Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust

Private foundation · Grantmaker Overland Park, KS EIN: 47-6080709

Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust is a private foundation, based in Overland Park, KS. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $207K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 6 grants totaling $15K. Net investment income was $5K.

Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust at a glance

In short: Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust gave $15K across 6 grants in 2025 (avg $3K), mostly in Nebraska. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$15,300
+111.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
6
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$2,550
+111.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$2,550
Total assets
$207,049
-4.6% vs 2024
Primary geography
Nebraska (80% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026.

Who Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

34 grants across all recorded years

34<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 34 grants of 34 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

8states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 6 itemized grants.

Cities

ChadronLincolnNorfolkOmahaKansas CityPrincetonScottsbluffAllianceCurtisFort CollinsKearneyLaramieNorth PlatteRexburgStillwaterWayneYanktonBrookingsHot Springs

How Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust gives

  • Giving grew 337% from 2022 to 2025. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 97% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method

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

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K11 grants2020 7 grants2021 1 grant2022 14 grants2023 6 grants2024 6 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $4K (2022) to $29K (2023). In 2025 it made 6 grants totaling $15K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
6 individual scholarships Recipients not named —$15,300
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$207,049$9,390$19,390$15,3006$15,497$5,475$16,010
2024$217,000$8,836$12,489$7,2506$8,745$5,088$15,083
2023$220,607$4,839$37,980$29,14714$34,105$3,338$14,275
2022$253,812$10,382$9,432$3,5001$4,889$6,123$16,180
2021$252,620$17,518$22,486$12,7507—$11,882$18,538
2020$257,195$8,538$22,099$17,00011—$4,528$16,268

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust reported a distributable amount of $16K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust's only listed officer is Midwest Trust Company, Trustee on every filing since 2024 (compensated).

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Midwest Trust Company

    Trustee

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    $949 (2024) → $2K (2025)

Former officers (1)
  • Former: Bank Of The West (2020–2024) — Prior Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "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

Midwest Trust Company — Trustee: $2KMidwest Trust CompanyTrustee$2K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $2K, to Midwest Trust Company (Trustee).

Frequently asked questions about Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust

How much does Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust give each year?

Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust gave $15K across 6 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $7K across 6 grants.

What is Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust's typical grant size?

Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust's median grant in 2025 was $2,550, and its average grant was $2,550, across 6 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Where does Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust give grants?

Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust gives mostly in Nebraska: 80% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest state was Montana (20%).

Does Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 6 grants with a stated purpose on Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust's 2025 IRS Form 990-PF were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Scholarship" (6 grants).

How large is Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust?

Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust reported $207K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $15K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $16K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.

What is Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust's EIN?

Mitchell-Gantz Educational & Charitable Trust's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 47-6080709. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS January 24, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 17, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 29, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS January 29, 2025)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 2, 2026)
  6. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS January 27, 2021)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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