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Edna Mae Schmitt Scholarship Trust

Accepts applications Hiawatha, Kansas · EIN 266702483

Edna Mae Schmitt Scholarship Trust is a private foundation in Hiawatha, Kansas. In tax year 2025 it gave $4,000 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $500 and the largest $1,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $4,500 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$4,5005$283,949
2024$4,5005$302,234
2025$4,0006$334,854

How to apply

ContactErik Madsen Trust Officer
C/O Citizens State Bank, PO Box 360, Hiawatha, KS 66434
Phone or email(785) 742-2101
What to submitApplications available upon request.
DeadlinesApril 1
RestrictionsOnly candidates of high moral character and integrity shall be considered. Self-discipline and self-motivation are preferred qualities. While in college, the student must be full time and maintain at least a 2.5 grade point average. The students who live within the city of powhattan and students who live within the original powhattan school district, before it was consolidated with usd 415 and 430, should have priority over all other applicants.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Edna Mae Schmitt Scholarship Trust funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Kansas4$3,000
Nebraska2$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
KS
Secondary education$1,000
Individual
KS
Secondary education$1,000
Individual
NE
Secondary education$500
Individual
KS
Secondary education$500
Individual
NE
Secondary education$500
Individual
KS
Secondary education$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Edna Mae Schmitt Scholarship Trust accept grant applications?

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

How much does Edna Mae Schmitt Scholarship Trust give?

$4,000 in tax year 2025, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $500.

Who runs Edna Mae Schmitt Scholarship Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Citizens State Bank & Trust Co (Trustee).

What does Edna Mae Schmitt Scholarship Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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