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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 48-6320070

Evah C Cray Residuary Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Sioux Falls, SD. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 23 grants and $495,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Jun 30, 2026), 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 person
On file
Phone
On file
Email
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
August 1 of each year
Restrictions
Provide funds to aid and assist general funding and specific needs of charitable, religious, and educational initiatives in atchison county kansas and within the state of kansas.

Contact person, phone, email, mailing address and application materials on file. See them with a plan.

Assets and giving by year

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

    $495,000

    Grants listed
    23
    Assets, end of year
    $8,492,195
  • Tax year 2024

    $423,000

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $8,707,647
  • Tax year 2023

    $441,103

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $4,521,253
  • Tax year 2022

    $385,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $4,898,762
  • Tax year 2021

    $340,594

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $4,743,030
  • Tax year 2020

    $596,078

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $4,627,134
  • Tax year 2019

    $386,264

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $5,020,452
  • Tax year 2018

    $224,103

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $5,274,123

Grants paid in 2025

23 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Evah C Cray Historical Home MuseumAtchison, KS

    Museum & carriage shoppe operations

    $120,000
  2. Hope Family TherapyAtchison, KS

    Fund affordable mental health care

    $50,000
  3. Valley HopeAtchison, KS

    Programs for drug & alcohol abuse treatment

    $48,000
  4. Atchison Amelia Earhart FestivalAtchison, KS

    Festival activities

    $25,000
  5. Atchison Area United WayAtchison, KS

    Supports community grants

    $25,000
  6. First Presbyterian ChurchAtchison, KS

    Church operations

    $25,000
  7. Amelia Earhart FoundationAtchison, KS

    Operations

    $20,000
  8. Boys & Girls Club of AtchisonAtchison, KS

    Youth activities

    $20,000
  9. Phoenix Performing Arts Booster ClubAtchison, KS

    Operations

    $20,000
  10. The Humane Society of AtchisonAtchison, KS

    Animal shelter operations

    $15,000
  11. Highland Community College FoundationHighland, KS

    Operating funds to provide scholarships and other assistance to highland community college students.

    $15,000
  12. First Judicial District Casa AssociationLeavenworth, KS

    Operations

    $12,000
  13. Atchison County Food PantryAtchison, KS

    Operations

    $10,000
  14. Atchison County Historical SocietyAtchison, KS

    Museum operations

    $10,000
  15. Fox Theatre AtchisonAtchison, KS

    Theatre operations

    $10,000
  16. Mount Vernon Cemetery AssociationAtchison, KS

    Cemetery upkeep

    $10,000
  17. Salvation ArmyAtchison, KS

    Operations

    $10,000
  18. The Atchison Child Care AssociationAtchison, KS

    Fund licensed, high quality childcare for city of atchison and surrounding communities

    $10,000
  19. Theatre AtchisonAtchison, KS

    Community theatre operations

    $10,000
  20. Atchison Art AssociationAtchison, KS

    Operating funds to help orvide access to the arts in the atchison community and throughout the region.

    $10,000
  21. Fuller Center for HousingAtchison, KS

    Operating funds to provide simple, decent housing to those in need.

    $10,000
  22. Circle of Art AtchisonAtchison, KS

    Gallery operations

    $5,000
  23. Joyful Hearts Helping HandsNortonville, KS

    Operations

    $5,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $120,00046% of the total
  2. Mental health1 grant $50,00019% of the total
  3. Youth development2 grants $40,00015% of the total
  4. Education2 grants $25,00010% of the total
  5. Animals1 grant $15,0006% of the total
  6. Civil rights1 grant $12,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Kansas23 grants $495,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Sawmill Trust CompanyTrustee Hours 1Pay $9,928
  • Lori MingusTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • June LynnTrustee Hours 1Pay $0
  • Melissa HuntingtonTrustee Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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