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Freda M Collar Scholarship Trust

Accepts applications Downs, Kansas · EIN 412137396

Freda M Collar Scholarship Trust is a private foundation in Downs, Kansas. In tax year 2025 it gave $14,000 in 9 grants; the typical grant was $2,000 and the largest $2,000. 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 $17,000 the year before.

11% 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$16,0009$242,243
2024$17,00011$231,654
2025$14,0009$223,885

How to apply

ContactFreda M Collar Scholarship Trust
900 Morgan Ave, Downs, KS 67437
Phone or email(785) 454-3500
What to submitApplication forms are on file with the lakeside high school guidance counselor.
DeadlinesApril 1st annually
RestrictionsScholarships are awarded to graduating senior high school students attending lakeside high school in downs, Kansas. Recipients must reside in a certain geographical area in osborne, jewell, and smith counties in Kansas. Awardees must attend an accredited post-secondary educational institution.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Freda M Collar Scholarship Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Kansas.

StateGrantsAmount
Kansas9$14,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 9 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Cooper Brownkansas State Univ
Manhattan, KS
Scholarship post secondary$2,000
Sidney Schmittkansas State Univ
Manhattan, KS
Scholarship post secondary$2,000
Ross Hutsonfort Hays State Uni
Hays, KS
Scholarship post secondary$2,000
Grace Smithfort Hays State Univers
Hays, KS
Scholarship post secondary$2,000
Ian Kresinkansas Weslyan Universit
Salina, KS
Scholarship post secondary$2,000
Aubrey Naaszkansas State Univ
Manhattan, KS
Scholarship post secondary$1,000
Ariana Cannonfort Hays State Univ
Hays, KS
Scholarship post secondary$1,000
Kaitlyn Howlandfort Hays State Uni
Hays, KS
Scholarship post secondary$1,000
Jackson Hardykansas State Universi
Manhattan, KS
Scholarship post secondary$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Freda M Collar Scholarship Trust accept grant applications?

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

How much does Freda M Collar Scholarship Trust give?

$14,000 in tax year 2025, across 9 grants, with a typical grant of $2,000.

Who runs Freda M Collar Scholarship Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Ronald E Henke (Trustee) and Sonja Miller (Trustee).

What does Freda M Collar Scholarship Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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