Well Told Grants

Foundations / Alabama

Jay and Corrine Tuthill Memorial Scholarship Trust

Accepts applications Oneonta, Alabama · EIN 636138369

Jay and Corrine Tuthill Memorial Scholarship Trust is a private foundation in Oneonta, Alabama. In tax year 2025 it gave $57,000 in 11 grants; the typical grant was $3,000 and the largest $12,600. 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 $54,000 the year before.

46% 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$52,0009$1.1 million
2024$54,0008$1.2 million
2025$57,00011$1.3 million

How to apply

ContactChester Thomas
60 Easy Street, Oneonta, AL 35121
Phone or email(205) 910-5470
What to submitInformal letter of inquiry regarding the foundation triggers the foundation to respond with a standard application for funds assuming the potential applicant qualifies for such funds
DeadlinesOPEN

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Jay and Corrine Tuthill Memorial Scholarship Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Alabama.

StateGrantsAmount
Alabama9$51,000
Mississippi2$6,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 11 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Faulkner University
Montgomery, AL
Educational$12,600
Wallace State Community College
Hanceville, AL
Educational$11,000
University of North Alabama
Florence, AL
Educational$9,000
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL
Educational$6,400
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
Educational$4,000
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS
Educational$3,000
Auburn University
Auburn, AL
Educational$3,000
Itawamba Community College
Fulton, MS
Educational$3,000
Uab
Birmingham, AL
Educational$2,000
Northwest Shoals Community College
Muscle Shoals, AL
Educational$2,000
Friends of Locust Fork
Cleveland, AL
Educational$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Jay and Corrine Tuthill Memorial Scholarship Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: OPEN.

How much does Jay and Corrine Tuthill Memorial Scholarship Trust give?

$57,000 in tax year 2025, across 11 grants, with a typical grant of $3,000.

Who runs Jay and Corrine Tuthill Memorial Scholarship Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Jonathan Johnson (President), Chester Thomas (Vice President) and Derek Pigg (Treasurer).

What does Jay and Corrine Tuthill Memorial Scholarship Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

Similar foundations in Alabama