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Nel S Morrison Charitable Trust #1

Accepts applications Louisville, Kentucky · EIN 616150157

Nel S Morrison Charitable Trust #1 is a private foundation in Louisville, Kentucky. In tax year 2024 it gave $43,000 in 16 grants; the typical grant was $2,000 and the largest $5,000. 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 $40,500 the year before.

25% 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
2022$40,50012$754,231
2023$40,50013$863,211
2024$43,00016$888,351

How to apply

ContactFirst Bankers Trust Company
10503 Timberwood Circle Ste 120, Louisville, KY 40223
Phone or email(502) 587-2982

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Nel S Morrison Charitable Trust #1 funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Kentucky15$39,000
Kansas1$4,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 16 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
St John Center
Louisville, KY
General fund$5,000
Casa of the River Region
Louisville, KY
General fund$5,000
Critically Loved
Louisville, KY
General fund$5,000
Home of the Innocents
Louisville, KY
General fund$5,000
St Vincent Depaul Conference
Louisville, KS
General fund$4,000
Catholic Charities of Louisveille
Louisville, KY
General fund$4,000
Friends of Esquipulas Inc
Louisville, KY
General fund$2,500
Dare to Care Food Bank
Louisville, KY
General fund$2,000
Junior Achievment
Louisville, KY
General fund$2,000
Lindsey Wilson College
Columbia, KY
General education$1,500
Madd
Louisville, KY
General fund$1,500
Kentucky Science Center
Louisville, KY
General fund$1,500
Pleasant Grove Elementary School
Mt Washington, KY
General education$1,000
Jacobs Ladder Outreach Corp
Louisville, KY
General fund$1,000
Just Creations
Louisville, KY
General fund$1,000
Operation Parent
La Grange, KY
General fund$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Nel S Morrison Charitable Trust #1 accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Nel S Morrison Charitable Trust #1 give?

$43,000 in tax year 2024, across 16 grants, with a typical grant of $2,000.

Who runs Nel S Morrison Charitable Trust #1?

Its 2024 filing lists First Bankers Trust Company (Trustee), Betsy Smith (Special Trustee), Madison Smith (Special Trustee) and Gracie Smith (Special Trustee).

What does Nel S Morrison Charitable Trust #1 fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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