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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 44-6013024

The Granary Foundation

A private foundation in Kansas City, MO. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 6 grants and $413,332 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
Sarah Hughes Commerce Trust
PO Box 419248
Kansas City, MO 64141
(816) 234-2115
Form and materials
Contact commerce trust
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Contact commmerce trust

Assets and giving by year

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

    $413,332

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $215,726
  • Tax year 2024

    $24,302

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $510,910
  • Tax year 2023

    $25,744

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $508,324
  • Tax year 2022

    $28,833

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $528,908
  • Tax year 2021

    $27,005

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $542,273
  • Tax year 2020

    $27,150

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $498,517
  • Tax year 2019

    $27,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $500,664

Grants paid in 2025

6 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. UMKC FoundationKansas City, MO

    Used at discretion of board

    $250,000
  2. Charles & Elizabeth Schellhorn Private FoundationMission Hills, KS

    Used at the discretion of

    $81,666
  3. Teachers Like MeLees Summit, MO

    Used at the discretion of

    $31,666
  4. Hispanic Development FundKansas City, MO

    Used at the discretion of

    $20,000
  5. Black Community FundKansas City, MO

    Used at the discretion of

    $20,000
  6. American Jazz MuseumKansas City, MO

    Used at the discretion of

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $250,00086% of the total
  2. Youth development1 grant $31,66611% of the total
  3. Arts and culture1 grant $10,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Missouri6 grants $413,332

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Commerce TrustTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $6,962
  • Cliff C Jones IIITRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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