Sn Bud and Gloria Wolbach Charitable Foundati
Omaha, NE · EIN 46-1496006. Reported 111 grants totalling $2,420,168 to 51 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Sn Bud and Gloria Wolbach Charitable Foundati did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,500 and $25,000; the smallest was $1,115 and the largest $143,230. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland United Way | Grand Island, NE | $417,274 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Greater Grand Island Community Foundatio | Grand Island, NE | $292,050 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Stuhr Museum Foundation | Grand Island, NE | $195,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Central Community College Foundation | Hastings, NE | $182,674 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Grand Island Public Library Fdn | Grand Island, NE | $106,730 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Project Hunger Inc | Grand Island, NE | $102,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Nebraska State Fair Park Foundation | Lincoln, NE | $89,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Grace Foundation | Grand Island, NE | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Nature Conservancy | Omaha, NE | $67,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Grand Island Public Schools Foundation | Grand Island, NE | $66,924 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grand Island Young Womens Christian Asso | Grand Island, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hall County Hero Flight Association | Grand Island, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Make a Wish of Nebraska | Kearney, NE | $47,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Grand Island Childrens Museum | Grand Island, NE | $41,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope Harbor Inc | Grand Island, NE | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Grow Grand Island Arts and Humanities C/O Grand Island Community Foundation | Grand Island, NE | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Third City Community Clinic | Grand Island, NE | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Girl Scouts-Spirit of Nebraska | Grand Island, NE | $34,700 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Grand Island, NE | $33,291 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Grand Island Community Foundation | Grand Island, NE | $32,124 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hall County Warriors Memorial | St Libory, NE | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Salvation Army | Grand Island, NE | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grand Island Public Schools Fdn Foundation | Grand Island, NE | $28,820 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Crossroads Center | Hastings, NE | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Howard County Hospital Foundation | St Paul, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wood River Vision 2020 Inc | Wood River, NE | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Giltner Alumni Association | Giltner, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grand Island Hometown Heroes | Grand Island, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wood River United Methodist Church | Wood River, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hall County Historical Society | Grand Island, NE | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Central Nebraska Humane Society | Grand Island, NE | $17,240 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Veterans Club | Brand Island, NE | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| First Light Advocacy Center | Grand Island, NE | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Literacy Council of Grand Island | Grand Island, NE | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cairo Community Foundation | Cairo, NE | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Choice Family Health Care Inc | Grand Island, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Christmas Tree Association Christmas Cheer | Grand Island, NE | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grand Island YWCA | Grand Island, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Overland Trails Council Boy Scouts of America | Grand Island, NE | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wolbach Community Foundation | Wolbach, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wood River Rural Schools | Wood River, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Central Nebraska Council on Alcoholism and Addictions Inc | Grand Island, NE | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mid-America Council | Omaha, NE | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Grand Island Area Clean Community System Inc | Grand Island, NE | $5,226 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crisis Center Inc | Grand Island, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christmas Cheer Association | Grand Island, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hall County Community Collaborative | Grand Island, NE | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Salvation Army National Corp | Alexandria, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Gi Area Habitat for Humanity | Grand Island, NE | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grand Island YMCA | Grand Island, NE | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hall County Leadership Unlimited Inc | Grand Island, NE | $1,115 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
25 of 51 (49%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 61%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 51 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | $442,662 | $16,120 |
| 2022 | 23 | $525,420 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 26 | $476,380 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 21 | $460,091 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 23 | $515,615 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
100% of its giving went to organizations in Nebraska. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Nebraska.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Sn Bud and Gloria Wolbach Charitable Foundati's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 1601 Dodge St - Stop 8145, Omaha, NE, 68197. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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