The Gallagher Foundation directs essentially all of its giving to a single local recipient, the Omaha Parks Foundation, providing large, general-purpose support for park and public-space efforts in Omaha. Its grants are concentrated, repeat awards that suggest a focused philanthropic interest in improving and sustaining municipal parks and community green spaces in its home city.
Highly concentrated funding: a small number of large, repeat grants to a single local grantee, typically unrestricted/general operating support focused on one organization and one place.
Omaha Parks Foundation
Gallagher Foundation C/o Bridges Trust Company’s giving is defined by a final distribution on dissolution and a very concentrated relationship with Omaha Parks Foundation. In 2024, the foundation made a $606,900 general grant and a separate $155,437 final distribution on dissolution to that recipient, alongside a 2023 general grant of the same $606,900 amount. That pattern places park and public-space support at the center of the foundation’s recent activity. The rest of the grant record is comparatively small and selective, with a $20,000 general grant to Durham Museum and a handful of $10,000 and $5,000 awards to other organizations. The overall picture is of a funder whose recent giving has been anchored by a single local civic partner, while also making occasional grants to museums, human services, memorial-designated support, and higher education. The foundation’s philosophy tags point to terminal, estate, or liquidation-style grantmaking rather than an ongoing open-ended program. In practice, that means the grant history reads less like a broad portfolio and more like a concentrated unwind of assets directed to named community institutions.
One clear theme is Omaha park capital and maintenance support. Gallagher Foundation C/o Bridges Trust Company gave Omaha Parks Foundation $606,900 in 2023 and the same amount again in 2024, then added a $155,437 final distribution on dissolution in 2024. That sequence shows repeated backing for the same civic purpose. Another theme is support for Omaha community organizations beyond parks. The foundation gave $20,000 to Durham Museum for general purposes and $10,000 to United Way of the Midlands for general support, both in Omaha. The grant record also includes a memorial-designated gift: $10,000 to The Mia Taylor Foundation in 2023, marked “In Memory of Mia Taylor.” Outside Nebraska, the foundation made two $5,000 grants in 2023, one to Carnegie Mellon University and one to Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Grant sizes are uneven and highly concentrated. The median grant is $15,000, with a 25th percentile of $8,750 and a 75th percentile of $268,303, reflecting a mix of modest awards and very large distributions. The pattern is repeat-based rather than broad: Omaha Parks Foundation appears across multiple years and receives the largest grants, including a dissolution-related payment. The foundation is a corporate trust company–advised entity rather than an operating grantmaker, and the record points to terminal, one-time distribution behavior. The grants list does not show an application process.
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Most grants fall between $9K and $268K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$9K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$268K
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Giving is overwhelmingly tied to Omaha. The recent grants list shows 75% of grants to recipients in Nebraska, and all eight listed grants go to U.S. organizations. Omaha, NE appears repeatedly, including Omaha Parks Foundation, Durham Museum, United Way of the Midlands, and The Mia Taylor Foundation. Outside Nebraska, the record includes Pittsburgh, PA and Palo Alto, CA, each with one grant. By count, California is the top state for recipient locations, but the strongest concentration of dollars and recipients remains in Omaha.
The record centers on Omaha park capital and maintenance support. Omaha Parks Foundation received the largest grants in 2023 and 2024, including a 2024 final distribution on dissolution. Smaller grants also went to Omaha institutions tied to civic life, including Durham Museum and United Way of the Midlands.
Yes. Omaha Parks Foundation appears multiple times in the recent grants list, with a $606,900 grant in 2023, another $606,900 grant in 2024, and a $155,437 final distribution on dissolution in 2024.
The typical grant size is $15,000 at the median. The lower quartile is $8,750 and the upper quartile is $268,303, which shows that the foundation makes both modest awards and very large distributions.
Most grants go to Nebraska recipients, with 75% of grants going to organizations in the HQ state. The recent grants list is entirely U.S.-based, and Omaha, NE is the main recipient city.
The pattern suggests terminal or dissolution-driven grantmaking. The philosophy tags include final asset distribution, estate/liquidation philanthropy, terminal/one-time distribution, and dissolution-driven grantmaking, and the 2024 list includes a grant labeled “final distribution on dissolution.”
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMAHA PARKS FOUNDATION | OMAHA, NE | $606,900 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| OMAHA PARKS FOUNDATION | OMAHA, NE | $155,437 | 2024 | FINAL DISTRIBUTION ON DISSOLUTION |
| DURHAM MUSEUM | OMAHA, NE | $20,000 | 2024 | GENERAL |
| OMAHA PARKS FOUNDATION | OMAHA, NE | $606,900 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| THE MIA TAYLOR FOUNDATION | OMAHA, NE | $10,000 | 2023 | IN MEMORY OF MIA TAYLOR |
| UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS | OMAHA, NE | $10,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | PITTSBURGH, PA | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
| VISTA CENTER FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED | PALO ALTO, CA | $5,000 | 2023 | GENERAL |
THE MIA TAYLOR FOUNDATION
$10,000IN MEMORY OF MIA TAYLOR
GENERAL