The Ethel S. Abbott Charitable Foundation

Major Grants

Lincoln Sports Foundation $2,750,000
Construction and maintenance of the Ethel S. Abbott Sports Complex in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Heritage-Joslyn Foundation $1,500,000
Endowment Fund for the purchase of art for the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska.
University of Nebraska Foundation $1,000,000
Endowment Fund for program development for the Sheldon Art Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Estes Park Medical Center Foundation $750,000
Construction and Endowment Fund for the Estes Park Medical Center in Estes Park, Colorado.
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation $500,000
Endowment Fund for medical research into a cure for diabetes.
Quality Living, Inc. $500,000
Endowment Fund for handicap accessible housing in Omaha, Nebraska.
Bellevue University $500,000
Construction of a Technology Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Lauritzen Gardens $500,000
Construction of Botanical Gardens in Omaha, Nebraska.
Audubon Nebraska $350,000
Construction of an Education Center at the Spring Creek Prairie in Denton, Nebraska.
Nebraska State Historical Society $255,000
Construction and Endowment Fund for the Chimney Rock Visitors Center in Bayard, Nebraska.

Other Substantial Grants

University of Nebraska $687,642
Lincoln Public Schools Foundation $529,000
Folsom Children's Zoo $ 269,000
Strategic Air Command Museum $252,000
Arthritis Foundation $250,000
Guiding Eyes For The Blind $250,000
The Salvation Army $250,000
American Red Cross $250,000
Western Heritage Museum $250,000
Nebraska State Soccer Association $224,806
Lincoln Children's Museum $210,000
Nebraska Game & Parks Foundation $200,000