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C L Kelly Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Cincinnati, Ohio · EIN 566218777

C L Kelly Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Cincinnati, Ohio. In tax year 2025 it gave $101,644 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $5,082 and the largest $40,658. 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 $96,228 the year before.

0% of its 2025 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$89,5086$2.0 million
2024$96,2286$2.2 million
2025$101,6446$2.6 million

How to apply

ContactChris Gillespie
PO Box 630858, Cincinnati, OH 45263-0858
Phone or email(248) 984-1324
What to submitApplication form
DeadlinesJune 15th
RestrictionsRecipients must be us citizens and residents of brinkleyville, butterwood, or faucette townships, halifax county North Carolina

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What C L Kelly Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
North Carolina5$60,986
Michigan1$40,658

Grants paid in 2025

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
CL Kelly Educational Fund Trust
Detroit, MI
Funding of scholarships$40,658
Tabor United Methodist Church
Littleton, NC
Support for daily$40,658
St Lukes Baptist Church
Littleton, NC
Support for daily$5,082
Springfield Baptist Church
Littleton, NC
Support for daily$5,082
Mt Olive Baptist Church
Littleton, NC
Support for daily$5,082
Lebanon Methodist Church
Littleton, NC
Support for daily$5,082

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does C L Kelly Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: June 15th.

How much does C L Kelly Charitable Trust give?

$101,644 in tax year 2025, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $5,082.

Who runs C L Kelly Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Fifth Third Bank NA (Trustee).

What does C L Kelly Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities.

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