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Winthrop Frances Lane Found

Accepts applications Eagan, Minnesota · EIN 470581778

Winthrop Frances Lane Found is a private foundation in Eagan, Minnesota. In tax year 2025 it gave $160,000 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $40,750 and the largest $68,500. 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 $149,850 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$155,9565$3.2 million
2024$149,8504$3.5 million
2025$160,0004$3.8 million

How to apply

ContactWinthrop Francis Lane Foundation
525 N 132nd St, Omaha, NE 68154
Phone or email(402) 963-2156
What to submitStandard forms are available upon request
RestrictionsStudents at creighton univ school of law, omaha and university of Nebraska

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Winthrop Frances Lane Found funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Nebraska.

StateGrantsAmount
Nebraska4$160,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
U of NE College of Law
Lincoln, NE
Scholarship$68,500
Creighton University Law School
Omaha, NE
Scholarship$68,500
Nebraska State Bar Foundation
Lincoln, NE
Scholarship$13,000
Omaha Bar Association
Omaha, NE
Scholarship$10,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Winthrop Frances Lane Found accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Winthrop Frances Lane Found give?

$160,000 in tax year 2025, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $40,750.

Who runs Winthrop Frances Lane Found?

Its 2025 filing lists US Bank N A (Trustee).

What does Winthrop Frances Lane Found fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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