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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 47-2938413

Guardian Scholars Foundation

A private foundation in Des Moines, IA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $135,000 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

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

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $135,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $73,872

  • Tax year 2024

    $80,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $125,909

  • Tax year 2023

    $82,898

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $130,751

  • Tax year 2022

    $130,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $145,876

  • Tax year 2021

    $9,915

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $201,520

  • Tax year 2020

    $37,507

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $171,394

  • Tax year 2018

    $37,033

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $300,293

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Colorado Rocky Mountain SchoolCarbondale, CO

    Scholarship

    $130,000
  2. Dowling High SchoolWest Des Moines, IA

    Scholarship to gutierrez moran

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Colorado1 grant $130,000
  2. Iowa1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • CJ MortonCHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Hours 5Pay $0

The return

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