MARY J BRUMMER TRUST %MELISA GRIFFITH TRUST OFFICERPSB
EIN 20-7016175 · Private Grantmaking Foundations (T20)
What they do
THE MARY J. BRUMMER TRUST U/A 8/26/05 D/B/A MEARL and LAURA KINSEL, LEO and MARY BRUMMER MEMORIAL TRUST WAS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE DECLARATION of TRUST of MARY J. BRUMMER DATED AUGUST 26, 2005. IT BECAME OPERATIVE UPON THE DEATH of MARY J. BRUMMER ON AUGUST 1, 2006. THE SOLE PURPOSE of THE MEARL and LAURA KINSEL, LEO and MARY BRUMMER MEMORIAL TRUST is to PROVIDE INCOME to ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH of NEWTON, ILLINOIS, to BE EXPENDED for THE BENEFIT of THE INDIVIDUAL PARISH.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2007
- Location
- 100 W WASHINGTON ST, NEWTON, IL 62448-1256
- County
- Jasper
- In care of
- % PEOPLE STATE BANK