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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by GUARDIAN TRUST FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,005,714
Total expenses
$4,980,216
Contributions and grants received
$1,027,221
Grants paid
$912,393
Program service revenue
$3,978,493
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$152,155
Total liabilities, end of year
$45,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$107,155
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,425,968
Management and general expenses
$554,248
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,425,968

Program services were 88.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,027,221

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRUSTEE FEES

    total $3,978,493 · related or exempt $3,978,493

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $862,393 · program services $862,393

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $50,000 · program services $50,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $310,121 · management and general $310,121

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $774 · management and general $774

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,106 · management and general $18,106

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $2,983,867 · program services $2,983,867

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $15,805 · program services $15,805

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $176,958 · management and general $176,958

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $447,953 · program services $447,953

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $45,000 · management and general $45,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,289 · management and general $3,289

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,485 · program services $28,485

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,834 · program services $2,834

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $31,421 · program services $31,421

  • 24a · Other expenses: OPERATING EXPENSE

    total $3,000 · program services $3,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT

    total $210 · program services $210

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $81,657 · end of year $138,237

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $13,918

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $45,000

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $81,657 · end of year $107,155

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROMOTE, FURTHER, AND SUPPORT SELECTED CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE GOODS, SERVICES OR FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT MEET THE SOCIAL SECURITY DEFINITION OF DISABLED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • THE GUARDIAN TRUST FOUNDATION SUPPORTS CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE GOODS, SERVICES OR FUNDING FOR THE UNDERPRIVILEGED, THE DISADVANTAGED, AND FOR INDIVIDUALS OF ANY AGE WHO ARE DISABLED. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: PROVIDING GRANTS TO LOCAL NON-PROFITS SERVING DISABLED PERSONS, SUPPORTING LOCAL NON-PROFITS SERVING DISABLED PERSONS, AND ACTING AS TRUSTEE OF SEVERAL SPECIAL NEEDS POOLED TRUSTS (SNPT) TO PRUDENTLY MANAGE ASSETS, ENSURING THE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL WELL-BEING OF SNPT BENEFICIARIES.

    Expenses $4,425,968 · Grants $912,393 · Revenue $3,978,493

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Travis Finchum

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $153,029
    From this org
    $128,029
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,000
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,029
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $153,029
  • Kole Long

    VICE-PRESIDENT/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $156,812
    From this org
    $102,143
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,669
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $102,143
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,584
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,085
    Filer's total
    $156,812
  • Paul Burmeister

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rob Rawlings

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Kurey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
13 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601349349311335

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