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Gordon Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Columbia, Missouri · EIN 436292879

Gordon Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Columbia, Missouri. In tax year 2024 it gave $16,466 in 5 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $10,466. 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 $16,339 the year before.

20% 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$16,58913$379,989
2023$16,33911$430,914
2024$16,4665$460,255

How to apply

ContactCentral Trust Company
PO Box 678, Columbia, MO 65205
Phone or email(537) 874-8490
What to submitRequests must be submitted in letter form and include the amount requested and information regarding how the funds are to be used.
RestrictionsContributions are limited to 501(c)(3) organizations

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Gordon Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
Missouri4$15,966
Maryland1$500

Grants paid in 2024

All 5 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Central Missouri Humane Society
Columbia, MO
General support$10,466
Curators of the University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
General support$3,500
Polk County Humane Society
Bolivar, MO
Grant$1,000
People Helping Paws Dog Rescue
Jefferson City, MO
Charity$1,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Bethesda, MD
General support$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Gordon Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Gordon Charitable Trust give?

$16,466 in tax year 2024, across 5 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Gordon Charitable Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists Central Trust Company (Trustee).

What does Gordon Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly animals.

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