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Maxine Smith Nursing Scholarship Perpetual Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Canton, Illinois · EIN 477305309

Maxine Smith Nursing Scholarship Perpetual Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Canton, Illinois. In tax year 2025 it gave $47,607 in 7 grants; the typical grant was $6,707 and the largest $13,787. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was down from $48,164 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$45,9918$807,201
2024$48,16411$841,158
2025$47,6077$859,038

How to apply

ContactConnie Gowda Trustee
30 Redwood Circle, Canton, IL 61520
Phone or email(309) 224-9015
What to submitEssay including professional/educational goals, achievements and extracurricular activities; teacher/faculty recommendation; financial need
RestrictionsScholarships are awarded to students attending the graham hospital school of nursing or methodist school of nursing, in financial need, with a minimum gpa of 2.5.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Maxine Smith Nursing Scholarship Perpetual Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois7$47,607

Grants paid in 2025

All 7 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
IL
Scholarship for nursing school$13,787
Individual
IL
Scholarship for nursing school$7,044
Individual
IL
Scholarship for nursing school$7,044
Individual
IL
Scholarship for nursing school$6,707
Individual
IL
Scholarship for nursing school$6,513
Individual
IL
Scholarship for nursing school$3,378
Individual
IL
Scholarship for nursing school$3,134

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Maxine Smith Nursing Scholarship Perpetual Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Maxine Smith Nursing Scholarship Perpetual Charitable Trust give?

$47,607 in tax year 2025, across 7 grants, with a typical grant of $6,707.

Who runs Maxine Smith Nursing Scholarship Perpetual Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Connie Gowda (Trustee).

What does Maxine Smith Nursing Scholarship Perpetual Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and health.

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