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May L Flanagan Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Lincoln, Nebraska · EIN 363463110

May L Flanagan Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Lincoln, Nebraska. In tax year 2025 it gave $150,000 in 23 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $20,000. 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 $127,500 the year before.

4% 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$125,00024$2.8 million
2024$127,50023$2.8 million
2025$150,00023$3.1 million

How to apply

ContactFlanagan Foundtn Grant Application
Thomas M Haase 233 S 13th St 1400, Lincoln, NE 68508
Phone or email(402) 476-9200
What to submitThis application is supplied by the foundation and is also attached. The applicant must submit a summary of the applicant's needs and goals with time limits for achieving those goals.
DeadlinesOctober 1st of each year
RestrictionsLincoln, Nebraska, the catholic church and its related organizations

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What May L Flanagan Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Nebraska.

StateGrantsAmount
Nebraska23$150,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 23 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Pius X Foundation
Lincoln, NE
To support the "new secure entrance, welcome center, and student health center" project.$20,000
Catholic Social Services
Lincoln, NE
To be used for the family support services, st. Gianna women's home, and food market and meal services.$15,000
St Teresa School
Lincoln, NE
To assist in updating four bathrooms that have not been updated since 1926.$15,000
Madonna Foundation
Lincoln, NE
To provide tuition reimbursements for staff members who seek educational advancements.$10,000
Matt Talbot Kitchen
Lincoln, NE
To assist in providing funds for general operations including the cost of meals, outreach, and prevention services.$10,000
Food Bank of Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
To assist in funding the food bank's child hunger programs.$10,000
Villa Marie Home & School
Waverly, NE
Provide educational and chariable services$10,000
St Mary's Catholic Church
Lincoln, NE
To assist with phase #2, "opening doors to the heart of st. Mary's" capital campaign.$7,500
Cathedral of the Risen Christ School
Lincoln, NE
To assist with the purchase of new windows for the school building.$6,000
Friendship Home of Lincoln Inc
Lincoln, NE
To assist in the support of emergency shelter and supportive services.$6,000
St Michael Catholic School
Lincoln, NE
To assist with a virtual component of school strategic planning.$6,000
Lighthouse
Lincoln, NE
Funds to provide after-school programming to middle and high school aged youth.$5,000
Lincoln Literacy Council
Lincoln, NE
To assist in funding the building a "bridgeway to a better life" program.$5,000
The Tabitha Foundation
Lincoln, NE
To help underwrite the costs of the tabitha meals on wheels program for those persons who cannot pay the entire costs themselves.$5,000
Community Action Program
Lincoln, NE
To support "the gathering placeto assist in providing services to those persons living below the poverty level.$5,000
Lincoln Children's Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Lincoln, NE
To assist with the funding of the "children at the zoo" outreach program.$3,000
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation
Lincoln, NE
To assist with the expenses of camp catch up.$3,000
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Nebraska Inc
Lincoln, NE
To assist in funding wishes for deserving children in the lincoln, nebraska area.$2,500
St Elizabeth Foundation
Lincoln, NE
To provide assistance to new and expectant parents of infants cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit who are experiencing financial hardships.$2,000
Bright Lights Inc
Lincoln, NE
To assist in meeting bright lights general operating expenses.$1,000
Lincoln Children's Museum
Lincoln, NE
To assist in supporting the museum's for all admissions program.$1,000
Fresh Start Inc
Lincoln, NE
To support the capital campaign to address needed renovations, retire the debet, establish a maintenance fund, and establish a vision fund.$1,000
North American Martyrs Catholic School
Lincoln, NE
To assist in the improvement of the school's reading program by updating the library's collection.$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does May L Flanagan Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: October 1st of each year.

How much does May L Flanagan Foundation Inc give?

$150,000 in tax year 2025, across 23 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs May L Flanagan Foundation Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Union Bank Trust Co (Trustee), Joseph F Bachmann (V. Pres/Sec/Director), Gregory H Perry (Treasurer) and Jason Muhleisen (President/Director).

What does May L Flanagan Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, food and hunger and faith communities.

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