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Pegler Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$967k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
24
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
26%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$600,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 23
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$4.1M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 26% of the organizations Pegler Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $156k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving24$967k33%
FY202423$432k26%
FY202318$407k33%
FY202222$356k41%
FY202119$322k32%
FY202020$331k45%
FY201923$552k70%
FY201818$104k61%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$777kEducation$718kRecreation & Sports$604kYouth Development$384kFood & Nutrition$320kCrime & Legal$200kHealth$195kPhilanthropy$174kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WY
IA
PA
NE
MD
AZ
KS
TX

Top grantees

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

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All grantees of Pegler Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Nebraska Foundation$617,00030%
Lincoln Children's Zoo$551,00073%
Food Bank of Lincoln Inc$320,00080%
Lincoln Youth Football League Inc$290,21576%
Lighthouse$207,00075%
Lincolnlancaster County Child Advocacy Center$200,00052%
Thomas S Watson Supporting Foundation$138,39127%
The Cedars Home for Children Foundation$107,00011%
Centerpointe Inc$100,00020%
Northstar Foundation$53,00041%
Downtown Riverfront Trust$50,00051%
Silver Hawks Booster Club$38,000610%
Lighthouse Foundation$35,00025%
Rudge Foundation$35,000311%
The Ranch Ministires$32,3061n/a
Bryan Foundation$25,00010%
Nebraska Trails Foundation Inc$21,00033%
Ronald McDonald House Charities in Omaha Inc$20,00020%
YMCA of Lincoln$20,00020%
Angels Among US$15,00021%
Friendship Home of Lincoln Inc$15,00010%
Rabble Mill$15,00020%
Emeralds Booster Club$15,0003n/a
Junior Achievement of Lincoln Inc$10,50031%
Pediatric Cancer Action Network$10,0001n/a
Whiteclay Makerspace$10,00012%
The Watson Youth Golf Foundation$10,00013%
Lux Center for the Arts$10,0001n/a
The Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools$5,00010%
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc$5,00010%
Gift of Sight$5,0001n/a
Capital Humane Society$5,00010%
Fire Ridge Elementary PTO$4,00016%
Careity Foundation$4,00010%
Lincoln Ice Hockey Association$3,5002n/a
Brownell-Talbot School$3,00010%
The Aubri Brown Club$3,0001n/a
Omaha Public Schools Foundation$2,60010%
Johns Hopkins University$2,50010%
Woods Tennis and Educational Foundation$2,50022%
The Tabitha Foundation Inc$2,25040%
West Point Parents Club of Nebraska and Western Iowa$2,0001n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$1,50030%
Ncha Charities Foundation$1,50010%
Blue Jays for Baltimore Inc$1,2501n/a
Jackson Hole One Fly Foundation$1,25010%
50 Mile March Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach$1,00010%
Raymond Central Communities Foundation$1,0001n/a
Youth Actors Academy of Lincoln Inc$1,00011%
Lincoln Arts Council$1,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Nebraska Inc$75020%
Operation Warm Inc$75020%
Nebraska Soccer Charities$50012%
Dollys Legacy Animal Rescue$5001n/a
Paul Adams Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization$30011%
Breakthrough T1d$25010%
Food Bank for the Heartland$25010%
Lincoln Gold$2501n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($553k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pegler Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Nebraska Foundation: $617,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLincoln Children's Zoo: $551,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetFood Bank of Lincoln Inc: $320,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetLincoln Youth Football League Inc: $290,215 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetLighthouse: $207,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetLincolnlancaster County Child Advocacy Center: $200,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetThomas S Watson Supporting Foundation: $138,391 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetThe Cedars Home for Children Foundation: $107,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCenterpointe Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNorthstar Foundation: $53,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetDowntown Riverfront Trust: $50,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSilver Hawks Booster Club: $38,000 over 6y, 9.6% of budgetLighthouse Foundation: $35,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetRudge Foundation: $35,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetBryan Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNebraska Trails Foundation Inc: $21,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities in Omaha Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYMCA of Lincoln: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAngels Among US: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFriendship Home of Lincoln Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRabble Mill: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetJunior Achievement of Lincoln Inc: $10,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetWhiteclay Makerspace: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetThe Watson Youth Golf Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetThe Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Humane Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFire Ridge Elementary PTO: $4,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetCareity Foundation: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBrownell-Talbot School: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOmaha Public Schools Foundation: $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWoods Tennis and Educational Foundation: $2,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe Tabitha Foundation Inc: $2,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNcha Charities Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJackson Hole One Fly Foundation: $1,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budget50 Mile March Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMatt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYouth Actors Academy of Lincoln Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLincoln Arts Council: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Nebraska Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNebraska Soccer Charities: $500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPaul Adams Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization: $300 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank for the Heartland: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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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 47.

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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 IncNE50.2× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · Assurity Life Foundation · Rogers Foundation · Abel Foundation · Lee and Debbie Stuart Family Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Cooper Foundation · Kinder Porter Scott Family Foundation · Spreetail Foundation · Olsson Family Foundation · Bettenhausen Family Foundation · D F Dillon 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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How do I get to Pegler Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Pegler Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Pegler Family Foundation

How much does Pegler Family Foundation give?
Pegler Family Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $967,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Pegler Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (22%), Education (20%), Recreation & Sports (17%).
Who are Pegler Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Nebraska Foundation ($617k), Lincoln Children's Zoo ($551k), Food Bank of Lincoln Inc ($320k).
Does Pegler Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Pegler Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Pegler Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lincoln Community Foundation Inc, Assurity Life Foundation, Rogers Foundation.
Where is Pegler Family Foundation based?
Pegler Family Foundation is based in NE.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 85 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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