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Townley Culbertson Memorial Trust

Accepts applications Kansas City, Missouri · EIN 446007509

Townley Culbertson Memorial Trust is a private foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. In tax year 2024 it gave $238,113 in 3 grants; the typical grant was $59,528 and the largest $119,057. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $263,330 the year before.

0% of its 2024 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$263,3303$5.3 million
2024$238,1133$5.8 million

How to apply

ContactStephanie Dawson Commerce Bank
118 West 47th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112
Phone or email(816) 234-2565
What to submitWe have no formal guidelines. Requsts for funds must include IRS exemption letter.
RestrictionsDiscretionary grants are directed to Protestant Children's Charities in Kansas City, Missouri. Unsolicited grant requests are generally not funded.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Townley Culbertson Memorial Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Missouri.

StateGrantsAmount
Missouri3$238,113

Grants paid in 2024

All 3 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Missouri Baptist Childrens Home
Bridgeton, MO
Used at the discretion of$119,057
Every Child's Hope
Saint Louis, MO
Used at the discretion of$59,528
Salvation Army
Kansas City, MO
Used at the discretion of$59,528

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Townley Culbertson Memorial Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Townley Culbertson Memorial Trust give?

$238,113 in tax year 2024, across 3 grants, with a typical grant of $59,528.

Who runs Townley Culbertson Memorial Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists Commerce Trust (Trustee).

What does Townley Culbertson Memorial Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly youth programs, faith communities and human services.

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