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The Tabitha Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Lincoln, NE EIN: 47-0636199 Website

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The Tabitha Foundation Inc at a glance

In short: The Tabitha Foundation Inc gave $1.0M across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $1.0M), mostly in Nebraska. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$1,000,000
-78.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$1,000,000
-78.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$1,000,000
Total assets
$10,078,579
-14.2% vs 2024
Primary geography
Nebraska (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who The Tabitha Foundation Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Tabitha Inc: $1.0MTabitha Inc$1.0M

The largest 2025 recipient was Tabitha Inc ($1.0M).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M4$1–5M1$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 4 grants of 5 (80%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Lincoln

How The Tabitha Foundation Inc gives

  • Giving fell 69% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2M$4M$6M$8M1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $1.0M (2025) to $6.7M (2023). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $1.0M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Tabitha Inc Lincoln, NESupport for elder care services$1,000,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$10,078,579$2,040,200$1,635,158$1,000,0001$571,652
2024$11,744,831$1,434,922$4,934,846$4,647,7531$214,415
2023$12,738,805$4,417,140$7,231,631$6,746,2221$2,570,000
2022$16,247,232$2,917,008$3,746,963$3,276,3571$408,966
2021$18,487,506$10,306,792$3,352,487$2,833,5081$702,536
2020$15,928,215$4,501,906$2,931,068$2,349,2501$391,209

About The Tabitha Foundation Inc

Based on IRS filings

The Tabitha Foundation Inc is a public charity focused on Health, based in Lincoln, NE. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $10.1M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $1.0M. Net investment income was $572K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

The Tabitha Foundation Inc is led by Jon Riewer, President & CEO on the 2025 filing; none of the 18 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jon Riewer

    President & CEO

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Bye

    Chair

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brandon Lunak

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cindy Larson-Casselton

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Schaefer

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jodee Bock

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joe Halvorson

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Judy Lee

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karla Swenson

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pete Seljevold

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Terry Brandt

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tyler Fischbach

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Shanks

    Former Officer

    Secretary, Treasurer & CFO → President & CEO, 2024

    President & CEO → Former Officer, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Aimee Baumann

    Former Officer

    Secretary, Treasurer & CFO → Former Officer, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    No compensation reported

  • Darin Ohe

    CFO

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Luke Hvidston

    Treasurer

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patrick Gulbranson

    Vice Chair

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Vikki Johnson

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (28)
  • Former: Clark Anderson (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Lisa Smith (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Renee Sjulin (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: William Strain (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Bishop Scott Johnson (2022–2024) — Ex-Officio
  • Former: Bryan Seck (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Carol Friesen (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Dirk Brom (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: James Anderson (2022–2024) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Kimberly Rath (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Mark Hesser (2022–2024) — Chair
  • Former: Neal Lyons (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Eric Shafer (2023–2024) — Chair
  • Former: Julie Hogg (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Christina Hinrichs (2020–2023) — President & CEO
  • Former: Juliann Sebastian (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Joyce Ebmeier (2023) — Interim President & CEO
  • Former: JP James Lauterbach (2023) — Director of Development
  • Former: Chris Bockmann (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Lee Chapin (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Leslie Gibbens (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Aloha Schmid (2020–2021) — Member
  • Former: Ava Thomas (2020–2021) — Member
  • Former: Jerry Prange (2020–2021) — Member
  • Former: John C Miles (2020–2021) — Member
  • Former: Katie Zulkoski (2020–2021) — Member
  • Former: Susan Egr (2020–2021) — Vice President Foundation
  • Former: Pastor Greg Bouvier (2020) — Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about The Tabitha Foundation Inc

How much does The Tabitha Foundation Inc give each year?

The Tabitha Foundation Inc gave $1.0M across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $4.6M across 1 grant.

How large is The Tabitha Foundation Inc?

The Tabitha Foundation Inc reported $10.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.0M.

What is The Tabitha Foundation Inc?

The Tabitha Foundation Inc is a public charity focused on Health, based in Lincoln, NE. It holds $10.1M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does The Tabitha Foundation Inc operate?

The Tabitha Foundation Inc has awarded grants in Nebraska.

What is The Tabitha Foundation Inc's EIN?

The Tabitha Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 47-0636199. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS June 1, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 14, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 15, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 14, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS August 13, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 14, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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