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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 42-6374807

Grace Bott Millar Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Keokuk, IA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 10 grants and $32,000 paid in grants.

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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

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Grace Bott Millar Charitable Trust
C/o Linda Mullen
Keokuk, IA 52632
(312) 524-2944
Form and materials
By letter, including purpose for the requested funds, amount of the request and other sources of funding available to the requesting organization.
Deadlines
No specific deadlines
Restrictions
Grants will only be made for those purposes which can demonstrate it is for education, or for the benefit of the elderly or poor in the greater keokuk, ia area.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $32,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $834,827

  • Tax year 2024

    $58,152

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $758,331

  • Tax year 2023

    $60,300

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $710,626

  • Tax year 2022

    $68,500

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $681,759

  • Tax year 2021

    $63,395

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $663,730

  • Tax year 2020

    $68,500

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $593,396

  • Tax year 2019

    $54,905

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $529,821

  • Tax year 2018

    $54,850

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $447,952

Grants paid in 2025

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Grand Theater CommissionKeokuk, IA

    Annual contribution

    $6,000
  2. Hoerner YMCAKeokuk, IA

    Building renovation

    $5,000
  3. Lake Cooper FoundationKeokuk, IA

    Advertising

    $5,000
  4. Keokuk Police DepartmentKeokuk, IA

    Supplies

    $5,000
  5. Rand Park Pavilion CommissionKeokuk, IA

    Advertising

    $3,000
  6. Keokuk Parks FoundationKeokuk, IA

    Renovations

    $2,500
  7. American LegionKeokuk, IA

    Building renovation

    $2,500
  8. Loads of Love Laundry OutreachKeokuk, IA

    Supplies

    $1,500
  9. KareKeokuk, IA

    Supplies

    $1,000
  10. TTT Society of KeokukKeokuk, IA

    Supplies

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Sports and recreation2 grants $5,50035% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $5,00032% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $5,00032% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Iowa10 grants $32,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Connection BankCO-TRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $11,891
  • Edward K Johnstone IICO-TRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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