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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 81-0372356

Hurst Sorenson Memorial Fund

A private foundation in Stanford, MT. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $54,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Mar 31, 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
Powell Becker
103 Central Ave
Stanford, MT 594790000
(406) 566-2238
Form and materials
Letter of application including name of school planning to attend.
Deadlines
July 1 each year
Restrictions
Restricted to graduates of stanford high school, stanford, MT. Restricted to attendance at protestant schools, vocational or tech schools.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $54,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,237,271

  • Tax year 2024

    $50,499

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,109,208

  • Tax year 2023

    $49,540

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $1,051,260

  • Tax year 2022

    $51,020

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $902,537

  • Tax year 2021

    $44,496

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $1,034,421

  • Tax year 2020

    $43,200

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,059,989

  • Tax year 2018

    $15,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $914,499

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Msu-BozemanBozeman, MT

    Scholarships

    $17,808
  2. Msu-Great FallsGreat Falls, MT

    Scholarships

    $11,685
  3. Flathead Valley Community CollegeKalispell, MT

    Scholarship

    $5,817
  4. New Mexico State UniversityLas Cruces, NM

    Scholarship

    $5,817
  5. U of M-WesternDillon, MT

    Scholarships

    $4,490
  6. Frontier School of the BibleLagrange, WY

    Scholarship

    $4,318
  7. University of PhoenixPhoenix, AZ

    Scholarship

    $4,065

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $4,318100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Montana4 grants $39,800
  2. New Mexico1 grant $5,817
  3. Wyoming1 grant $4,318
  4. Arizona1 grant $4,065

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Powell BeckerTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Timothy DolphayTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0
  • Presbyterian Church MinisterTRUSTEE Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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