Scholarships Paid to Post- Secondary Schools
Various, NE
$285KTax year 2025
Scholarships
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Virginia Smith Charitable Trust Grants
Private foundation · EIN 86-6348709 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
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This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
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- Contact
- Connie Loos
- Phone
- (308) 874-2929
- Application materials
- Written-see schedule d
- 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.
Deadlines, materials and limits are not in the filing; check with the foundation.
Original filing text
- Contact
- CONNIE LOOS
- Address
- PO BOX 525 CHAPPELL, NE, 69129
- Phone
- 3088742929
- Deadlines
- NONE
- Application materials
- WRITTEN-SEE SCHEDULE D
- 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.
Reported organization name: VIRGINIA SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | $532.8K |
| 2024 | 32 | $506.2K |
| 2023 | 37 | $530.6K |
Where Virginia Smith Charitable Trust gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Scholarships Paid to Post- Secondary Schools
Various, NE
$285KTax year 2023
Scholarships
Scholarships Paid to Post- Secondary Schools
Various, NE
$285KTax year 2024
Scholarships
City of Chappell Nebraska
Chappell, NE
$50KTax year 2025
Street project
City of Chappell Nebraska
Chappell, NE
$50KTax year 2024
Street project
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Start freeAbout this data
Figures are aggregated from Virginia Smith Charitable Trust's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (3 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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