Donald J Beck Trust

Public charity · Grantmaker Mason City, IA EIN: 26-6717210

The trust is a supporting organization of the new hampton educational excellence foundation.

Donald J Beck Trust at a glance

In short: Donald J Beck Trust gave $108K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $108K), mostly in Iowa. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$108,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
Average grant
$108,000
Median grant
$108,000
Total assets
$2,019,444
-1.8% vs 2024
Primary geography
Iowa (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Donald J Beck Trust funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

NH Educational Excellence Foundation: $108KNH Educational ExcellenceFoundation$108K

The largest 2025 recipient was NH Educational Excellence Foundation ($108K).

Grant Size Distribution

3 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K3$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 3 grants of 3 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

New Hampton

How Donald J Beck Trust gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+1%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K1 grant2019 1 grant2020 Total only2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 Total only2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $78K (2020) to $131K (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $108K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
NH Educational Excellence Foundation New Hampton, IASupported Organization$108,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$2,019,444$100,046$137,635$108,0001$34,460
2024$2,057,033$127,935$136,053$108,000Total only$30,163
2023$2,065,151$112,350$131,340$106,0001$26,184
2022$2,084,141$100,914$128,040$107,0001$16,382
2021$2,111,267$87,203$99,281$80,000Total only$12,472
2020$2,123,345$88,333$95,019$77,5001$11,153
2019$2,130,110$90,835$95,362$131,2041$22,784

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Donald J Beck Trust

Based on IRS filings

Donald J Beck Trust is a public charity, based in Mason City, IA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $108K. Net investment income was $34K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Donald J Beck Trust's only listed officer is First Citizens Bank, Trustee on every filing since 2019 (compensated).

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • First Citizens Bank

    Trustee

    On filings since 2019

    4 hrs/week

    $15K (2019) → $28K (2025)

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

First Citizens Bank — Trustee: $28KFirst Citizens BankTrustee$28K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $28K, to First Citizens Bank (Trustee).

Frequently asked questions about Donald J Beck Trust

How much does Donald J Beck Trust give each year?

Donald J Beck Trust gave $108K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it reported $108K in grants paid.

How large is Donald J Beck Trust?

Donald J Beck Trust reported $2.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $100K.

Where does Donald J Beck Trust operate?

Donald J Beck Trust has awarded grants in Iowa.

What is Donald J Beck Trust's EIN?

Donald J Beck Trust's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-6717210. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(8)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 27, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 8, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 9, 2024)
  4. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 25, 2020)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 7, 2026)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 25, 2025)
  8. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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