Grants awarded
Who does Gardner Foundation fund?
Gardner Foundation has awarded $11 million across 131 grants to 50 organizations between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $25,000, with most between $10,000 and $70,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $30,000 versus $19,550 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$10.7M
Typical grant
$25K
Grantees
50
Grants
131
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| W Wakefield Community School | $3.5M | 9 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Wayne State Foundation
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$3.2M | 24 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NE | |
| W Wayne State Foundation | $936K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S St Peter's Catholic Church | $560K | 13 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$420K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NE | |
| W Wakefield Health Care | $258K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| D Diocese of Charlestoncatholic Comm Fdtn | $250K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$171K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| E Emerson Veterans Memorialpost 60 | $110K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Providence Medical Center Foundation | $104K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NE | |
| D Dixon County Agricultural Society INC | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NE | |
Nebraska Wesleyan University
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$100K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NE | |
| H Humpty Dumpty Daycare | $93K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| L Little Red Hen Theatre | $75K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Nebraska Wesleyan University | $75K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Ami Kids | $70K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Winside Volunteer Fire and Rescue | $70K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Omaha Pacesetter | $57K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C City of Wayne | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Northeast Community College Foundation
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$50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NE | |
| C City of Ponca | $38K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wisner Police Department | $35K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$30K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | IA | |
| S Stanton County Emergency Management Agency | $28K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S St James Community Fund | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| P Pilger Fire & Rescue | $24K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Allen Consolidated Schools | $20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H Harrison's Playmakers | $20K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hopeful Horizons | $20K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| D Dixon Rural Fire Department | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| H Homer Volunteer Fire Department | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| D Dixon County | $17K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Project Pinkd INC | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wakefield Community School Teammates | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| W Wakefield Health Care Center INC | $11K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NE | |
| B Boys & Girls Club of Beaufort | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S Sheldon Boys and Girls Club | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| L Lindsay Area Development | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Community Recreation of Wakefield INC | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NE | |
| L Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Middle School | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Pioneer Senior Citizens | $7K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Q Quilts of Valor | $7K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| B Builders International Foundation | $7K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Dixon County Sheriff | $6K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| E Epic Youth Ministry | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Faith & Family Production INC | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NE | |
| M Mid-America Council Bsa | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| E Emerson Hubbard School | $5K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hillrise Elementary PTO | $4K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Olive Branch Charitable Foundation | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NE |
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