How much does D F Dillon Foundation give?

D F Dillon Foundation reported 112 grants totaling $8,130,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 86 and 125 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does D F Dillon Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (50%), Arts & Culture (9%), Health (8%).

Who are D F Dillon Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Nebraska Foundation ($9.7M), Regis University ($1.7M), Doane University ($1.6M).

Does D F Dillon Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does D F Dillon Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

Which funders back the same organizations as D F Dillon Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lincoln Community Foundation Inc, Abel Foundation, Rogers Foundation.

Where is D F Dillon Foundation based?

D F Dillon Foundation is based in NE.

Foundation Dossiers

Nebraska · Private foundation

D F Dillon Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$8.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 112
Grants FY2025: 105
Organizations funded FY2024: 8%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $30,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $1,000,000
Organizations funded a year: 86 to 125; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 5
Total assets, FY2025: $64M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations D F Dillon Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $490k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationReligionYouth DevelopmentOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	106	$8.1M	7%
FY2024	105	$6.5M	8%
FY2023	86	$6.5M	7%
FY2022	105	$6.6M	10%
FY2021	125	$5.5M	20%
FY2020	111	$5.1M	23%
FY2019	94	$4.2M	19%
FY2018	88	$3.2M	16%

95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$25MArts & Culture$4.5MHealth$4.1MReligion$3.5MHuman Services$2.7MRecreation & Sports$1.4MPublic Benefit$1.1MCommunity Improvement$975kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
University of Nebraska Foundation	$9,650,450	9	1%
Regis University	$1,700,000	9	0%
Doane University	$1,650,000	9	1%
Creighton University	$1,197,367	9	0%
Roncalli Catholic High School	$945,000	9	n/a
Pius X Foundation	$920,000	7	n/a
Nebraska Wesleyan University	$900,000	9	0%
Cato Institute	$840,000	8	0%
Bellevue University	$795,000	9	0%
Food Bank of Lincoln Inc	$775,000	6	2%

