Community FoundationNE$50,000UNRESTRICTED
6Ignite PathwaysCA$10,000UNRESTRICTED
7Omaha Street SchoolNE$10,000UNRESTRICTED
8St Vincent De Paul SocietyNE$10,000UNRESTRICTED
9Tunnel to Towers FoundationNY$10,000UNRESTRICTED
10Wounded Warrior ProjectKS$10,000UNRESTRICTED
11Sienna Francis HouseNE$7,500UNRESTRICTED
12Buffett Middle SchoolNE$5,000UNRESTRICTED
13DreamweaverNE$5,000UNRESTRICTED
14Platte InstituteNE$5,000UNRESTRICTED
15Sarasota Performing Arts FoundationFL$3,000UNRESTRICTED

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20208$519K
202114$885K
202224$1.2M
202323$1.2M
202422$1.3M
2025 (partial year)21$1.4M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Nebraska71%
Florida10%
Iowa5%
California5%
New York5%

Who decides

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

Deborah L PetersenDIRECTOR · 2025
Richard L MullerDIRECTOR, VICE PRES, TREAS · 2025
Rodney D RhodenDIRECTOR, PRES, SECRETARY · 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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