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R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust

Accepts applications Marysville, Kansas · EIN 480924200

R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust is a private foundation in Marysville, Kansas. In tax year 2025 it gave $84,400 in 30 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $54,000. 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 $79,200 the year before.

44% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$84,40037$1.7 million
2024$79,20030$1.8 million
2025$84,40030$1.8 million

How to apply

ContactDonald Landoll Trustee
1900 North Street Box 111, Marysville, KS 66508
Phone or email(785) 562-5381
What to submitWritten by U.S. Mail,Fax or e-mail, oral in person or by telephone followed by written communication.
RestrictionsProjects or drives which are of substantial benefit to the City of Marysville & Marshall County.If not, the applications are not accepted.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Kansas.

StateGrantsAmount
Kansas30$84,400

Grants paid in 2025

All 30 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Support of local communitycharities$54,000
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Habitat forhumanity$2,000
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Marysville areacommunitytheatre$2,000
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Pony expresspartnershipfor children$2,000
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Support ofmarshall county4-h$2,000
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Helping handsfood pantry$2,000
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Marshall countyfair assocation$2,000
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Usd 364foundation$2,000
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Rotary toysfortots$1,000
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Marshall countyarts cooperative$1,000
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Support ofhistoricalsociety$1,000
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Support homecity communitybenefit fund$1,000
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Support m.u.p.depotpreservation$1,000
RSVP of NE Kansas
Marysville, KS
Rsvp of nekansas$1,000
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Blue riverrailtrail$1,000
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Marysville unionpacific depotremodelling$1,000
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Koester housemuseum &garden$1,000
Marysville Community Foundation
Marysville, KS
Pony expressmuseum ofmarysville$1,000
Marshall County Connection Inc
Marysville, KS
Trailsgrant$1,000
Blue Rapids Circle of Giving
Blue Rapids, KS
Twin valleydevelopment$500
Blue Rapids Circle of Giving
Blue Rapids, KS
Support ofcountyfair$500
Blue Rapids Circle of Giving
Blue Rapids, KS
Grant foralcove springs$500
Blue Rapids Circle of Giving
Blue Rapids, KS
Blue rapidshistoricalmuseum$500
Blue Rapids Circle of Giving
Blue Rapids, KS
Support oflocallibrary$500
Blue Rapids Circle of Giving
Blue Rapids, KS
Marshall countyrailroadhistorical soc$500
Blue Rapids Community Action Team
Blue Rapids, KS
Support localcharities$500
Blue Rapids Community Foundation
Blue Rapids, KS
Support community charities$500
Beattie Museum
Beattie, KS
Supporthistoricmuseum$500
Blue Rapids Swimming Pool
Blue Rapids, KS
Support community swimming pool$500
National Fire Safety Council
Marysville, KS
Fire safetymaterials for100 children$400

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust give?

$84,400 in tax year 2025, across 30 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Donald Landoll (Trustee).

What does R L & Elsa Helvering Estate Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly community development and youth programs.

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