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Hazel T Nelson Scholarship Fund

Accepts applications Hiawatha, Kansas · EIN 481046006

Hazel T Nelson Scholarship Fund is a private foundation in Hiawatha, Kansas. In tax year 2025 it gave $49,250 in 24 grants; the typical grant was $2,000 and the largest $2,500. 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 $39,750 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$18,75021$466,991
2024$39,75019$445,327
2025$49,25024$510,215

How to apply

Its grants go to individuals, not organizations. Every grant in its 2025 filing was paid to an individual (for example a scholarship or assistance with costs), so it is not a funding prospect for a nonprofit.

ContactErik Madsan Trust Officer
PO Box 360, C/O Citizens State Bank, Hiawatha, KS 66434
Phone or email(785) 742-2101, trust@csbkansas.com
What to submitApplications available upon request
DeadlinesVarious
RestrictionsGraduates of brown county high schools

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Hazel T Nelson Scholarship Fund funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Kansas.

StateGrantsAmount
Kansas17$36,000
Missouri4$8,000
Nebraska2$3,250
Minnesota1$2,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 24 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,500
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,500
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,500
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,500
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,000
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,000
Individual
MO
Secondary ed$2,000
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,000
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,000
Individual
MN
Secondary education$2,000
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,000
Individual
NE
Secondary ed$2,000
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,000
Individual
MO
Secondary education$2,000
Individual
MO
Secondary education$2,000
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,000
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,000
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,000
Individual
MO
Secondary ed$2,000
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,000
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,000
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,000
Individual
KS
Secondary education$2,000
Individual
NE
Secondary ed$1,250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Hazel T Nelson Scholarship Fund accept grant applications?

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

How much does Hazel T Nelson Scholarship Fund give?

$49,250 in tax year 2025, across 24 grants, with a typical grant of $2,000.

Who runs Hazel T Nelson Scholarship Fund?

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

What does Hazel T Nelson Scholarship Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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