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WS and Mary E Benbrook Scholarship Trust UTA

Accepts applications Mountain Home, Arkansas · EIN 261183916

WS and Mary E Benbrook Scholarship Trust UTA is a private foundation in Mountain Home, Arkansas. In tax year 2025 it gave $25,189 in 29 grants; the typical grant was $826 and the largest $1,707. 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 $59,064 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$35,64029$810,132
2024$59,06432$815,423
2025$25,18929$893,732

How to apply

ContactVinessa Barrow
PO Box 1928, Mountain Home, AR 72654
Phone or email(870) 425-1837, amazzanti@mebanking.com
What to submitGeneral information about the applicant, other scholarships and amount, financial statement, current recommendation, act and sat scores.
DeadlinesMay 1st of the year the scholarship is awarded.
RestrictionsGraduate of norfork high school, norfork, Arkansas and accepted by college, university, vo-tech, or other school described in IRS 170 (b) (1) (a) (II) as a candidate for a certificate of undergraduate or graduate degree, full or part time at an institution located within the continental USA. Selections based on financial need, character, and scholastic ability.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What WS and Mary E Benbrook Scholarship Trust UTA funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Arkansas.

StateGrantsAmount
Arkansas29$25,189

Grants paid in 2025

All 29 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$1,707
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$1,416
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$1,416
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$1,298
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$1,298
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$1,180
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$1,062
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$1,062
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$1,062
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$944
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$944
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$826
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$826
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$826
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$826
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$826
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$708
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$708
Austin Parks
Clarkridge, AR
Educational scholarship$590
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$590
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$590
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$590
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$590
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$590
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$590
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$590
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$590
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$472
Individual
AR
Educational scholarship$472

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does WS and Mary E Benbrook Scholarship Trust UTA accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: May 1st of the year the scholarship is awarded.

How much does WS and Mary E Benbrook Scholarship Trust UTA give?

$25,189 in tax year 2025, across 29 grants, with a typical grant of $826.

Who runs WS and Mary E Benbrook Scholarship Trust UTA?

Its 2025 filing lists Vinessa Barrow (Committee Me).

What does WS and Mary E Benbrook Scholarship Trust UTA fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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