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Alexander King Scherer & Virginia G Scherer Educational Trust

Accepts applications Ottawa, Illinois · EIN 363236104

Alexander King Scherer & Virginia G Scherer Educational Trust is a private foundation in Ottawa, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $1,000 in 1 grant; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $1,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was the same as $1,000 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$7501$78,748
2024$1,0001$87,184
2025$1,0001$93,226

How to apply

ContactGuidance Counselor of Oths
211 E Main Street, Ottawa, IL 61350
Phone or email(815) 433-1323
What to submitApplicant must be an ottawa township high school student in the upper half of the class. Include personal information, college acceptance letter, job experience, and goals.
DeadlinesNovember 15
RestrictionsTotal amount of grant shall not exceed more than one-half of the annual income

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Alexander King Scherer & Virginia G Scherer Educational Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois1$1,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Rodolfo School
Ottawa, IL
Educational expense$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Alexander King Scherer & Virginia G Scherer Educational Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: November 15.

How much does Alexander King Scherer & Virginia G Scherer Educational Trust give?

$1,000 in tax year 2025, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Alexander King Scherer & Virginia G Scherer Educational Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists American Commercial Bank- Trust Dep (Trustee).

What does Alexander King Scherer & Virginia G Scherer Educational Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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