Richard Brooke Foundation
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About Richard Brooke Foundation
The Richard Brooke Foundation appears focused exclusively on animal welfare, making a substantial investment in a single organization to support both operations and facility expansion. Its sole recorded grant is a large award to an Omaha-based animal shelter, suggesting a priority on local companion animal rescue and capacity-building. The foundation favors deep, high-impact support rather than spreading funds across many causes.
Focus Areas
Companion animal rescue and sheltering (local Omaha)Capital campaigns for animal shelter facilitiesGeneral operating support for animal welfare organizations
Who They Fund
children and youth (including K-8 students)teens and young adultsstudents in partner/school-based programsfamilies in South Omaha / local community familiesmuseum and informal-education visitors (general public)pet owners / companion animals
About Richard Brooke Foundation
Richard Brooke Foundation’s clearest pattern is a single, very large commitment to animal welfare: an $825,000 grant to Animal Samaritans for general operating support and a capital campaign. That award fits a broader profile of concentrated, invitation-only giving that backs organizations with both service delivery and facility needs. The foundation’s recent grants also show support for Omaha-based institutions working in education, health, food access, arts, and sheltering, often with operating support paired with capital work or program expansion. Animal welfare is the most explicit focus in the available summary, but the grant list shows the foundation also funding school-based food security, pediatric and adolescent health, and arts and informal education. Several awards went to organizations in Omaha, including Food Bank for the Heartland, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Child Saving Institute, and Omaha Performing Arts. The pattern suggests a funder that makes substantial grants to established nonprofits rather than smaller, dispersed awards. Its giving is regional, with most recorded grants landing in Nebraska and all recorded grants going to U.S. recipients.
What Richard Brooke Foundation Funds
A major theme in the grant list is food access tied to schools and outreach. The foundation gave $450,000 to Food Bank for the Heartland for a SNAP counselor, school-based mobile pantries, and a capital campaign, and earlier gave the same organization $150,000 for SNAP counselor and school-based mobile pantries. Health services are another visible area. In 2024, it awarded $200,000 to Child Saving Institute for a pediatric social work program and capital campaign, and $100,000 to One World Community Health Centers Inc for mobile dental clinics. It also supported teen and young adult health centers at One World with a separate $100,000 grant. Arts and education appear through Omaha Performing Arts, which received $150,000 for Musical Explorers, Disney Musicals in Schools, and a capital campaign, and Omaha Theater Company, which received $125,000 for pre-K drama enrichment and Lil Rosies. The foundation also funded a children’s theater program at Rancho Mirage Library Foundation for $100,000.
How Richard Brooke Foundation Gives
Typical grant size sits at $47,500 at the 25th percentile, $75,000 at the median, and $100,000 at the 75th percentile, but the recent record includes several much larger awards. The foundation also shows repeat support for the same organizations across multiple years, including Food Bank for the Heartland, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Avenue Scholars Foundation, Kaneko, Assistance League of Omaha, American Midwest Ballet, Omaha Theater Company, One World Community Health Centers Inc, and Gallery 1516 of Regional Artists. It accepts proposals only by invitation and has no public unsolicited application process. The foundation funds individuals and does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$6.7M
Total Assets
$34.9M
Total Revenue
$5.2M
Total Expenses
$7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $48K and $100K, with a median of $75K.
25th Percentile
$48K
Median
$75K
75th Percentile
$100K
Geographic Reach
Regional3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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