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George E & Zatha E Lawrence Scholarship Trust

Accepts applications Smith Center, Kansas · EIN 486343742

George E & Zatha E Lawrence Scholarship Trust is a private foundation in Smith Center, Kansas. In tax year 2025 it gave $21,644 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $4,058 and the largest $11,724. 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 $21,769 the year before.

25% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$15,0315$463,901
2024$21,7694$509,432
2025$21,6444$446,248

How to apply

ContactThe Peoples Bank
136 S Main, PO Box 307, Smith Center, KS 66967-0307
Phone or email(785) 282-6682
What to submitApplications are provided upon request. Also include, a current transcript, a short essay stating educational goals and plans for achievement, and a list of scholastic, extracurricular activities, and work history.
DeadlinesApril 1st
RestrictionsMust be a prospective graduate of smith center high school and pursuing a post-secondary education for (a) college, (b) vocational-technical school in a health related field, (c) medical school or (d) other post secondary study in any medically related field other than mental health.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What George E & Zatha E Lawrence Scholarship Trust funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Kansas3$18,037
Nebraska1$3,607

Grants paid in 2025

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Fort Hays State University
Hays, KS
Scholarship$11,724
Washburn University
Topeka, KS
Scholarship$4,509
University of Nebraska - Kearney
Kearney, NE
Scholarship$3,607
Sterling College
Sterling, KS
Scholarship$1,804

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does George E & Zatha E Lawrence Scholarship Trust accept grant applications?

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

How much does George E & Zatha E Lawrence Scholarship Trust give?

$21,644 in tax year 2025, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $4,058.

Who runs George E & Zatha E Lawrence Scholarship Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists The Peoples Bank (Trustee).

What does George E & Zatha E Lawrence Scholarship Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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