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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 48-6107304

Key Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Fort Scott, KS. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $146,063 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
Penny Pollock-Barnes
400 Marble Road
Fort Scott, KS 66701
(620) 223-2000
Form and materials
Written description of need and use of funds. Name and address for each payment.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $146,063

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,294,200

  • Tax year 2024

    $83,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,332,225

  • Tax year 2023

    $166,500

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,329,529

  • Tax year 2022

    $98,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $2,434,770

  • Tax year 2021

    $112,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,459,069

  • Tax year 2020

    $174,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,538,093

  • Tax year 2019

    $176,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $2,657,361

  • Tax year 2018

    $180,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $2,763,450

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. First Presbyterian ChurchFort Scott, KS

    Donation

    $122,063
  2. Fort Scott Community CollegeFort Scott, KS

    Scholarship

    $6,000
  3. Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg, KS

    Scholarship

    $4,000
  4. Avila UniversityKansas City, MO

    Scholarship

    $4,000
  5. Upper Iowa UniversityFayette, IA

    Scholarship

    $4,000
  6. Fort Scott High SchoolFort Scott, KS

    Donation

    $2,000
  7. University of KansasLawrence, KS

    Scholarship

    $2,000
  8. Crowder CollegeNeosho, MO

    Scholarship

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education3 grants $12,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Kansas5 grants $136,063
  2. Missouri2 grants $6,000
  3. Iowa1 grant $4,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • William K PollockTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Aileen C PollockTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Penny Pollock-BarnesTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $6,000
  • Heather MaldonadoTRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $6,000

The return

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