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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 43-6292879

Gordon Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Columbia, MO. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 5 grants and $16,466 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Nov 30, 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
Central Trust Company
PO Box 678
Columbia, MO 65205
(537) 874-8490
Form and materials
Requests must be submitted in letter form and include the amount requested and information regarding how the funds are to be used.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Contributions are limited to 501(c)(3) organizations

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2024

    $16,466

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $339,848

  • Tax year 2023

    $16,339

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $333,998

  • Tax year 2022

    $16,589

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $305,689

  • Tax year 2021

    $7,468

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $307,405

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,750

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $305,599

  • Tax year 2019

    $15,900

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $287,032

  • Tax year 2018

    $17,116

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $291,933

  • Tax year 2017

    $15,900

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $294,552

Grants paid in 2024

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Central Missouri Humane SocietyColumbia, MO

    General support

    $10,466
  2. Curators of the University of MissouriColumbia, MO

    General support

    $3,500
  3. Polk County Humane SocietyBolivar, MO

    Grant

    $1,000
  4. People Helping Paws Dog RescueJefferson Cty, MO

    Charity

    $1,000
  5. Cystic Fibrosis FoundationBethesda, MD

    General support

    $500

Where the money goes

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

  1. Animals3 grants $12,466100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Missouri4 grants $15,966
  2. Maryland1 grant $500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Central Trust CompanyTRUSTEE Hours 20Pay $3,650

The return

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