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Robert & Ava Lee Maydew Scholarship Trust

Accepts applications Phillipsburg, Kansas · EIN 810670535

Robert & Ava Lee Maydew Scholarship Trust is a private foundation in Phillipsburg, Kansas. In tax year 2025 it gave $3,500 in 3 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $2,000. 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 $5,000 the year before.

67% 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$2,0002$68,752
2024$5,0004$67,126
2025$3,5003$65,004

How to apply

ContactFirst National Bank Trust
PO Box 627, Phillipsburg, KS 67661-0627
Phone or email(785) 543-6511
What to submitInclude a current transcript, short essay stating educational goals, plan for acheivement, and general statement of reasons for choosing specific field of study, and a list of scholastic, extracirricular activities, work history, acheivements, and accomplishments.
DeadlinesApril 1st
RestrictionsMust be a prospective graduate of smith center high school planning to attend an accredited university, college, or junior college, attained a "b" average or higher, and a relative of a graduate of lebanon high school

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Robert & Ava Lee Maydew Scholarship Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Kansas.

StateGrantsAmount
Kansas3$3,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 3 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Fort Hays Tech North Central
Beloit, KS
Scholarship$2,000
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Scholarship$1,000
Fort Hays State University
Hays, KS
Scholarship$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Robert & Ava Lee Maydew Scholarship Trust accept grant applications?

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

How much does Robert & Ava Lee Maydew Scholarship Trust give?

$3,500 in tax year 2025, across 3 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Robert & Ava Lee Maydew Scholarship Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists First National Bank (Trustee).

What does Robert & Ava Lee Maydew Scholarship Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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