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Leo J Dreiling & Albina Dreiling Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Hays, Kansas · EIN 480916752

Leo J Dreiling & Albina Dreiling Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Hays, Kansas. In tax year 2024 it gave $768,000 in 12 grants; the typical grant was $41,500 and the largest $250,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $573,500 the year before.

30% of its 2024 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$573,5008$15.7 million
2024$768,00012$16.8 million

How to apply

ContactGary Schmeidler Trustee
209 E 13th St, Hays, KS 67601
Phone or email(785) 628-8238
What to submitThe application should include the name of the applicant who is requesting the grant or contribution and the purpose of the contribution.
DeadlinesNo submission deadlines exist
RestrictionsPriority is given to applicants from the ellis county, Kansas area.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Leo J Dreiling & Albina Dreiling Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Kansas.

StateGrantsAmount
Kansas12$768,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 12 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Thomas More Prep-Marian High
Hays, KS
Ace auction fundraiser matching funds$250,000
St Thomas More Society
Hays, KS
To aid in general operations$200,000
Comeau Catholic Campus Center
Hays, KS
To aid in general operations$75,000
Hays Medical Center Fdn
Hays, KS
Project fund$50,000
Thomas More Prep-Marian High
Hays, KS
To aid in general operations$50,000
Heartland Community Foundation
Hays, KS
Donor-advised fund$50,000
Hays Arts Council
Hays, KS
To aid in general operations$33,000
Diocese of Salina
Salina, KS
Seminarian fund$25,000
Hays Community Theatre Inc
Hays, KS
To aid in general operations$15,000
First Care Clinic
Hays, KS
To aid in general operations$10,000
Hays Medical Center Fdn
Hays, KS
To aid in general operations$5,000
Fort Hays State University Foundati
Hays, KS
Band camp$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Leo J Dreiling & Albina Dreiling Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No submission deadlines exist.

How much does Leo J Dreiling & Albina Dreiling Charitable Trust give?

$768,000 in tax year 2024, across 12 grants, with a typical grant of $41,500.

Who runs Leo J Dreiling & Albina Dreiling Charitable Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists Joseph A Hess (Trustee), Donald F Hoffman (Trustee), Dennis L Bieker (Trustee) and Gary Schmeidler (Trustee).

What does Leo J Dreiling & Albina Dreiling Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities, health and arts and culture.

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