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Wood River Community Centennial Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Wood River, NE EIN: 91-1754956 Website

The mission of the Wood River Community Centennial Foundation is to encourage, receive and administer contributions and gifts for the benefit of the wood river area.

Wood River Community Centennial Foundation at a glance

In short: Wood River Community Centennial Foundation gave $167K across 4 grants in 2024 (avg $42K), mostly in Nebraska. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2024)
$166,743
-11.5% vs 2023
Grants made (2024)
4
-20.0% vs 2023
Average grant
$41,686
+10.7% vs 2023
Median grant
$12,267
Total assets
$866,530
-1.6% vs 2023
Primary geography
Nebraska (100% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2024 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.

How to apply to Wood River Community Centennial Foundation

Who Wood River Community Centennial Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2024

Wood River Rural High School: $142K across 2 grantsWood River Rural High School$142K · 2 grantsWood River Cemetery Association: $9KWood River CemeteryAssociation$9K

The largest 2024 recipient was Wood River Rural High School ($142K across 2 grants). Together the top 2 received $151K.

Organizations only. It also paid 1 individual scholarship ($15,512), which are not listed by name.

Grant Size Distribution

15 grants across all recorded years

11<$50K1$50–100K2$100–250K$250–500K1$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 11 grants of 15 (73%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2024 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.

States

Cities

Wood RiverGrand Island

How Wood River Community Centennial Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 1296% from 2021 to 2024. 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$250K$500K$750K$1M2 grants2019 2 grants2020 1 grant2021 3 grants2022 5 grants2023 4 grants2024

From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $12K (2021) to $881K (2020). In 2024 it made 4 grants totaling $167K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Wood River Rural High School Wood River, NEPlayground Equipment$135,209
1 individual scholarship Recipients not named —$15,512
Wood River Cemetery Association Wood River, NETree Planting$9,022
Wood River Rural High School Wood River, NECelebrate Wood River$7,000
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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
2024$866,530$171,758$185,535$166,7434$43,821
2023$880,307$294,113$205,715$188,3605$31,127
2022$791,909$369,814$75,055$60,5283$4,405
2021$497,150$67,190$27,871$11,9451$24,033
2020$457,831$237,055$899,332$881,4652$8,916
2019$1,120,108$687,684$198,517$185,5502$339,345

About Wood River Community Centennial Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Wood River Community Centennial Foundation is a public charity focused on Recreation & Sports, based in Wood River, NE. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $867K in total assets. In 2024, it awarded 4 grants totaling $167K. Net investment income was $44K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Wood River Community Centennial Foundation's 2024 filing lists 12 officers; none of the 12 officers listed in 2024 report compensation.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Abby Rennau

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Jason Rotter

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Kaye Doane

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

  • Blanca Rodriguez

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Dave Harders

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Jenny Reeder

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Adrienne Gill

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    No compensation reported

  • Andrea Johnson

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

  • Kim Canfield

    Director

    Secretary → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    No compensation reported

  • Judd Haahr

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Tracy Jakubowski

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    No compensation reported

  • Judy Wagoner

    Executive Se

    Treasurer → Executive Se, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    No compensation reported

Former officers (9)
  • Former: Peggy Krause (2019–2023) — President
  • Former: Mary Harders (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Heather Zessin (2019–2021) — Secretary
  • Former: Pam Kjar (2021) — Director
  • Former: Angie Gill (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Lori Dibbern (2020) — Director
  • Former: Dean Kjar (2019) — Director
  • Former: Mona Luebs (2019) — Director
  • Former: Peggy Swanson (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2024. "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 Wood River Community Centennial Foundation

How much does Wood River Community Centennial Foundation give each year?

Wood River Community Centennial Foundation gave $167K across 4 grants in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $188K across 5 grants.

What is Wood River Community Centennial Foundation's typical grant size?

Wood River Community Centennial Foundation's median grant in 2024 was $12,267, and its average grant was $41,686, across 4 grants on its 2024 IRS Form 990.

Where does Wood River Community Centennial Foundation give grants?

Wood River Community Centennial Foundation gives mostly in Nebraska: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2024 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Wood River, NE (3 grants).

Does Wood River Community Centennial Foundation give general operating support?

Not in 2024: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on Wood River Community Centennial Foundation's 2024 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.

How large is Wood River Community Centennial Foundation?

Wood River Community Centennial Foundation reported $867K in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $172K.

What is Wood River Community Centennial Foundation?

Wood River Community Centennial Foundation is a public charity focused on Recreation & Sports, based in Wood River, NE. It holds $867K in total assets as of 2024.

What is Wood River Community Centennial Foundation's EIN?

Wood River Community Centennial Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 91-1754956. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2024.

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. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 9, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 23, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS September 27, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 7, 2025)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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