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Hawkins Sisters Foundation

Accepts applications Omaha, Nebraska · EIN 471561227

Hawkins Sisters Foundation is a private foundation in Omaha, Nebraska. In tax year 2025 it gave $125,000 in 3 grants; the typical grant was $40,000 and the largest $60,000. 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 $106,000 the year before.

67% 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
2023$226,0007$489,562
2024$106,0005$439,965
2025$125,0003$339,858

How to apply

ContactFred H Hawkins Jr
2516 Deer Park Blvd, Omaha, NE 68105
Phone or email(402) 221-7620
What to submitApplicants should include a description of the organization making the application, the intended use of the funds, and the basis for need.
RestrictionsNone. Preference is given to local organizations.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Hawkins Sisters Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Nebraska.

StateGrantsAmount
Nebraska3$125,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 3 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Nebraska Greats Foundation
Omaha, NE
General funding$60,000
Hastings College
Hastings, NE
General funding$40,000
The 1890 Foundation
Lincoln, NE
General funding$25,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Hawkins Sisters Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Hawkins Sisters Foundation give?

$125,000 in tax year 2025, across 3 grants, with a typical grant of $40,000.

Who runs Hawkins Sisters Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Fred Hawkins Jr (President/Treasurer), Marianne G Hawkins (Vice President/Secretary), Kathryn Hawkins Anderson (Director) and Patricia H Stillmock (Director).

What does Hawkins Sisters Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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