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Wortman Family Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Aurora, Nebraska · EIN 476228310

Wortman Family Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Aurora, Nebraska. In tax year 2024 it gave $395,138 in 12 grants; the typical grant was $375 and the largest $363,303. 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 $421,967 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
2023$421,96715$8.1 million
2024$395,13812$8.0 million

How to apply

ContactJayne L Smith
PO Box 98, Aurora, NE 68818
Phone or email(402) 694-0448, wortmans@hamilton.net
What to submitProvide applicant name and id number along with contact person and address. Also provide general classification of applicant along with purposes of organizations and proposed use of funds and total funding request.
DeadlinesNo annual deadline for requests of funds.
RestrictionsNo restrictions or limitations other than what it decided by board of trustees.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Wortman Family Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Nebraska.

StateGrantsAmount
Nebraska12$395,138

Grants paid in 2024

All 12 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Bremer Community Center
Aurora, NE
Operating$363,303
Central Community College Foundatio
Hastings, NE
Operating$24,000
Plainsman Museum
Aurora, NE
Operating$5,000
Memorial Community Health Foundatio
Aurora, NE
Operating$1,000
Edgerton Explorit Center
Aurora, NE
Operating$525
Fonner Park
Grand Island, NE
Operating$500
Aurora Wrestling Program
Aurora, NE
Operating$250
Aurora Recreation
Aurora, NE
Operating$250
Grace Cancer Foundation
Grand Island, NE
Operating$200
Special Olympics Nebraska
Omaha, NE
Operating$50
American Legion Post 42
Aurora, NE
Operating$40
Aurora FFA
Aurora, NE
Operating$20

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Wortman Family Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No annual deadline for requests of funds..

How much does Wortman Family Charitable Trust give?

$395,138 in tax year 2024, across 12 grants, with a typical grant of $375.

Who runs Wortman Family Charitable Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists Gerald D Warren (Trustee) and Jayne L Smith (Trustee).

What does Wortman Family Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health.

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