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Jepsen Trust

Accepts applications Storm Lake, Iowa · EIN 426507733

Jepsen Trust is a private foundation in Storm Lake, Iowa. In tax year 2025 it gave $28,900 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $4,300 and the largest $17,500. 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 $23,800 the year before.

0% 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$26,7003$610,963
2024$23,8005$646,852
2025$28,9004$682,570

How to apply

ContactCitizens First National Bank
PO Box 1227, Storm Lake, IA 50588
Phone or email(712) 732-5440
What to submitWritten request including scope of project, financial cost, and number of youth benefiting from the project.
RestrictionsFunds are distributed solely for the benefit of the youth of holstein, ia

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Iowa.

StateGrantsAmount
Iowa4$28,900

Grants paid in 2025

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
City of Holstein - Park
Holstein, IA
City park reno and courts reno$17,500
Kinderfest
Holstein, IA
Kinderfest$5,000
City of Holstein - Ball Field
Holstein, IA
Pitching equipment$3,600
Stubbs Mem Library Grant
Holstein, IA
Summer reading program$2,800

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Jepsen Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Jepsen Trust give?

$28,900 in tax year 2025, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $4,300.

Who runs Jepsen Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Citizens First National Bank (Trustee).

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