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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 86-6348709

Virginia Smith Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Chappell, NE. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 32 grants and $532,750 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. It still lists the details below.

Contact
Connie Loos
PO Box 525
Chappell, NE 69129
(308) 874-2929
Form and materials
Written-see schedule d
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Tax exempt organizations within the communities of big springs, chappell, and lodgepole, nebraska, for educational, community, or civic purposes; or organization operated exclusively for religious, charitable educational, literary, scientific purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $532,750

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $6,793,232

  • Tax year 2024

    $506,150

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $6,509,627

  • Tax year 2023

    $530,600

    Grants listed
    37
    Assets, end of year
    $6,471,816

  • Tax year 2022

    $553,400

    Grants listed
    36
    Assets, end of year
    $6,670,110

  • Tax year 2021

    $480,950

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $6,995,804

  • Tax year 2020

    $500,850

    Grants listed
    39
    Assets, end of year
    $6,801,729

  • Tax year 2019

    $504,350

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $6,846,309

  • Tax year 2018

    $498,304

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $7,094,831

Grants paid in 2025

32 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Scholarships Paid to Post- Secondary SchoolsVarious, NE

    Scholarships

    $285,000
  2. City of Chappell NebraskaChappell, NE

    Street project

    $50,000
  3. Chappell Airport AuthorityChappell, NE

    Runway improvement

    $20,000
  4. City of Chappell NebraskaChappell, NE

    Splash pad for pool

    $20,000
  5. City of Chappell NebraskaChappell, NE

    Ambulance - on call wages

    $17,500
  6. Village of Lodgepole NeLodgepole, NE

    Cemetery repairs

    $15,000
  7. Nebraska Lutheran Outdoor MinistriesAshland, NE

    Sullivan hills camp

    $12,000
  8. South Platte Public ShoolsBig Springs, NE

    Student washington DC trip

    $12,000
  9. Berea Lutheran ChurchChappell, NE

    Support

    $5,000
  10. City of Chappell NebraskaChappell, NE

    Library equipment

    $5,000
  11. Chappell Senior CenterChappell, NE

    Casbinet and ceiling fans

    $5,000
  12. Solid Rock Bible ChurchChappell, NE

    Food pantry

    $5,000
  13. City of Chappell NebraskaChappell, NE

    Emt support

    $5,000
  14. Weyerts Immanuel Lutheran ChurchLodgepole, NE

    Operating

    $5,000
  15. Gloria Dei Lutheran ChurchLodgepole, NE

    Operating

    $5,000
  16. Lodgepole United Methodist ChurchLodgepole, NE

    Operating

    $5,000
  17. Chappell United Methodist ChurchChappell, NE

    Operating

    $5,000
  18. Chappell Assembly of God ChurchChappell, NE

    Operating

    $5,000
  19. St Joseph's Catholic ChurchChappell, NE

    Operating

    $5,000
  20. Zion Lutheran ChurchChappell, NE

    Operating

    $5,000
  21. Solid Rock Bible ChurchChappell, NE

    Operating

    $5,000
  22. United Methodist ChurchBig Springs, NE

    Operating

    $5,000
  23. Assembly of God ChurchBig Springs, NE

    Operating

    $5,000
  24. Zion Lutheran ChurchBig Springs, NE

    Support

    $5,000
  25. Chappell Methodist ChurchChappell, NE

    Window & door repair

    $4,500
  26. Creek Valley Public SchoolsChappell, NE

    Weight room

    $4,000
  27. City of Chappell NebraskaChappell, NE

    Fish for pond

    $2,300
  28. Chappell Senior CenterChappell, NE

    KCTS cattle guards

    $2,250
  29. Succeed IncChappell, NE

    Chamber of commerce

    $2,200
  30. Sedgwick County Mem HospJulesburg, CO

    Clinic equipment

    $2,000
  31. Zion Lutheran ChurchBig Springs, NE

    Food pantry

    $2,000
  32. Big Springs Assembly of God ChurchBig Springs, NE

    Youth camp

    $2,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Community development1 grant $2,200100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Nebraska31 grants $530,750
  2. Colorado1 grant $2,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

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

  • Jerome E CabelaTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $6,000
  • Kenneth FornanderTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $6,000
  • Leonard LittlejohnOFFICER/TRUS Hours 1Pay $6,000
  • Janet FlohrCHAIRPERSON/ Hours 1Pay $6,000

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