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FW Johnston Scholarship Fund

Accepts applications Orlando, Florida · EIN 546456401

FW Johnston Scholarship Fund is a private foundation in Orlando, Florida. In tax year 2025 it gave $69,397 in 12 grants; the typical grant was $6,032 and the largest $9,712. 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 $54,570 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$67,41811$1.5 million
2024$54,5708$1.7 million
2025$69,39712$2.0 million

How to apply

ContactTruist Bank
919 E Main St 8th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219
Phone or email(804) 782-5464
What to submitContact above for application
RestrictionsStudents from the roanoke valley and giles county areas of Virginia

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What FW Johnston Scholarship Fund funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Virginia.

StateGrantsAmount
Virginia12$69,397

Grants paid in 2025

All 12 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
VA
Scholarship$9,712
Individual
VA
Scholarship$9,148
Individual
VA
Scholarship$8,409
Individual
VA
Scholarship$8,354
Individual
VA
Scholarship$6,358
Individual
VA
Scholarship$6,111
Individual
VA
Scholarship$5,952
Individual
VA
Scholarship$5,576
Giles County Historical Society
Pearisburg, VA
General operating$4,858
Individual
VA
Scholarship$3,237
Trustees First Presbyterian Church
Roanoke, VA
General operating$1,388
Individual
VA
Scholarship$294

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does FW Johnston Scholarship Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does FW Johnston Scholarship Fund give?

$69,397 in tax year 2025, across 12 grants, with a typical grant of $6,032.

Who runs FW Johnston Scholarship Fund?

Its 2025 filing lists Truist Bank (Trustee).

What does FW Johnston Scholarship Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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