The Chester a Long Educational Trust

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
207277003
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Goodland, KS, USA
Phone
7858902000
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$24,621
Expenses
$29,562
Assets
$327,821

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • KURT BROWN (Trustee)
  • FNB BANK (Trustee)
  • DON TILTON (Trustee)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Support of specified 501(c)(3) organizations

What it reported doing in 2025

Grants made directly to colleges and universities at the request of quinter high school to fund scholarships for quinter high school students in the following amounts: fort hays state university - $7,200kansas state university - $12,100washburn university - $1,450universiy of Nebraska kearney- $1,750randon aviation - $2,500total distribution for scholarships of quinter high school students = $25,000.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 84.6%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -20.1%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.09; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.6%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.8% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 84.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.