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Filkins Family Foundation: 5 grants to organizations, $34.6 million (tax year ended December 2025)

Filkins Family Foundation, a private foundation in Omaha, NE, paid 5 grants to organizations totaling $34,647,213 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on February 26, 2026. The largest was $20,702,516 to Himalayan Cataract Project Inc Dba Cure Blindness Project in Norwich, VT for surgeries & equipment.

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EIN
426559796
Based in
Omaha, NE
Assets
$167,074,299
Grants paid
$34,647,213
Tax year ended
December 2025

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025

From the Form 990-PF filed February 26, 2026, IRS object ID 202600579349100120. It reported $34,647,213 in grants paid; 5 grants to organizations are listed.

RecipientLocationPurposeCauseAmountSource
Himalayan Cataract Project Inc Dba Cure Blindness ProjectNorwich, VTSurgeries & equipment$20,702,516apps.irs.gov
OrbisNew York, NYTreatment & prevention of blindness$12,790,068apps.irs.gov
Nancy LF Davis Family FoundationLincoln, NEGeneral operationsMental health and crisis intervention$1,063,280apps.irs.gov
Westside FoundationOmaha, NECal bentz natatoriumEducation$60,000apps.irs.gov
Metropolitan Omaha Medical SocietyOmaha, NEGeneral operations$31,349apps.irs.gov

Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024

From the Form 990-PF filed February 12, 2025, IRS object ID 202510439349100821. It reported $33,439,585 in grants paid; 4 grants to organizations are listed.

RecipientLocationPurposeCauseAmountSource
Himalayan Cataract Project Inc Dba Cure Blindness ProjectNorwich, VTSurgeries & equipment$20,612,152apps.irs.gov
OrbisNew York, NYTreatment & prevention of blindness$10,080,930apps.irs.gov
Westside FoundationOmaha, NEImpact excellence campaignEducation$2,744,475apps.irs.gov
Grand FoundationWinter Park, COSpencer nelson fund winter park ski competition center$2,028apps.irs.gov

Causes funded

From grants whose recipient has a cause.

CauseGranted
Education$2,804,475
Mental health and crisis intervention$1,063,280

States funded

Recipient stateGranted
Vermont$41,314,668
New York$22,870,998
Nebraska$3,899,104
Colorado$2,028

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Updated February 26, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.