Open Foundations · Nebraska

Carl and Caroline Swanson Foundation Inc

Omaha, Nebraska · EIN 476024644. 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 $1.6M across 16 grants in 2024, a median of $25K each.

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$1.6M
paid in 2024
16
grants paid
$25K
median grant
1%
to first-time recipients
$22.1M
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
FREDERICK S BUCHOLZ
Address
4935 BATTLEFIELD DRIVE, OMAHA, NE, 68152
Phone
4024537500
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
NONE SPECIFIED
Submission deadline
N/A
Restrictions on awards
N/A

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523159349101467. 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 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

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Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 16 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Colorado State Univ FoundationCO$800,000EQUINE OUTREACH & INDUSTRY RELATIONS
2Corbett Medical FoundationWY$275,000GENERAL OPERATING FUND
3Breckenridge Outdoor EducationCO$250,000GENERAL OPERATING - THERAPEUTIC
4Food Bank for the HeartlandNE$51,000UNRESTRICTED -GENERAL OPERATING PROG
5National Snaffle Bit FoundationIL$40,000GENERAL FUND
6Omaha Equistrian FoundationNE$25,000UNRESTRICTED -GENERAL OPERATING FUND
7Palomino Horse BreedersOK$25,000UNRESTRICTED -GENERAL OPERATING FUND
8Ranching Heritage AssociationTX$25,000GENERAL OPERATING
9Reef Environmental EducationFL$25,000GENERAL FUND
10American Quarter Hourse FoundationTX$20,000UNRESTRICTED -GENERAL OPERATING PROG
11Reining Horse Sports FoundationOK$15,000UNRESTRICTED -GENERAL OPERATING FUND
12Village of WaterlooNE$15,000GENERAL FUND FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT
13Ohio Quarter Horse FoundationOH$10,000UNRESTRICTED -GENERAL OPERATING FUND
14Erika's LighthouseIL$5,000GENERAL FUND
15Jack Russell Terrier FoundationGA$5,000UNRESTRICTED -GENERAL OPERATING PROG

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202015$1.4M
202114$1.5M
202217$1.8M
202316$1.6M
202416$1.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Nebraska19%
Colorado13%
Illinois13%
Oklahoma13%
Texas13%

Who decides

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

Edward J FitzpatrickDIRECTOR · 2024
Frederick S BucholzPRESIDENT & DIRECTOR · 2024
Jonathan P EhlyTREASURER & DIRECTOR · 2024
Lawrence K SheehanSECRETARY · 2024
Lori S BucholzDIRECTOR · 2024

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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