Hagan Trust

Private foundation · EIN 45-6159017 · since 2008hagantrust.org·Missouri·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$964k

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$15,000 to $705k

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$133k

Typical grant (median)

4 grants in the latest filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

Hagan Trust does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; a warm introduction through someone who already knows the trust is the better first step.
Its typical grant band runs from $15,000 to $705,000, with a median of $15,000, so a modest, well-costed request suits it better than a large one, and that band describes most grants rather than setting a limit.
Its stated themes are scholarships and parks and nature, though its filings also show a food bank, a humane society, historical societies, youth services and community charities, and grants mainly in Missouri, which is not a stated rule on who may apply.
Nearly all of its organisational grant dollars in its latest filing went to organisations it had already funded, so relationships appear to matter a good deal, and the filings give no deadlines, so ask the trust how and when it would consider a request.

Overview

Hagan Trust is a US private foundation based in Columbia, MO.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The trust was established to support a scholarship foundation, a park trust and local exempt organisations. Its charitable activities include a nationwide need-based merit scholarship, alongside a public open space and nature area intended for passive recreation. Its reported organisational grants have also gone to a food bank, humane society, historical societies, youth services and community charities. The filings describe every grant purpose as general funding. The website does not set out a subject-by-subject policy for local organisations or explain their eligibility or a public route to apply.

Themes

Scholarships
Parks and nature

Geographic Focus

No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Missouri.

How to apply

The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 100% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 18 grants to organisations were $15,000 or less.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

Missouri100%

The largest single recipient received 67% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 100% of grant dollars went to organisations Hagan Trust had funded in earlier filings.
No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.

Grants

4 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $133k

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

Hagan Scholarship Foundation · General funding
$684,0352024 tax year
Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri · General funding
$250,0002024 tax year
Central Missouri Humane Society · General funding
$15,0002024 tax year
Boone County Historical Society · General funding
$15,0002024 tax year

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

Officers and directors

Dan Hagan — Trustee

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$1,255,916	$1,134,893	$271,858,885	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$1,252,468	$1,095,785	$293,058,549	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$1,201,299	$964,035	$253,058,199	Filing for 2024 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.