 The Eppley Library (now the Administration building) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha was named in recognition of the Foundation's giving.In the 1950s, the foundation donated a substantial amount of the costs to build the Gene Eppley Boys Club located on North 24th Street in North Omaha.In 1960 the foundation donated $1 million to the city to convert the Omaha Municipal Airport to a jet port to better connect to the rest of the nation.