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Durnill Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Eagan, Minnesota · EIN 266555669

Durnill Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Eagan, Minnesota. In tax year 2025 it gave $52,560 in 11 grants; the typical grant was $1,865 and the largest $17,740. 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 $47,939 the year before.

27% 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$54,00014$1.1 million
2024$47,93914$1.2 million
2025$52,56011$1.2 million

How to apply

ContactKeven Morehart
P O Box 730, Philip, SD 57567-0730
Phone or email(605) 859-2679
What to submitBraddock-durnill memorial scholarship application completed
DeadlinesNo later than april 1st of senior year
RestrictionsApplicants and his/her family must be residents of haakon county South Dakota upon date of graduation from high school and scholarship is limited to $2,000 per year for 4 years

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Durnill Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to South Dakota.

StateGrantsAmount
South Dakota9$50,690
Montana1$935
Wyoming1$935

Grants paid in 2025

All 11 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Mitchell Technical College
Mitchell, SD
Scholarships$17,740
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD
Scholarships$13,610
Lake Area Technical College
Watertown, SD
Scholarships$6,935
University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD
Scholarships$4,805
Black Hills State University
Spearfish, SD
Scholarships$2,935
Dakota State University
Madison, SD
Scholarships$1,865
Miles Community College
Miles City, MT
Scholarships$935
Western Dakota Technical College
Rapid City, SD
Scholarships$935
Eastern Wyoming College
Torrington, WY
Scholarships$935
Dakota Wesleyan University
Mitchell, SD
Scholarships$935
South Dakota School of Mines
Rapid City, SD
Scholarships$930

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Durnill Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No later than april 1st of senior year.

How much does Durnill Charitable Trust give?

$52,560 in tax year 2025, across 11 grants, with a typical grant of $1,865.

Who runs Durnill Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists US Bank N A (Trustee).

What does Durnill Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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