Nebraska · Private foundation
The Pearle Francis Finigan 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.
- $691k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 32
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $647k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations The Pearle Francis Finigan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $228k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 20 | $646k | 35% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $710k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $736k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $674k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $707k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $728k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $691k | 31% |
| FY2017 | 29 | $685k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Children's Zoo | $805,000 | 5 | 3% |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $792,249 | 6 | 0% |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | $704,130 | 6 | 0% |
| Lincoln Arts Council | $161,674 | 6 | 7% |
| Pius X Foundation | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Patrick Catholic Church | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Lincoln Inc | $65,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music | $64,150 | 6 | 22% |
| Union College | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Marianna Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 6% |
Show all 34 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Children's Zoo | $805,000 | 5 | 3% |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $792,249 | 6 | 0% |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | $704,130 | 6 | 0% |
| Lincoln Arts Council | $161,674 | 6 | 7% |
| Pius X Foundation | $150,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Patrick Catholic Church | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Food Bank of Lincoln Inc | $65,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lincoln Friends of Chamber Music | $64,150 | 6 | 22% |
| Union College | $60,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Marianna Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Nebraska Jazz Orchestra Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Lincoln Music Teachers Association | $40,000 | 6 | 19% |
| The Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools | $39,450 | 2 | 1% |
| Mourning Hope | $34,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Bright Lights Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lux Center for the Arts | $21,250 | 1 | 3% |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Michaels Catholic Church | $14,650 | 2 | n/a |
| Nebraska Brass Inc | $13,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation | $11,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Sewing for Babies Incorporated | $10,000 | 2 | 8% |
| The Tabitha Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of Opera | $9,225 | 6 | 4% |
| The Madonna Foundation | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Nebraska Trumpet Ensemble Inc | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Downtown Lincoln Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 6% |
| St Michael Catholic Church of Cheney | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lincoln Boys Choir Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Abendmusik at First-Plymouth Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lincoln Choral Artists | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asian Community and Cultural Center | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Blixt Locally Grown | $505 | 1 | 1% |
| Friend Historical Society | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Pearle Francis Finigan Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · D F Dillon Foundation · Rogers Foundation · Cooper Foundation · Assurity Life Foundation · Duncan Family Trust · Abel Foundation · Olsson Family Foundation · Kinder Porter Scott Family Foundation · Lee and Debbie Stuart Family Foundation · Bettenhausen Family Foundation · Nebraska Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Pearle Francis Finigan Foundation
- How much does The Pearle Francis Finigan Foundation give?
- The Pearle Francis Finigan Foundation reported 32 itemized grants totaling $647,405, out of $691,405 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Pearle Francis Finigan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Animals (12%), Religion (9%).
- Who are The Pearle Francis Finigan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Lincoln Children's Zoo ($805k), University of Nebraska Foundation ($792k), Nebraska Wesleyan University ($704k).
- Does The Pearle Francis Finigan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Pearle Francis Finigan 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 The Pearle Francis Finigan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lincoln Community Foundation Inc, D F Dillon Foundation, Rogers Foundation.
- Where is The Pearle Francis Finigan Foundation based?
- The Pearle Francis Finigan Foundation is based in NE.
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