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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 82-5257281

Benjamin Steinmetz Charitable Foundation

A private foundation in Wichita, KS. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 4 grants and $400,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), 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
Darry Brown
113 N Gleneagles Road
Wichita, KS 67212
(316) 722-6590
[email protected]
Form and materials
No form needed; just letter detailing needs and appropriate tax status.
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
None

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $400,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $10,165,941
  • Tax year 2023

    $370,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $9,803,975
  • Tax year 2022

    $460,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $9,858,946
  • Tax year 2021

    $420,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $9,848,915
  • Tax year 2020

    $330,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $8,874,258
  • Tax year 2019

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $8,571,002

Grants paid in 2024

4 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Friends of Kiowa District Hospital & Manor FoundationKiowa, KS

    General support

    $320,000
  2. Kiowa Historical SocietyKiowa, KS

    General support

    $50,000
  3. Kiowa Public LibraryKiowa, KS

    General support

    $20,000
  4. Freedom Gates Boys RanchHazelton, KS

    General support

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $320,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Kansas4 grants $400,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Darry BrownTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $28,800

The return

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