Courtney S. Turner Charitable Trust

Private foundation · EIN 43-6316904 · since 1987courtneyturner-trust.org·Atchison, Kansas City·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$1.4M

Annual giving, 2023 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$4,000 to $100k

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$15,000

Typical grant (median)

39 grants in the latest filing

Open to applications

A mix of rolling and fixed deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

The Trust fits best where your project is cultural, educational or youth-oriented, serves the Atchison, Kansas community and has local support plus a credible plan to raise the rest of the funds.
Most of its grants fall between $4,000 and $100,000, and its median grant is $15,000, so a modest, specific request for a building, piece of equipment or programme to be completed over a short, fixed period is the most realistic shape.
Repeat funding is strong, with 81% of its grant dollars going to organisations it had already funded, so building a relationship before applying may matter more than a cold approach.
Atchison-area nonprofits apply online through the Trust's website, with proposals due by March 31, and requests for operating expenses or multi-year funding are considered only in limited numbers or one year at a time.
Organisations outside Atchison should check its website for eligibility before applying, since its focus is mainly Atchison and its filing also records a preference for Kansas City, Missouri.

Overview

Courtney S. Turner Charitable Trust is a US private foundation administered by its trustee, Bank of America N A, in Dallas, TX.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Trust awards charitable gifts to 501(c)(3) organisations undertaking charitable, cultural, educational or youth-oriented projects, and primarily serves the Atchison, Kansas community. It favours projects with Atchison community support and credible plans to raise the balance of the required funds. It prefers specific-purpose grants for buildings, capital equipment and programmes to be completed over a short, fixed period; multi-year requests are considered one year at a time, and only a limited number of grants support operating expenses. The filing also records a preference for qualified charitable organisations in the Kansas City, Missouri area. Eligible Atchison-area organisations apply online.

Themes

Cultural projects
Education
Youth projects

Geographic Focus

Atchison, Kansas community area. Priority: Kansas City, MO area.

How to apply

For Atchison-area funding, eligible nonprofits apply online through the procedures provided on the Trust's website.

Deadlines: The selected-organisation proposal deadline is March 31.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2023 filing, 81% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2022 and TY2023 filings, half of its 73 grants to organisations were $15,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

Applications should show credible plans for raising the balance of the required funds.
Projects should have Atchison community support.
The Trust prefers specific-purpose grants for buildings, capital equipment and programmes completed in a fixed number of short years.
Only a limited number of grants are considered for operating expenses.
For multi-year requests, trustees consider only one year at a time.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2023.

Grant dollars by state

Kansas62%

Missouri38%

Oklahoma<1%

The largest single recipient received 18% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2023, 81% of grant dollars went to organisations Courtney S. Turner Charitable Trust had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
7% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

39 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $15,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 39 grants in tax year 2023 by size

$1k–$2.5k5%

$2.5k–$5k13%

$5k–$10k13%

$10k–$25k23%

$25k–$50k13%

$50k–$100k21%

$100k–$250k13%

Median $15,000 (tax year 2023)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

Benedictine College · Bishop fink architectural &
$200,0002023 tax year
Greater Manhattan Community Foundation · Aacf 2023 match day & swim
$150,0002023 tax year
Atchison Amelia Earhart Foundation · Support exhibit fabrication
$115,0002023 tax year
Children's Mercy Hospital · Shining a light on youth
$100,0002023 tax year
Friends of the Zoo · Renovation of the kopje
$100,0002023 tax year
Atchison Area Chamber of Commerce Educational Foundation · Purchase new trolley
$65,0002023 tax year
Theatre Atchison · Fox movie theatre capital
$60,0002023 tax year
Ymca Of Atchison Kansas · Support "better us
$58,0002023 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

John H Mize JR - Co Boa — Co-Trustee

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

2 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$1,759,692	$1,400,000	$33,166,229	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$1,776,000	$1,403,000	$36,055,558	Filing for 2023 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.