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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 87-2757560

Collver Family Foundation

A private foundation in Battle Creek, MI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $233,000 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 person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
none
Restrictions
none

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Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $233,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $7,358,922

  • Tax year 2024

    $226,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $6,627,823

  • Tax year 2023

    $216,250

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $6,135,584

  • Tax year 2022

    $28,188

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $4,753,640

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $4,592,220

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Climax Scotts Comm School FndScotts, MI

    School scholarships fund

    $150,000
  2. Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, MI

    Scholarships for College of Aviation Flight Science program

    $48,000
  3. Binder Park ZooBattle Creek, MI

    general operations

    $20,000
  4. Music Moves MeArcadia, MI

    general operations

    $15,000
  5. American Huey History MuseumPeru, IN

    general operations

    $0

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 $15,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Michigan4 grants $233,000
  2. Indiana1 grant $0

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

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

  • Gilbert CollverPresident/Treasurer Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Chad CollverVP / Secretary Hours 4Pay $40,000
  • Lila J CollverDirector Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Stacey L HamlinDirector Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Kelly J CollverDirector Hours 0.1Pay $0

The return

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