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Anna Shupper and Ida Reiss Memorial Scholarship Fund

Accepts applications Birmingham, Alabama · EIN 510189656

Anna Shupper and Ida Reiss Memorial Scholarship Fund is a private foundation in Birmingham, Alabama. In tax year 2025 it gave $78,000 in 20 grants; the typical grant was $3,500 and the largest $7,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $72,500 the year before.

75% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$60,00012$1.7 million
2024$72,50014$1.8 million
2025$78,00020$2.0 million

How to apply

ContactDori Miles
1041 42nd Street South, Birmingham, AL 35222
Phone or email(626) 319-4052, dorimiles@icloud.com
What to submitRequests are to be submitted in writing with proof of matriculation.
RestrictionsApplicant must be jewish students studying law, medicine or science.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Anna Shupper and Ida Reiss Memorial Scholarship Fund funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 8 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York13$48,500
California1$5,500
District of Columbia1$5,000
Michigan1$5,000
Pennsylvania1$5,000
New Jersey1$3,500
Illinois1$3,000
Massachusetts1$2,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 20 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Suny Downstate Medical School Obo Elizabeth Katanov
Brooklyn, NY
Scholarships$7,500
Uc San Diego Medical School Obo Sabrina Chriqui
La Jolla, CA
Scholarships$5,500
George Washington University Law School Obo Allen Waldman
Washinton, DC
Scholarships$5,000
Suny Downstate Medical School Obo Rivka Blum
Brooklyn, NY
Scholarships$5,000
University of Michigan Medical School Obo Sarah Renberg
Ann Harbor, MI
Scholarships$5,000
Stony Brook University Medical Center Obo Samy Sasoun
Stony Brook, NY
Scholarships$5,000
Thomas Jefferson University Obo Scott Orlov
Philadelphia, PA
Scholarships$5,000
Weill Cornell Obo Alexis Mitelman
New York, NY
Scholarships$5,000
Touro College of Osteopathic Obo Tzipora Benyaminov
New York, NY
Scholarships$4,000
City College of New York Law Obo Sarah Vidal
Long Island City, NY
Scholarships$3,500
Suny Downstate Medical School Obo David Saltz
Brooklyn, NY
Scholarships$3,500
Suny Downstate Medical School Obo Esther Auerbach
Brooklyn, NY
Scholarships$3,500
Suny Downstate Medical School Obo Laura Strewinsky
Brooklyn, NY
Scholarships$3,500
Hackensack Meridian Obo Corrine Brener
Hackensack, NJ
Scholarships$3,500
Chicago-Kent College of Law Obo Ruth Renberg
Chicago, IL
Scholarships$3,000
Suny Downstate Medical School Obo Julie Saadia Hazkour
Brooklyn, NY
Scholarships$2,500
Suny Downstate Medical School Obo Moshe Weber
Brooklyn, NY
Scholarships$2,500
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Obo Samantha Byrne
North Grafton, MA
Scholarships$2,500
Touro College of Osteopathic Obo Jacob Wiseman
New York, NY
Scholarships$2,000
Suny Downstate Medical School Obo Abe Pessin
Brooklyn, NY
Scholarships$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Anna Shupper and Ida Reiss Memorial Scholarship Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Anna Shupper and Ida Reiss Memorial Scholarship Fund give?

$78,000 in tax year 2025, across 20 grants, with a typical grant of $3,500.

Who runs Anna Shupper and Ida Reiss Memorial Scholarship Fund?

Its 2025 filing lists Dori Miles (Trustee) and Harry L Miles (Trustee).

What does Anna Shupper and Ida Reiss Memorial Scholarship Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and health.

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