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Carrol & Darlene Booz Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Smith Center, Kansas · EIN 473384986

Carrol & Darlene Booz Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Smith Center, Kansas. In tax year 2025 it gave $27,442 in 17 grants; the typical grant was $1,065 and the largest $5,000. 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 $26,472 the year before.

69% 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$28,93915$567,154
2024$26,47215$585,864
2025$27,44217$612,222

How to apply

ContactThe Peoples Bank
PO Box 307, Smith Center, KS 66967-0307
Phone or email(785) 282-6682
DeadlinesOn or before april 1st
RestrictionsFor the benefit of organizations duly authorized to carry on charitable, religious, scientific, literary, or educational activities organzied or operating in smith county, Kansas as defined by section 170(c) of the internal revenue code of 1986.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Carrol & Darlene Booz Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Kansas15$24,392
Nebraska2$3,050

Grants paid in 2025

All 17 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Fort Hays State University
Hays, KS
Educational scholarship$5,000
Fort Hays Tech North Central
Beloit, KS
Educational scholarship$3,150
Cloud County Community College
Concordia, KS
Educational scholarship$2,100
Hays Academy of Hair Design
Hays, KS
Educational scholarship$2,100
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
Educational scholarship$2,077
University of Nebraska - Kearney
Kearney, NE
Educational scholarship$2,000
City of Kensington
Kensington, KS
Charitable$1,500
Individual
KS
Charitable$1,500
City of Lebanon
Lebanon, KS
Charitable$1,065
Hutchinson Community College
Hutchinson, KS
Educational scholarship$1,050
Uni of Nebraska College of Tech Agr
Curtis, NE
Educational scholarship$1,050
Friends University
Wichita, KS
Educational scholarship$1,000
McPherson College
McPherson, KS
Educational scholarship$1,000
Sterling College
Sterling, KS
Educational scholarship$1,000
US Center Foundation
Lebanon, KS
Charitable$800
Lebanon Community Library
Lebanon, KS
Charitable$750
City of Smith Center
Smith Center, KS
Charitable$300

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Carrol & Darlene Booz Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: On or before april 1st.

How much does Carrol & Darlene Booz Charitable Trust give?

$27,442 in tax year 2025, across 17 grants, with a typical grant of $1,065.

Who runs Carrol & Darlene Booz Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists The Peoples Bank (Trustee).

What does Carrol & Darlene Booz Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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