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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-0873323

Leonard Marolf Charitable Remainder Trust

A private foundation in Columbus, NE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $122,300 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $122,300

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,263,792
  • Tax year 2024

    $107,200

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,214,229
  • Tax year 2023

    $112,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,150,576
  • Tax year 2022

    $120,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,193,292
  • Tax year 2021

    $114,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,245,876
  • Tax year 2020

    $110,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,172,668
  • Tax year 2019

    $92,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,228,277

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Leigh Volunteer Fire DepartmentLeigh, NE

    Building fund

    $60,000
  2. Smile IncMadison, NE

    Horse rides for special needs childr

    $20,000
  3. Briggs & Barrett ProjectNorfolk, NE

    Sids awareness

    $10,000
  4. Columbus Family YColumbus, NE

    Strong kids/pawnee camp

    $10,000
  5. American LegionSchuyler, NE

    Veteran's monument

    $10,000
  6. Columbus Rescue MissionColumbus, NE

    CRM banquet match

    $6,000
  7. St Paul's Lutheran ChurchLeigh, NE

    Fencing at cemetary

    $5,000
  8. Village of Leigh Youth Advisory ComLeigh, NE

    Build civic leadership skills

    $1,300

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Human services2 grants $20,00077% of the total
  2. Disaster relief and public safety1 grant $6,00023% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Nebraska8 grants $122,300

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Neil KuhlmanTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $4,000
  • Michael WilkeTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $4,000
  • Clark GrantTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $4,000

The return

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