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Caroline Hewitt Trust

Accepts applications Overland Park, Kansas · EIN 486173760

Caroline Hewitt Trust is a private foundation in Overland Park, Kansas. In tax year 2025 it gave $50,000 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $35,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was the same as $50,000 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$50,0004$972,882
2024$50,0004$1.0 million
2025$50,0004$1.1 million

How to apply

ContactMidwest Trust Company
5901 College Blvd Ste 100, Overland Park, KS 66211
Phone or email(913) 319-0300
What to submitNo prescribed forms; to encourage cultural & artistic experiences
RestrictionsOrganizations are to be in the ottawa, ks community

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Caroline Hewitt Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Kansas.

StateGrantsAmount
Kansas4$50,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Ottawa University Charitable
Ottawa, KS
For cultural & artistic$35,000
Ottawa Community Arts Council
Ottawa, KS
To encourage cultural &$5,000
Franklin County Historical Society
Ottawa, KS
Charitable purposes$5,000
Ottawa Library
Ottawa, KS
Unrestricted gift$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Caroline Hewitt Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Caroline Hewitt Trust give?

$50,000 in tax year 2025, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Caroline Hewitt Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Midwest Trust Co (Trustee).

What does Caroline Hewitt Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly arts and culture and education.

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