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Marie&margaret Ekstrand Educational Trust

Accepts applications Elmwood, Illinois · EIN 366773809

Marie&margaret Ekstrand Educational Trust is a private foundation in Elmwood, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $29,225 in 1 grant; the typical grant was $29,225 and the largest $29,225. 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 $22,745 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$39,6851$570,016
2024$22,7451$613,475
2025$29,2251$667,410

How to apply

ContactDr Roger Alvey Superintendent
Elmwood Community High School, 301 W Butternut, Elmwood, IL 61529
Phone or email(309) 742-8464
What to submitApplication personal information, school & academic information, and community service information.
DeadlinesMay of each year
RestrictionsOnly graduates of elmwood community high school after 1982. This is an educational institution as defined by 170 (b)(1)(a)(II).

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois1$29,225

Grants paid in 2025

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
IL
$29,225

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Marie&margaret Ekstrand Educational Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: May of each year.

How much does Marie&margaret Ekstrand Educational Trust give?

$29,225 in tax year 2025, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $29,225.

Who runs Marie&margaret Ekstrand Educational Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Janelle Meyers (Chairman/Tru), Sherry Swindler (Treasurer/Tr), Thomas Meyers (Trustee) and Joel Schmieg (Trustee) among 5 officers and trustees.

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