This foundation concentrates almost exclusively on funding biomedical research in Omaha-area institutions, with large, multi-year grants directed primarily to Creighton University and Boys Town National Research Hospital. Their giving emphasizes institutional research capacity in clinical and pediatric behavioral health domains, preferring a small number of substantial awards rather than broad, distributed philanthropy.
Creighton University - Boys Town Healthcare Foundation directs large biomedical research grants to two Omaha institutions: Creighton University and Boys Town National Research Hospital. The recent record shows a consistent pattern of legislatively defined funding, with awards repeated across 2023, 2024, and 2025 rather than spread across a wide set of recipients. Creighton University received the largest recent award at $3,302,038 in 2024 and another $2,436,400 in 2025, both for biomedical research as defined and permitted from legislation. Boys Town National Research Hospital appears on the same pattern, including a $1,622,691 grant in 2024 and $1,264,167 in 2025 for the same purpose. The foundation’s work centers on institutional research support, especially biomedical, clinical, and pediatric behavioral health research. Its grants point to a model built around sustained support for a small number of research organizations rather than broad grant distribution.
Biomedical research is the clearest focus. The foundation gave $3,302,038 to Creighton University in 2024 and $2,436,400 in 2025, both described as funding biomedical research as defined and permitted from legislation. At Boys Town National Research Hospital, it supported the same category with $1,622,691 in 2024 and $1,264,167 in 2025. The grant language shows a compliance-driven approach: awards are framed around what is permitted under legislation rather than broad thematic requests. The foundation also supports university-hospital research infrastructure through repeated institutional awards in Omaha, reinforcing research capacity within the same local ecosystem. Across the recent record, the emphasis stays on biomedical and translational research settings rather than on individual researchers or unrelated program areas.
The recent grant sizes are large: the 25th percentile is $1,082,729, the median is $1,407,246, and the 75th percentile is $2,042,528. That distribution fits a small number of substantial institutional awards rather than many small grants. The same two recipients appear across multiple years, with Creighton University and Boys Town National Research Hospital both receiving grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation is a public charity, funds individuals is false, and makes program-related investments is false. The grant language is also highly specific, repeatedly using the same legislative framing for biomedical research.
$3.7M
$498K
$3.8M
$3.7M
Most grants fall between $1.1M and $2M, with a median of $1.4M.
25th Percentile
$1.1M
Median
$1.4M
75th Percentile
$2M
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Highly concentrated: few (6) grants totaling over $10M, large award sizes, repeat multi-grant support to the same two local institutions, indicating long-term institutional partnerships and a local geographic focus.
Notable grantees: Creighton University, Father Flanagan's Boys' Home dba BoysTown National Research Hospital
Grantmaking is local and entirely in Nebraska. All listed grants went to recipients in the HQ state, and the recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based. The two recipient cities in the recent grants are Omaha and Boys Town, both in NE. In practice, the foundation’s giving is concentrated in a single metro-area research network rather than spread across multiple states or countries.
Its recent grants focus on biomedical research, with repeated awards described as funding biomedical research as defined and permitted from legislation. The supported institutions are Creighton University and Boys Town National Research Hospital, both in Nebraska, and the grant record points to institutional research capacity rather than individual awards.
The two recurring recipients are Creighton University in Omaha and Father Flanagan's Boys' Home Dba Boystown National Research Hospital in Boys Town. Each appears in multiple years, including 2023, 2024, and 2025, which shows a stable recipient pattern.
Recent grants are large. The 25th percentile is $1,082,729, the median is $1,407,246, and the 75th percentile is $2,042,528. That range suggests multi-hundred-thousand-dollar to multi-million-dollar institutional awards.
No. The recent grants provided here are all to Nebraska recipients, and the recipient country distribution is 100% U.S. The named recipient cities are Omaha and Boys Town, both in NE.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY | OMAHA, NE | $2,436,400 | 2025 | FUND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AS DEFINED AND PERMITTED FROM LEGISLATION |
| FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME DBA BOYSTOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL | BOYS TOWN, NE | $1,264,167 | 2025 | FUND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AS DEFINED AND PERMITTED FROM LEGISLATION |
| CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY | OMAHA, NE | $3,302,038 | 2024 | FUND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AS DEFINED AND PERMITTED FROM LEGISLATION |
| FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME DBA BOYSTOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL | BOYS TOWN, NE | $1,622,691 | 2024 | FUND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AS DEFINED AND PERMITTED FROM LEGISLATION |
| CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY | OMAHA, NE | $1,191,800 | 2023 | FUND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AS DEFINED AND PERMITTED FROM LEGISLATION |
| FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME DBA BOYSTOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL | BOYS TOWN, NE | $755,516 | 2023 | FUND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AS DEFINED AND PERMITTED FROM LEGISLATION |
FUND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AS DEFINED AND PERMITTED FROM LEGISLATION
FUND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AS DEFINED AND PERMITTED FROM LEGISLATION
FUND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AS DEFINED AND PERMITTED FROM LEGISLATION
FUND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AS DEFINED AND PERMITTED FROM LEGISLATION
FUND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AS DEFINED AND PERMITTED FROM LEGISLATION
FUND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AS DEFINED AND PERMITTED FROM LEGISLATION