Open Foundations · Nebraska

Gilbert M & Martha H Hitchcock Foundation

Omaha, Nebraska · EIN 476025723. 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 74 grants in 2025, a median of $15K each.

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$1.6M
paid in 2025
74
grants paid
$15K
median grant
24%
to first-time recipients
$13.6M
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
Neely Kountze
Address
209 South 19th Street Suite 151, Omaha, NE, 68102
Phone
4023450043
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
See attached exhibit A
Submission deadline
See attached exhibit A
Restrictions on awards
See attached exhibit A

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202631319349104288. 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.

further thecharitablethecharitable purposeofpurposeof recipient

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 74 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Brownell-talbot SchoolNE$184,000To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
2Pottawattamie Conservation FoundationIA$115,000To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
3Bellevue UniversityNE$75,000To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
4Northstar FoundationNE$75,000To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
5Nebraska Journalism TrustNE$50,000To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
6Omaha Home for BoysNE$50,000To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
7Quality Living IncNE$50,000To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
8Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & MuseumVA$50,000To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
9Sienafrancis HouseNE$40,000To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
10Kevin O'connor Scholarship Fund IncNE$30,000To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
11Lauritzen GardensNE$30,000To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
12Omaha Conservatory of MusicNE$30,000To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
13Women's Center for AdvancemenbtNE$30,000To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
14Avenue Scholars FoundationNE$25,000To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient
15Durham MuseumNE$25,000To further thecharitable purposeof the recipient

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202035$1.1M
202161$1.4M
202254$1.0M
202354$1.1M
202471$1.2M
2025 (partial year)74$1.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Nebraska95%
Iowa3%
Virginia1%
New York1%

Who decides

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

Edward D HotzTrustee · 2025
Elizabeth Mallory HuntVice President/Trustee · 2025
James E LandenTrustee · 2025
John W WebsterTreasurer/Trustee · 2025
Mary L KountzeEX VP/Trustee · 2025
Neely KountzePresident/Trustee · 2025
Tower KountzeSecretary/Trustee · 2025
W Russell Bowie IiiTrustee · 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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