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Gwendolyn and Lucian L Hinecker Scholarship Trust

Accepts applications Marshalltown, Iowa · EIN 466706404

Gwendolyn and Lucian L Hinecker Scholarship Trust is a private foundation in Marshalltown, Iowa. In tax year 2025 it gave $120,500 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $9,500 and the largest $50,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was up from $107,000 the year before.

13% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$120,0009$2.4 million
2024$107,0008$2.5 million
2025$120,5008$2.7 million

How to apply

ContactChristian McMurray
2101 S Center St, Marshalltown, IA 50158
Phone or email(641) 753-5900
What to submitName, address, field of study, other scholarships applied for, leadership positions held, extra-curricular activities, scholastic achievements, school to attend, high school transcript and standardized test score.
DeadlinesApril 1 of each year.
RestrictionsGraduate of marshalltown high school; 3+ gpa; attending an Iowa college accredited by the state of Iowa; renewable for a total of 4 years if student maintains a minimum 2.5 gpa.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Gwendolyn and Lucian L Hinecker Scholarship Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Iowa.

StateGrantsAmount
Iowa8$120,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Scholarships$50,000
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Scholarships$23,000
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA
Scholarships$13,000
Central College
Pella, IA
Scholarships$11,000
Drake University
Des Moines, IA
Scholarships$8,000
Marshalltown Community College
Marshalltown, IA
Scholarships$7,500
Grinnell College
Grinnell, IA
Scholarships$4,000
Allen College
Waterloo, IA
Scholarships$4,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Gwendolyn and Lucian L Hinecker Scholarship Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: April 1 of each year.

How much does Gwendolyn and Lucian L Hinecker Scholarship Trust give?

$120,500 in tax year 2025, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $9,500.

Who runs Gwendolyn and Lucian L Hinecker Scholarship Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists United Bank Trust (Trustee).

What does Gwendolyn and Lucian L Hinecker Scholarship Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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