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The Quirk Family Foundation

Accepts applications Minneapolis, Minnesota · EIN 476026412

The Quirk Family Foundation is a private foundation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In tax year 2025 it gave $4,000 in 5 grants; the typical grant was $500 and the largest $2,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $400 the year before.

80% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$2,8003$58,062
2023$3,0004$56,168
2024$4001$58,874
2025$4,0005$56,840

How to apply

ContactBruce Am Hocking
PO Box 5841, Lincoln, NE 68505
Phone or email(402) 441-0140
What to submitLetter
DeadlinesThere is no submission deadline
RestrictionsNo limitations or restrictions are applied, however, preference will be given to exempt organizations in adams county, Nebraska.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to South Dakota.

StateGrantsAmount
South Dakota3$3,000
Nebraska2$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 5 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of SD Foundation
Vermillion, SD
Scholarship$2,000
Hastings Museum
Hastings, NE
General$500
Feeding Vermillion Food Pantry
Vermillion, SD
General$500
United Way South Central NE
Hastings, NE
General$500
Beresford Community Foundation
Pierre, SD
General$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Quirk Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: There is no submission deadline.

How much does The Quirk Family Foundation give?

$4,000 in tax year 2025, across 5 grants, with a typical grant of $500.

Who runs The Quirk Family Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Mary H Quirk (President) and Bruce A Hocking (Treasurer).

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