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Funding search · EIN 486243254 · Hays, KS

David and Mary P Rush Educational Trust

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

67
grants reported
$1.1M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$6,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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4 grants matching “universtiy” · $78,000

  • $10,000

    Washburn Universtiy · Topeka, KS · 2025

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $20,000

    Washburn Universtiy · Topeka, KS · 2024

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $29,000

    Washburn Universtiy · Topeka, KS · 2023

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $19,000

    Washburn Universtiy · Topeka, KS · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Fort Hays State University4 grants · $235,500
  • Hill City High School4 grants · $217,000
  • Kansas State University4 grants · $105,000
  • Nc Ks Technical Institute3 grants · $99,000
  • Washburn Universtiy4 grants · $78,000
  • Colby Community College3 grants · $60,000
  • University of Kansas3 grants · $34,000
  • University of Nebraska Kearney3 grants · $22,000
  • Fort Hays Tech North Central1 grant · $21,000
  • Ottawa University4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$305,000
2022
$254,000
2023
$244,500
2024
$257,000
2025

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

  • $87,000

    Hill City High School · Hill City, KS · 2022

    Support educational goals of high school

  • $72,000

    Fort Hays State University · Hays, KS · 2025

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $65,000

    Fort Hays State University · Hays, KS · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $60,000

    Hill City High School · Hill City, KS · 2025

    Support educational goals of high school

  • $60,000

    Hill City High School · Hill City, KS · 2023

    Support educational goals of high school

  • $54,500

    Fort Hays State University · Hays, KS · 2024

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $51,000

    Nc Ks Technical Institute · Hays, KS · 2024

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $44,000

    Fort Hays State University · Hays, KS · 2023

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $33,000

    Nc Ks Technical Institute · Hays, KS · 2023

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $30,000

    Kansas State University · Manhattan, KS · 2025

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $30,000

    Kansas State University · Manhattan, KS · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $29,000

    Washburn Universtiy · Topeka, KS · 2023

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $25,000

    Kansas State University · Manhattan, KS · 2024

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $23,000

    Colby Community College · Colby, KS · 2024

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $21,000

    Fort Hays Tech North Central · Hays, KS · 2025

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $20,000

    Washburn Universtiy · Topeka, KS · 2024

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $20,000

    Kansas State University · Manhattan, KS · 2023

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $19,000

    Colby Community College · Colby, KS · 2023

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $19,000

    Washburn Universtiy · Topeka, KS · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $18,000

    Colby Community College · Colby, KS · 2025

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $16,000

    University of Kansas · Lawrence, KS · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $15,000

    Nc Ks Technical Institute · Hays, KS · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $14,000

    University of Kansas · Lawrence, KS · 2023

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $12,000

    University of Nebraska Kearney · Kearney, NE · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $10,000

    Washburn Universtiy · Topeka, KS · 2025

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $10,000

    Hill City Grade School · Hill City, KS · 2024

    Cleartouch panel, library chairs, tables, library books, and other various items

  • $10,000

    Hill City High School · Hill City, KS · 2024

    Anatomage science software upgrade v2, with all experiments

  • $10,000

    Kansas State University Salina · Salina, KS · 2023

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $8,000

    Hays Academy of Hair Design · Hays, KS · 2025

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $7,000

    Northwest Kansas Technical College · Goodland, KS · 2024

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $6,000

    Emporia State University · Emporia, KS · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $6,000

    Kansas State University Salina · Salina, KS · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $6,000

    Letorneau University · Longview, TX · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $6,000

    Pratt Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $6,000

    Sterling College · Sterling, KS · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Barton County Community College · Great Bend, KS · 2025

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Johnson County Community College · Overland Park, KS · 2025

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Manhattan Christian College · Manhattan, KS · 2025

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Ottawa University · Ottawa, KS · 2025

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Sterling College · Sterling, KS · 2025

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2025

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Cloud County Community College · Concordia, KS · 2024

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Johnson County Community College · Overland Park, KS · 2024

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Letorneau University · Longview, TX · 2024

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Manhattan Christian College · Manhattan, KS · 2024

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Ottawa University · Ottawa, KS · 2024

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Pittsburg State University · Pittsburg, KS · 2024

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2024

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    University of Nebraska Kearney · Kearney, NE · 2024

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Letorneau University · Longview, TX · 2023

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Northwest Kansas Technical College · Goodland, KS · 2023

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Ottawa University · Ottawa, KS · 2023

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2023

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    University of Nebraska Kearney · Kearney, NE · 2023

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Kansas Wesleyan University · Salina, KS · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Ottawa University · Ottawa, KS · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $5,000

    Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $4,000

    Fort Hays Tech Northwest · Goodland, KS · 2025

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $4,000

    Manhattan Tech · Wamego, KS · 2025

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $4,000

    University of Kansas · Lawrence, KS · 2024

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $4,000

    Hays Academy of Hair Design · Hays, KS · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $4,000

    Northwest Lineman College · Meridian, ID · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $3,000

    Mid Plains Community College · North Platte, NE · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $2,000

    Barton County Community College · Great Bend, KS · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $1,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technolo · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $1,000

    McCook Community College · McCook, NE · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

  • $1,000

    Wichita State University · Wichtia, KS · 2022

    Selected scholarship recipient award

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.