Private foundation · EIN 48-6298990 · Smith Center, Kansas

Sarver Charitable Tr

Should you approach them?

Yes, approach them if you're in Kansas. The foundation accepts applications (See attached) and its median grant is $2,200.

From the 2025 Form 990-PF: 108 grants paid, $761K total, median $2,200. 99% of grants stayed in Kansas. Stated restrictions:

Accepts applications
Yes
per 990-PF Part XV
Grants paid, 2025
108
$761K
Median grant
$2,200
Stays in KS
99%
of grants
Deadline
See attached
Assets
$5.6M

How to apply

Contact: Sarver Charitable Trust Paul Grego, Po Box 12, Osborne, Ks, 7853465445 Deadlines: Restrictions:

Quoted from Part XV of the foundation's 2025 Form 990-PF; the full text is in the filing. Confirm on the foundation's website before you write.

Grants paid in 2025

Top 38 of 108 grants by amount · from Form 990-PF Part XV

RecipientPurposeAmount
City of OsborneOsborne, KSCharitable grant$78K
American Cancer SocietyTopeka, KSCharitable grant$69K
Fort Hays State University FoundatiHays, KSCharitable grant$69K
Leukemia & Lymphoma SocietyWichita, KSCharitable grant$69K
St Aloysius Catholic ChurchOsborne, KSCharitable grant$69K
The Salvation ArmyKansas City, MOCharitable grant$69K
Osborne County TreasurerOsborne, KSCharitable grant$30K
New Life Church of NatomaNatoma, KSCharitable grant$14K
Solomon Valley TransportationBeloit, KSCharitable grant$10K
Christian Church of DownsDowns, KSCharitable grant$9,500
Grace Brethren Church of PortisPortis, KSCharitable grant$8,500
Assembly of God Church OsborneOsborne, KSCharitable grant$7,000
Bible Baptist Church of OsborneOsborne, KSCharitable grant$7,000
Downs Ministerial Alliance (food BaDowns, KSCharitable grant$7,000
Faith Luthern Church of OsborneOsborne, KSCharitable grant$7,000
Free Methodist Church of OsborneOsborne, KSCharitable grant$7,000
Lutheran Church of DownsDowns, KSCharitable grant$7,000
Mt Ayr Friends ChurchAlton, KSCharitable grant$7,000
Osborne Ministerial Alliance (foodOsborne, KSCharitable grant$7,000
Peace Lutheran Church of NatomaNatoma, KSCharitable grant$7,000
Pleasant Plain ChurchAlton, KSCharitable grant$7,000
Rose Valley ChurchDowns, KSCharitable grant$7,000
St Marys Catholic Church of DownsDowns, KSCharitable grant$7,000
United Christian Church of OsborneOsborne, KSCharitable grant$7,000
United Methodist Church of AltonAlton, KSCharitable grant$7,000
United Methodist Church of DownsDowns, KSCharitable grant$7,000
United Methodist Church of OsborneOsborne, KSCharitable grant$7,000
City of DownsDowns, KSCharitable grant$4,000
North Central Kansas Outdoor YouthOsborne, KSCharitable grant$4,000
Bull City Community FoundationAlton, KSCharitable grant$3,000
Usd 399 NatomaNatoma, KSCharitable grant$3,000
Nck Outdoors IncGlen Ender, KSCharitable grant$2,375
Osborne Community FoundationOsborne, KSCharitable grant$2,300
Mya SchweitzerOsborne, KSScholarshp$2,200
Downs Art CouncilDowns, KSCharitable grant$2,000
Usd 392 OsborneOsborne, KSCharitable grant$1,750
Osborne Community MuseumOsborne, KSCharitable grant$750
Kansas Natural Resource FoundationOsborne, KSCharitable grant$250

By state: Kansas 107 · Missouri 1

About this foundation

Sarver Charitable Tr is a private grantmaking foundation in Smith Center, Kansas, administered in care of The Peoples Bank Trustee, tax-exempt since 1990. Private foundations must pay out roughly 5% of their assets each year, mostly as grants to 501(c)(3) public charities.

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Does Sarver Charitable Tr accept grant applications?

Yes. On its 2025 Form 990-PF the foundation indicates it accepts applications. Deadlines: See attached.

How much does Sarver Charitable Tr give each year?

In tax year 2025 it paid $761K across 108 grants, a median of $2,200.

Where does Sarver Charitable Tr give?

Kansas (107 grants), Missouri (1 grants), per its latest filing.

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