Well Told Grants

Foundations / Iowa

Marcia Hansen Educational Foundation

Accepts applications Indianola, Iowa · EIN 843549304

Marcia Hansen Educational Foundation is a private foundation in Indianola, Iowa. In tax year 2025 it gave $7,500 in 3 grants; the typical grant was $3,000 and the largest $3,000. 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 $6,000 the year before.

33% of its 2025 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$6,0004$21,293
2024$6,0004$24,818
2025$7,5003$26,798

How to apply

ContactIndianola High School Guidance Offi
1304 E 1st Ave, Indianola, IA 50125
Phone or email(515) 961-9510
What to submitFor an individual to apply for a scholarship, he or she must: be a current or graduation high school senior attending an educational institution in the next academic school year pursuing a college degree; complete and submit a personal statement of at least one page why the Foundation should grant a scholarship to him or her.
DeadlinesApril 1
RestrictionsPreference to Indianola High School students graduating and attending Iowa State University or other Iowa schools.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Marcia Hansen Educational Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Iowa.

StateGrantsAmount
Iowa2$4,500
Missouri1$3,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 3 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Northwest Missouri State
Maryville, MO
Scholarship$3,000
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Scholarship$3,000
Dmacc
Ankeny, IA
Scholarship$1,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Marcia Hansen Educational Foundation accept grant applications?

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

How much does Marcia Hansen Educational Foundation give?

$7,500 in tax year 2025, across 3 grants, with a typical grant of $3,000.

Who runs Marcia Hansen Educational Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Marcia Hansen (Director/President), Kathy Jean Turnball (Diretor/Secretary/Treasurer), Joseph Patrick Bendon (Director) and Katherine Ann Bendon (Director).

What does Marcia Hansen Educational Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

Similar foundations in Iowa