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All grantees of D F Dillon Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
University of Nebraska Foundation	$9,650,450	9	1%
Regis University	$1,700,000	9	0%
Doane University	$1,650,000	9	1%
Creighton University	$1,197,367	9	0%
Roncalli Catholic High School	$945,000	9	n/a
Pius X Foundation	$920,000	7	n/a
Nebraska Wesleyan University	$900,000	9	0%
Cato Institute	$840,000	8	0%
Bellevue University	$795,000	9	0%
Food Bank of Lincoln Inc	$775,000	6	2%
Bryan Foundation	$600,000	2	8%
National Arbor Day Foundation	$575,000	2	0%
Lincoln Parks and Recreation Foundation	$575,000	6	6%
Centerpointe Inc	$565,500	6	3%
St Agnes Academy Foundation	$542,332	9	54%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation	$520,000	5	0%
Friendship Home of Lincoln Inc	$485,000	9	2%
Concordia University	$450,000	9	0%
Saint Elizabeth Foundation	$385,000	6	7%
Tabitha Inc	$345,000	5	0%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation	$335,000	8	0%
Hopespoke	$335,000	8	1%
Madonna School and Community Based Services	$330,000	9	n/a
Lincolnlancaster County Child Advocacy Center	$300,000	1	15%
Eastmont Towers Foundation	$300,000	6	15%
St James School	$294,773	9	n/a
Angels Among US	$280,000	9	5%
Catholic Social Services	$270,000	7	1%
Lincoln Literacy Council	$213,500	7	2%
The Heritage Foundation	$210,000	5	0%
Brain Injury Association of Nebraska	$210,000	7	12%
Nebraska Public Media Foundation Inc	$200,000	1	2%
The Tabitha Foundation Inc	$200,000	4	3%
Cultural Centers of Lincoln	$200,000	1	n/a
Nebraska Children & Families Foundation	$195,000	7	0%
New Cassel Foundation	$186,500	9	5%
Lux Center for the Arts	$185,000	9	4%
Catholic Engaged Encounter Diocese of Lincoln Inc	$185,000	6	n/a
The Omaha Home for Boys	$165,000	5	1%
St James Church of Omaha	$150,000	1	n/a
Casa for Lancaster County	$145,000	9	7%
Youth Emergency Services Inc	$140,000	7	1%
Siena Francis House	$130,000	7	0%
Sacred Heart Catholic Church	$130,000	4	n/a
Nebraska Trails Foundation Inc	$125,000	4	16%
Lincoln Arts Council	$120,000	6	7%
Lincoln Community Playhouse	$115,700	2	7%
Knights of the Holy Eucharist Inc	$110,000	5	16%
Children's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation	$110,000	3	0%
Omaha Street School	$108,000	9	2%
Milkworks Inc	$103,170	7	1%
Wayne State Foundation	$100,000	1	2%
Child Saving Institute Inc	$100,000	4	0%
Mourning Hope	$100,000	1	6%
Celebrating Nebraska Statehood Inc	$100,000	1	n/a
Lutheran Student Center	$100,000	2	n/a
The Bridge Behavioral Health Inc	$100,000	1	3%
Lincoln Children's Zoo	$100,000	1	1%
Bright Lights Inc	$90,000	7	4%
Nebraska Humanities Council	$86,000	7	1%
Family Service Association of Lincoln	$85,000	1	1%
Carnegie Arts Center Inc	$81,500	7	16%
Nebraska Cultural Endowment	$80,000	6	0%
Kevin O'Connor Scholarship Fund Inc	$80,000	8	9%
Willard Community Center	$80,000	3	5%
Christian Heritage Children's Home	$80,000	3	1%
People's City Mission	$73,000	5	0%
Lincoln Children's Museum	$70,000	7	1%
Post Playhouse	$60,000	1	22%
Down Syndrome Alliance of the Midlands	$60,000	3	4%
Heartland Cancer Foundation	$55,000	3	3%
Museum of Nebraska Art	$50,000	5	1%
Northeast Family Center	$50,000	1	4%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lincoln	$50,000	4	6%
Emmaus Institute for Biblical Studies	$43,330	4	5%
Sacred Heart School	$42,600	2	n/a
City Impact	$40,000	4	1%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home	$40,000	3	0%
Clinic With a Heart Inc	$40,000	2	1%
Stephen Center Inc	$40,000	4	0%
Crossroads Center Inc	$40,000	4	1%
Nebraska Jazz Orchestra Inc	$33,000	8	5%
Respect2	$31,750	8	2%
Civic Nebraska	$30,000	3	0%
Meadow Lane Park Association	$30,000	1	n/a
Omaha Conservatory of Music	$28,000	7	0%
Cues Fund	$25,000	2	0%
Joslyn Art Museum	$25,000	1	0%
Blue River Arts Council Inc	$25,000	2	4%
The Barth Syndrome Foundation	$22,500	9	0%
Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor Ministries	$21,500	4	0%
Center for People in Need	$20,000	2	0%
Completely Kids	$20,000	1	0%
Nebraska Brass Inc	$13,500	9	4%
Capital Jazz Society Inc	$12,000	6	n/a
Omaha Performing Arts Society	$10,000	1	0%
Dimensions Educational Research Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Malcolm Youth Sports Association	$10,000	1	4%
Christ Crucified	$10,000	2	8%
Omaha Discovery Trust	$10,000	1	0%
Jesuit Academy	$10,000	1	n/a
Alliance Recreation Center	$10,000	1	1%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands	$10,000	2	0%
Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House	$10,000	1	0%
Outlook-Nebraska Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Dundy County Hospital Foundation	$10,000	1	6%
Nebraska Trumpet Ensemble Inc	$9,000	9	n/a
The Connection Homeless Shelter Inc	$8,500	1	2%
Maxwell Veterans Memorial Inc	$6,500	1	n/a
Community Crops	$4,000	1	1%
Kregel Windmill Factory Museum	$3,000	1	2%
Lincoln Choral Artists	$3,000	1	n/a
Sewing for Babies Incorporated	$1,000	1	1%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 85 recipients with no EIN on record ($16M), not named here.

D F Dillon Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 96 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 96.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Lincoln Community Foundation IncNE103.3× affinity53 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Abel Foundation · Rogers Foundation · Cooper Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Assurity Life Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County · The Lozier Foundation · Acklie Charitable Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About D F Dillon Foundation

How much does D F Dillon Foundation give?: D F Dillon Foundation reported 112 grants totaling $8,130,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 86 and 125 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does D F Dillon Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (50%), Arts & Culture (9%), Health (8%).
Who are D F Dillon Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Nebraska Foundation ($9.7M), Regis University ($1.7M), Doane University ($1.6M).
Does D F Dillon Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does D F Dillon Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as D F Dillon Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lincoln Community Foundation Inc, Abel Foundation, Rogers Foundation.
Where is D F Dillon Foundation based?: D F Dillon Foundation is based in NE.