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Tye Family Foundation

Accepts applications Kearney, Nebraska · EIN 476042232

Tye Family Foundation is a private foundation in Kearney, Nebraska. In tax year 2024 it gave $29,950 in 13 grants; the typical grant was $2,000 and the largest $6,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $26,500 the year before.

39% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$26,50016$581,842
2024$29,95013$586,147

How to apply

ContactTom W Tye II
1419 Central Avenue, Kearney, NE 68847
Phone or email(308) 237-3155
What to submitStatus of donee, prior tax return, exempt status proof, purpose

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Tye Family Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Nebraska.

StateGrantsAmount
Nebraska9$20,950
New York2$6,000
South Dakota2$3,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 13 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Nebraska Foundation
Kearney, NE
Faculty awards; unk phi alpha theta$6,000
Rowe Sanctuary
Gibbon, NE
General charitable support$5,000
Yanney Heritage Park Foundation
Kearney, NE
Gala in the gardens$3,200
Reconsider
Wawarsing, NY
General charitable support$3,000
Woodstock Day School
Saugerties, NY
General charitable support$3,000
Kenesaw Community Development Corp
Kenesaw, NE
General charitable support$2,000
Mobridge Regional Hospital Foundation
Mobridge, SD
General charitable support$2,000
Kearney Area Community Foundation
Kearney, NE
General charitable support$1,000
Kearney Concert Association
Kearney, NE
General charitable support$1,000
Kearney Public Library Foundation
Kearney, NE
One author kearney$1,000
Mid-America Council
Omaha, NE
Boy scouts of america$1,000
Mobridge Rodeo Foundation
Mobridge, SD
General charitable support$1,000
The World Theatre
Kearney, NE
General charitable support$750

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Tye Family Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Tye Family Foundation give?

$29,950 in tax year 2024, across 13 grants, with a typical grant of $2,000.

Who runs Tye Family Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Thomas W Tye (Trustee), Gloria G Tye (Trustee), Thomas W Tye II (Trustee) and Michael J Tye (Trustee) among 6 officers and trustees.

What does Tye Family Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, arts and culture and community development.

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