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Truman and Mary Coolley Agricultural Scholarship Trust

Accepts applications Columbia, Missouri · EIN 376609824

Truman and Mary Coolley Agricultural Scholarship Trust is a private foundation in Columbia, Missouri. In tax year 2025 it gave $37,364 in 9 grants; the typical grant was $4,000 and the largest $6,182. 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 $34,473 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$35,4108$704,235
2024$34,4739$750,463
2025$37,3649$821,493

How to apply

ContactCentralia High School Guidance Offi
849 S Jefferson, Centralia, MO 65240
Phone or email(573) 682-2217
What to submitContact Guidance Office for application and guidelines
DeadlinesMarch 15 (for scholarships awarded to be applied to following schoool year)
RestrictionsRecipients must be residents of Boone or Audrain County, Missouri and graduates of Centralia High School in Centralia, Missouri

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Truman and Mary Coolley Agricultural Scholarship Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Missouri.

StateGrantsAmount
Missouri9$39,737

Grants paid in 2025

All 9 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Missouri-Columbia fbo
Columbia, MO
Academic Scholarship$6,182
University of Missouri-Columbia fbo
Columbia, MO
Academic Scholarship$6,182
State Technical College fbo Jameson
Linn, MO
Academic Scholarship$5,000
State Technical College fbo Jack Ro
Linn, MO
Academic Scholarship$4,000
State Technical College of Missouri
Linn, MO
Academic Scholarship$4,000
State Technical College fbo Adam Rh
Linn, MO
Academic Scholarship$4,000
North Central Missouri College fbo
Trenton, MO
Academic Scholarship$4,000
North Central Missouri College fbo
Trenton, MO
Academic Scholarship$4,000
Moberly Area Community College fbo
Moberly, MO
Academic Scholarship$2,373

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Truman and Mary Coolley Agricultural Scholarship Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: March 15 (for scholarships awarded to be applied to following schoool year).

How much does Truman and Mary Coolley Agricultural Scholarship Trust give?

$37,364 in tax year 2025, across 9 grants, with a typical grant of $4,000.

Who runs Truman and Mary Coolley Agricultural Scholarship Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Central Trust Company (Trustee).

What does Truman and Mary Coolley Agricultural Scholarship Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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