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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 43-6455069

Smith Memorial Scholarship Trust

A private foundation in Kansas City, MO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $21,500 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

Accepts applications

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

Contact
Kelley Weber
Sweet Springs High School
Sweet Springs, MO 65351
(660) 335-6341
Form and materials
Application can be obtained by writing or calling the school counselor
Deadlines
Annually
Restrictions
Individual needs to be a graduate from sweet springs missouri high school

Assets and giving by year

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

    $21,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $446,276
  • Tax year 2024

    $19,460

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $434,632
  • Tax year 2023

    $22,460

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $438,513
  • Tax year 2022

    $19,444

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $453,901
  • Tax year 2021

    $17,330

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $218,954
  • Tax year 2020

    $17,730

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $230,067
  • Tax year 2019

    $16,631

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $216,855
  • Tax year 2018

    $14,183

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $204,925

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of Missouri ColumbiaColumbia, MO

    Scholarship

    $10,000
  2. State Fair Community CollegeSedalia, MO

    Scholarship

    $7,000
  3. University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, MO

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  4. Missouri Valley CollegeMarshall, MO

    Scholarship

    $1,500
  5. Northwest Missouri State UniversityMaryville, MO

    Scholarship

    $1,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $10,00087% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $1,50013% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Missouri5 grants $21,500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Midwest Trust CompanyTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $2,946

The return

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