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C Lyman Smith & Ingrid Smith Foundation

Accepts applications Paola, Kansas · EIN 326041572

C Lyman Smith & Ingrid Smith Foundation is a private foundation in Paola, Kansas. In tax year 2025 it gave $22,500 in 1 grant; the typical grant was $22,500 and the largest $22,500. 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 $20,865 the year before.

100% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$20,2171$557,576
2024$20,8652$559,177
2025$22,5001$651,132

How to apply

ContactCharitable Foundations First Option
Attn Keri Peterson Trust Officer, 702 Baptiste Dr, Paola, KS 66071
Phone or email(913) 294-9222, kpeterson@firstoptionbank.com
What to submitApplication and guidelines are available at www.firstoptionbank.com/about-us/trusteed-foundations/application-guideline
DeadlinesApplication must be received before march 1 each year
Restrictions501(c)(3) entities; grantor provided list of preferred charitable recipients

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What C Lyman Smith & Ingrid Smith Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Kansas.

StateGrantsAmount
Kansas1$22,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Springhill Education Foundation
Spring Hill, KS
Stem program$22,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does C Lyman Smith & Ingrid Smith Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Application must be received before march 1 each year.

How much does C Lyman Smith & Ingrid Smith Foundation give?

$22,500 in tax year 2025, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $22,500.

Who runs C Lyman Smith & Ingrid Smith Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists First Option Bank (Trustee).

What does C Lyman Smith & Ingrid Smith Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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