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Orville L and Beverly Borgmann Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Smith Center, Kansas · EIN 463834999

Orville L and Beverly Borgmann Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Smith Center, Kansas. In tax year 2025 it gave $15,297 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $1,037 and the largest $4,074. 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 $14,478 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$14,7878$316,959
2024$14,4789$338,579
2025$15,2978$358,985

How to apply

ContactThe Peoples Bank
PO Box 307, Smith Center, KS 66967-0307
Phone or email(785) 282-6682
DeadlinesApril 1st
RestrictionsMust be a graduating or graduated high school student from a smith county, Kansas school who are going into special education, seminary or health care.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Orville L and Beverly Borgmann Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Kansas7$14,297
Nebraska1$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
Educational scholarship$4,074
Fort Hays State University
Hays, KS
Educational scholarship$4,000
Cloud County Community College
Concordia, KS
Educational scholarship$2,149
Fort Hays Tech North Central
Beloit, KS
Educational scholarship$1,074
Emporia State University
Emporia, KS
Educational scholarship$1,000
Kansas Wesleyan University
Salina, KS
Educational scholarship$1,000
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS
Educational scholarship$1,000
University of Nebraska-Kearney
Kearney, NE
Educational scholarship$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Orville L and Beverly Borgmann Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

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

How much does Orville L and Beverly Borgmann Charitable Trust give?

$15,297 in tax year 2025, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $1,037.

Who runs Orville L and Beverly Borgmann Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists The Peoples Bank (Trustee).

What does Orville L and Beverly Borgmann Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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