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Gerald L Bauer Educational Trust

Accepts applications Colfax, Iowa · EIN 806256984

Gerald L Bauer Educational Trust is a private foundation in Colfax, Iowa. In tax year 2025 it gave $95,000 in 16 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $10,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $97,000 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$118,00018$2.0 million
2024$97,00019$2.1 million
2025$95,00016$2.6 million

How to apply

ContactA Lancaster Colfax Mingo High Schoo
Colfax Mingo High School 204 North, League Road, Colfax, IA 50054
Phone or email(515) 674-4111, alancaster@colfaxmingo.org
What to submitApplication forms are available in the offices of the guidance counselor, principal or school administration offices of the colfax mingo high school, 204 north league road, colfax, ia 50054, or by calling the colfax-mingo high school at 515-674-4111 or by emailing philip f. Webb, trustee at webbphil@aol.com and requesting an application form.
DeadlinesCompleted applications forms are to be returned by may 1st.
RestrictionsTo be eligible for a sholarship award from the gerald l. Bauer educational trust, a completed application form must be returned to the office of the principal of the colfax mingo high school, colfax, Iowa by may 1st of the calender year. Scholarships are restricted to graduates of the colfax mingo school district, attending an accredited institution in the state of Iowa.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Gerald L Bauer Educational Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Iowa.

StateGrantsAmount
Iowa16$95,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 16 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Carley Underwood Central College
Mitchellville, IA
Educational scholarship award$10,000
Individual
IA
Educational scholarship award$10,000
Individual
IA
Educational scholarship award$10,000
Individual
IA
Educational scholarship award$5,000
Austin Lane Drake University
Colfax, IA
Educational scholarship award$5,000
Individual
IA
Educational scholarship award$5,000
John McGill Morningside College
Colfax, IA
Educational scholarship award$5,000
Individual
IA
Educational scholarship award$5,000
Individual
IA
Educational scholarship award$5,000
Individual
IA
Educational scholarship award$5,000
Individual
IA
Educational scholarship award$5,000
Sean Ament Indian Hills Community C
Colfax, IA
Educational scholarship award$5,000
Individual
IA
Educational scholarship award$5,000
Kaylee Collins Graceland University
Lamoni, IA
Educational scholarship award$5,000
Individual
IA
Educational scholarship award$5,000
Alyssa Clements Drake University
Mingo, IA
Educational scholarship award$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Gerald L Bauer Educational Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Completed applications forms are to be returned by may 1st..

How much does Gerald L Bauer Educational Trust give?

$95,000 in tax year 2025, across 16 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Gerald L Bauer Educational Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Philip F Webb (Trustee), Tamara Chance (Trustee), Erik Anderson Superintendent (Board Member) and Jan Myers (Board Member).

What does Gerald L Bauer Educational Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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