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JC Freels Scholarship Trust

Accepts applications Birmingham, Alabama · EIN 626049363

JC Freels Scholarship Trust is a private foundation in Birmingham, Alabama. In tax year 2025 it gave $2,760 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $690 and the largest $828. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $4,293 the year before.

25% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$3,2305$100,581
2024$4,2935$99,856
2025$2,7604$104,198

How to apply

ContactAmy Eversole
320 Student Services Building, Morristown, TN 37813
Phone or email(865) 974-1000
What to submitNomination applications
DeadlinesApril 16th
RestrictionsThe student must have an excellent gpa, good attendance, possess qualities of honesty, intellect and citizenship

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What JC Freels Scholarship Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Tennessee.

StateGrantsAmount
Tennessee4$2,760

Grants paid in 2025

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Carsonnewman University
Jefferson City, TN
General operating$828
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN
Scholarship$828
Walter State Community College
Morristown, TN
Scholarship$552
Carson-Newman University
Jefferson City, TN
Scholarship$552

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does JC Freels Scholarship Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: April 16th.

How much does JC Freels Scholarship Trust give?

$2,760 in tax year 2025, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $690.

Who runs JC Freels Scholarship Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Regions Bank (Trustee).

What does JC Freels Scholarship Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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