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Donald R Ray & Betty M Ray College Scholarship Fund Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Hutchinson, Kansas · EIN 856284698

Donald R Ray & Betty M Ray College Scholarship Fund Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Hutchinson, Kansas. In tax year 2025 it gave $216,999 in 18 grants; the typical grant was $9,960 and the largest $29,492. 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 $161,807 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$72,75210$3.7 million
2024$161,80719$3.8 million
2025$216,99918$4.1 million

How to apply

ContactFirst National Bank
1 North Main, Hutchinson, KS 67504-0913
Phone or email(620) 694-2261
RestrictionsScholarships are awarded to students graduating from pleasanton high school, pleasanton, Kansas. The students are selected by the school board of pleasanton unified school district #344. The scholarship is based on academic achievement and financial need.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Donald R Ray & Betty M Ray College Scholarship Fund Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Kansas.

StateGrantsAmount
Kansas15$186,653
Virginia1$19,946
Missouri2$10,400

Grants paid in 2025

All 18 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
KS
College education scholarship$29,492
Individual
KS
College education scholarship$20,164
Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA
College education scholarship$19,946
Individual
KS
College education scholarship$19,500
Individual
KS
College education scholarship$18,409
Individual
KS
College education scholarship$15,988
Individual
KS
College education scholarship$13,887
Individual
KS
College education scholarship$10,171
Individual
KS
College education scholarship$10,171
Individual
KS
College education scholarship$9,750
Individual
KS
College education scholarship$9,750
Pittsburg State University
Pittsburg, KS
College education scholarship$9,499
Individual
MO
College education scholarship$6,968
Individual
KS
College education scholarship$6,840
Emporia State University
Emporia, KS
College education scholarship$5,024
Individual
KS
College education scholarship$4,540
Individual
KS
College education scholarship$3,468
University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO
College education scholarship$3,432

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Donald R Ray & Betty M Ray College Scholarship Fund Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Donald R Ray & Betty M Ray College Scholarship Fund Charitable Trust give?

$216,999 in tax year 2025, across 18 grants, with a typical grant of $9,960.

Who runs Donald R Ray & Betty M Ray College Scholarship Fund Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists First National Bank (Trustee).

What does Donald R Ray & Betty M Ray College Scholarship Fund Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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