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Ingredion Educational Foundation

Accepts applications Westchester, Illinois · EIN 364477522

Ingredion Educational Foundation is a private foundation in Westchester, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $279,360 in 59 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $8,275. 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 $275,450 the year before.

100% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$184,05048$4.7 million
2024$275,45059$5.1 million
2025$279,36059$5.7 million

How to apply

ContactScholarship America Inc
One Scholarship Way, Saint Peter, MN 56082
Phone or email(507) 931-0798, ingredion@scholarshipamerica.org
What to submitIngredion Education Foundation Scholarship Application Form; a current complete transcript of grades; SAT or ACT test scores; Academic record for all higher education course work completed; foreign students must additionally provide upper secondary school credential diploma certificate.
Deadlines06 12 2025
RestrictionsApplicants to the Ingredion Educational Foundation Scholarship Program must be dependent children age 23 and under of active and full-time Ingredion Incorporated employees who have a minimum of one year employment with Ingredion and its Subsidiaries as of the application deadline date. In addition students must be high school seniors or graduates final year of secondary school or secondary school graduates who plan to enroll or students who are already enrolled in a full-time undergraduate course and or university level of study at an accredited two-year or four-year college university or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year. Children of members of the Board of Directors or elected officers of either the Ingredion Educational Foundation or Ingredion Incorporated are ineligible to apply.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Ingredion Educational Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its US grants went to recipients in 9 states, the most to Illinois. It also paid $191,085 in 40 grants to recipients outside the US.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois6$33,500
Indiana3$9,000
New Jersey3$9,000
Missouri1$8,275
Iowa2$8,000
Wisconsin1$7,500
Delaware1$5,000
North Carolina1$5,000
Washington1$3,000

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 59 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
IndividualCollege Tuition$8,275
Individual
MO
College Tuition$8,275
Individual
WI
College Tuition$7,500
Individual
IL
College Tuition$7,500
IndividualCollege Tuition$7,500
IndividualCollege Tuition$7,500
Individual
IL
College Tuition$7,500
IndividualCollege Tuition$7,500
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,500
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,500
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,500
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,500
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,500
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,500
Individual
IL
College Tuition$5,500
Individual
NC
College Tuition$5,000
Miriam Alejandra A Flores LopezCollege Tuition$5,000
Individual
DE
College Tuition$5,000
Citlalli Fernanda F Garcia GonzalezCollege Tuition$5,000
Individual
IL
College Tuition$5,000
Individual
IA
College Tuition$5,000
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,000
Individual
IL
College Tuition$5,000
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,000
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,000
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,000
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,000
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,000
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,000
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,000
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,000
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,000
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,000
IndividualCollege Tuition$5,000
IndividualCollege Tuition$4,450
IndividualCollege Tuition$4,450
IndividualCollege Tuition$4,000
IndividualCollege Tuition$4,000
IndividualCollege Tuition$4,000
IndividualCollege Tuition$4,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Ingredion Educational Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: 06 12 2025.

How much does Ingredion Educational Foundation give?

$279,360 in tax year 2025, across 59 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Ingredion Educational Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists James D Gray (President), James P Zallie (VICE PRESIDENT and DIRECTOR), C Kevin Wilson (Treasurer) and Tanya Jaeger de Foras (Secretary) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does Ingredion Educational Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and international.

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