Nebraska · Private foundation
John K & Lynne D Boyer 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 49
- Grants FY2025
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $175,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 49
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 49 | $1.2M | 27% |
| FY2024 | 44 | $1.1M | 11% |
| FY2023 | 46 | $1.0M | 26% |
| FY2022 | 49 | $1.3M | 43% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $569k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $727k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joslyn Art Museum | $619,750 | 5 | 1% |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $506,200 | 6 | 0% |
| The Durham Museum | $421,850 | 6 | 3% |
| Project Harmony | $323,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Desert Caballeros Western Museum | $316,800 | 6 | 4% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Inc | $252,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Opas Foundation | $250,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Omaha Performing Arts Society | $216,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Nebraska Humane Society | $215,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Benson High School Foundation | $161,000 | 3 | 44% |
Show all 66 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 61 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Sherwood Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · The Holland Foundation · Peter Kiewit Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Union Pacific Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation · Parker Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation
- How much does John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation give?
- John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $1,237,950 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 49 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (38%), Education (19%), Philanthropy (8%).
- Who are John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Joslyn Art Museum ($620k), University of Nebraska Foundation ($506k), The Durham Museum ($422k).
- Does John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John K & Lynne D Boyer 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 John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Sherwood Foundation, The Lozier Foundation, Robert B Daugherty Foundation.
- Where is John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation based?
- John K & Lynne D Boyer Foundation is based in NE.
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