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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 38-7222547

Jack A Wilson Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Salina, KS. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 18 grants and $674,666 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Mar 31, 2026), 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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $674,666

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $12,614,064

  • Tax year 2024

    $621,832

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $12,981,698

  • Tax year 2023

    $606,614

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $12,202,238

  • Tax year 2022

    $688,500

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $12,408,479

  • Tax year 2021

    $656,680

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $12,680,026

  • Tax year 2020

    $580,100

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $11,597,644

Grants paid in 2025

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Rolling Hills ZooSalina, KS

    New construction & remodel for additional habitat space for amur tigers and asian cats

    $100,000
  2. Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts FoundationSalina, KS

    To help with regular operations and to provide scholarships to students attending the mike finnigan school of music

    $70,000
  3. Salina Presbyterian ManorSalina, KS

    General financial support for the preserving legacies enriching lives campaign

    $66,666
  4. Salina Community Theatre AssociationSalina, KS

    General financial support from act five! Capital campaign and sponsorship of 9/11 first responders night

    $55,000
  5. Salina Baseball EnterprisesSalina, KS

    Renovations of wilbur baseball stadium

    $50,000
  6. Boys and Girls Club of SalinaSalina, KS

    To help fund construction of building

    $50,000
  7. Salina Area United Way IncSalina, KS

    To provide subgrants to local vetted nonprofit partners

    $40,000
  8. Salina Regional Health FoundationSalina, KS

    Four nursing student scholarships

    $40,000
  9. The Salvation Army (salina KS Corps)Salina, KS

    To provide direct financial assistance to individuals and families in saline county through the emergency assistance & pathway of hope programs

    $30,000
  10. Salina Tennis AllianceSalina, KS

    Procurement and installation of pa system at salina tennis center

    $25,000
  11. Kansas Wesleyan UniversitySalina, KS

    Criminal justice student scholarships

    $25,000
  12. Salina Family Healthcare CenterSalina, KS

    General funding for healthy salina, healthy kansas capital campaign

    $25,000
  13. Sunflower Adult Day Services IncorporatedSalina, KS

    Short-term operational support

    $20,000
  14. Friends of the River FoundationSalina, KS

    Materials and marketing for let it flow campaign and general annual support

    $20,000
  15. Kansas Public Telecommunications Service Inc (KPTS Channel 8)Wichita, KS

    Funding for kansas cochener-garvey children's education & discovery center

    $15,000
  16. Smoky Hills Public Television CorpBunker Hill, KS

    Help broadcast children's educational television programs

    $15,000
  17. St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN

    Fund research to find better treatments & cures for children with cancer

    $15,000
  18. Salina Regional Health Center (tammy Walker Cancer Center)Salina, KS

    To fund purchases of two oxygen concentrators, one vaclok pump, and one minday vital signs monitor

    $13,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture3 grants $135,00042% of the total
  2. Health3 grants $75,00023% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $40,00012% of the total
  4. Education1 grant $25,0008% of the total
  5. Sports and recreation1 grant $25,0008% of the total
  6. Environment1 grant $20,0006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Kansas17 grants $659,666
  2. Tennessee1 grant $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Advantage Trust CompanyTRUSTEE Hours 3Pay $64,802

The return

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