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Clara B Hinson Memorial Foundation

Accepts applications Lamar, Colorado · EIN 900567107

Clara B Hinson Memorial Foundation is a private foundation in Lamar, Colorado. In tax year 2024 it gave $27,000 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $4,500 and the largest $6,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was the same as $27,000 the year before.

33% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$27,0006$1.0 million
2024$27,0006$1.0 million

How to apply

ContactSteve Hamilton
225 Wigwam, Caddoa, CO 81044
Phone or email(719) 336-2007
What to submitApplication must indicate in writing that funds will be used towards classes in the medical profession, and must be residents of either bent county Colorado or prowers county Colorado. Applicant must indicate desire to enter medical field in rural area, particularly bent or prowers county Colorado.
RestrictionsMust be residents of bent or prowers county Colorado. Funds must be used towards classes in the medical profession. Applicant intent is to enter medical field in a rural area, particularly in bent or prowers county Colorado.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Clara B Hinson Memorial Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Colorado.

StateGrantsAmount
Colorado6$27,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
College for Nicole Weakley
Lamar, CO
Nursing program$6,000
College for Hope Headley
Lamar, CO
Nursing program$6,000
College for Brecklyn Herrera
Lamar, CO
Nursing program$6,000
College for Maura Smith
Lamar, CO
Nursing program$3,000
College for Tami Williams
Lamar, CO
Nursing program$3,000
College for Marie Misenheimer
Lamar, CO
Nursing program$3,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Clara B Hinson Memorial Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Clara B Hinson Memorial Foundation give?

$27,000 in tax year 2024, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $4,500.

Who runs Clara B Hinson Memorial Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Steve Hamilton (Chairman), John Lefferdink (Director) and Debra Pelley (Director).

What does Clara B Hinson Memorial Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and health.

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