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Earl & Sophia Shaw Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Wilmington, Delaware · EIN 597107079

Earl & Sophia Shaw Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Wilmington, Delaware. In tax year 2024 it gave $75,000 in 1 grant; the typical grant was $75,000 and the largest $75,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $40,000 the year before.

0% of its 2024 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$40,0001$1.5 million
2024$75,0001$1.5 million

How to apply

ContactKaren L Bent
811 Berryhill Circle, Fruitland Park, FL 34731
Phone or email(352) 406-4751, klsbent@gmail.com
What to submitWritten request detailing purpose for which funds will be used & individuals benefitted, must be public school or qualifying 501(c)(3) organization.
RestrictionsMust be a qualified tax-exempt organization under 501(c) (3), public school or local governmental agency.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Earl & Sophia Shaw Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Florida.

StateGrantsAmount
Florida1$75,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Lake Sumter State College Foundatio
Leesburg, FL
Scholorships based on need$75,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Earl & Sophia Shaw Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Earl & Sophia Shaw Charitable Trust give?

$75,000 in tax year 2024, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $75,000.

Who runs Earl & Sophia Shaw Charitable Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists Karen L Bent (Co-Trustee) and Charles Schwab (Co-Trustee).

What does Earl & Sophia Shaw Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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