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Sarver Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Smith Center, Kansas · EIN 486298990

Sarver Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Smith Center, Kansas. In tax year 2025 it gave $762,280 in 108 grants; the typical grant was $2,200 and the largest $78,437. 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 $592,299 the year before.

14% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$617,730123$14.0 million
2024$592,299113$15.1 million
2025$762,280108$13.4 million

How to apply

ContactSarver Charitable Trust Paul Grego
PO Box 12, Osborne, KS 67473
Phone or email(785) 346-5445

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Sarver Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Kansas107$692,070
Missouri1$68,542

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 108 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
City of Osborne
Osborne, KS
Charitable grant$78,437
American Cancer Society
Topeka, KS
Charitable grant$68,542
Fort Hays State University Foundati
Hays, KS
Charitable grant$68,542
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Wichita, KS
Charitable grant$68,542
St Aloysius Catholic Church
Osborne, KS
Charitable grant$68,542
The Salvation Army
Kansas City, MO
Charitable grant$68,542
Osborne County Treasurer
Osborne, KS
Charitable grant$30,440
New Life Church of Natoma
Natoma, KS
Charitable grant$14,000
Solomon Valley Transportation
Beloit, KS
Charitable grant$10,000
Christian Church of Downs
Downs, KS
Charitable grant$9,500
Grace Brethren Church of Portis
Portis, KS
Charitable grant$8,500
Assembly of God Church Osborne
Osborne, KS
Charitable grant$7,000
Bible Baptist Church of Osborne
Osborne, KS
Charitable grant$7,000
Downs Ministerial Alliance (Food Ba
Downs, KS
Charitable grant$7,000
Faith Luthern Church of Osborne
Osborne, KS
Charitable grant$7,000
Free Methodist Church of Osborne
Osborne, KS
Charitable grant$7,000
Lutheran Church of Downs
Downs, KS
Charitable grant$7,000
Mt Ayr Friends Church
Alton, KS
Charitable grant$7,000
Osborne Ministerial Alliance (Food
Osborne, KS
Charitable grant$7,000
Peace Lutheran Church of Natoma
Natoma, KS
Charitable grant$7,000
Pleasant Plain Church
Alton, KS
Charitable grant$7,000
Rose Valley Church
Downs, KS
Charitable grant$7,000
St Marys Catholic Church of Downs
Downs, KS
Charitable grant$7,000
United Christian Church of Osborne
Osborne, KS
Charitable grant$7,000
United Methodist Church of Alton
Alton, KS
Charitable grant$7,000
United Methodist Church of Downs
Downs, KS
Charitable grant$7,000
United Methodist Church of Osborne
Osborne, KS
Charitable grant$7,000
City of Downs
Downs, KS
Charitable grant$4,000
North Central Kansas Outdoor Youth
Osborne, KS
Charitable grant$4,000
Bull City Community Foundation
Alton, KS
Charitable grant$3,000
Usd 399 Natoma
Natoma, KS
Charitable grant$3,000
NCK Outdoors Inc
Glen Ender, KS
Charitable grant$2,375
Osborne Community Foundation
Osborne, KS
Charitable grant$2,300
Individual
KS
Scholarship$2,200
Individual
KS
Scholarship$2,200
Individual
KS
Scholarship$2,200
Individual
KS
Scholarship$2,200
Individual
KS
Scholarship$2,200
Individual
KS
Scholarship$2,200
Individual
KS
Scholarship$2,200

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Sarver Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Sarver Charitable Trust give?

$762,280 in tax year 2025, across 108 grants, with a typical grant of $2,200.

Who runs Sarver Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists The Peoples Bank (Officer), Pete Bohm (Board Member), George Eakin (Board Member) and Paul S Gregory (Board Member) among 6 officers and trustees.

What does Sarver Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, faith communities and health.

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