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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 35-6039274

Lela E Powers Trust 29 007166

A private foundation in Muncie, IN. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 6 grants and $313,480 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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 2024

    $313,480

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $240,572

  • Tax year 2023

    $205,169

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $482,172

  • Tax year 2022

    $129,631

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $578,422

  • Tax year 2021

    $126,242

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $625,539

  • Tax year 2020

    $128,649

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $631,137

  • Tax year 2019

    $143,801

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $628,781

  • Tax year 2018

    $76,810

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $710,783

Grants paid in 2024

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Wabash CollegeCrawfordsvlle, IN

    General operations

    $109,718
  2. Moody Bible InstituteChicago, IL

    General operations

    $62,696
  3. American Bible SocietyPhiladelphia, PA

    General operations

    $47,022
  4. Lafayette YMCALafayette, IN

    General operations

    $31,348
  5. Salvation ArmyHoffman Estates, IL

    General operations

    $31,348
  6. American Advent Mission SocietyCharlotte, NC

    General operations

    $31,348

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $109,71858% of the total
  2. Religion2 grants $78,37042% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Indiana2 grants $141,066
  2. Illinois2 grants $94,044
  3. Pennsylvania1 grant $47,022
  4. North Carolina1 grant $31,348

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • First Merchants Private Wealth AdviTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $38,993

The return

This is an amended return.

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