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Melba R Littrell Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Decatur, Alabama · EIN 726184021

Melba R Littrell Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Decatur, Alabama. In tax year 2025 it gave $43,199 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $10,440 and the largest $13,275. 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 $30,560 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$44,9074$383,866
2024$30,5603$378,340
2025$43,1994$371,418

How to apply

ContactBen Littrell
PO Box 1827, Decatur, AL 35602
Phone or email(256) 355-4969
What to submitResume with post secondary GPA, cost of tuition and relationship of student to employee at Littrell Lumber Mill
RestrictionsParent of student must be an employee at Littrell Lumber Mill, Inc. and student must maintain a B average

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Melba R Littrell Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Alabama.

StateGrantsAmount
Alabama4$43,199

Grants paid in 2025

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
AL
Scholarship$13,275
Individual
AL
Scholarship$10,881
Individual
AL
Scholarship$10,000
Individual
AL
Scholarship$9,043

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Melba R Littrell Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Melba R Littrell Charitable Trust give?

$43,199 in tax year 2025, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $10,440.

Who runs Melba R Littrell Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Ben Littrell (Trustee).

What does Melba R Littrell Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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