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Louisa S Morrill Fund

Accepts applications Berea, Kentucky · EIN 616035227

Louisa S Morrill Fund is a private foundation in Berea, Kentucky. In tax year 2025 it gave $6,000 in 1 grant; the typical grant was $6,000 and the largest $6,000. 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 $12,000 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$00$253,294
2024$12,0001$306,921
2025$6,0001$387,538

How to apply

ContactDirector of Student Financial Aid
Berea College CPO 2172, Berea, KY 40404
Phone or email(859) 985-3310, finaid@berea.edu
What to submitApplication for Morrill Fund Form; includes name, references, education information, finance information, and signed pledge of intent. See sample application documents attached.
DeadlinesApplications must be completed and returned three months prior to term in which funds are requested.
RestrictionsFunds are to be granted to young women who are students in nursing (preference being given to graduate study) or in medicine. See sample application documents attached.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Louisa S Morrill Fund funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Kentucky.

StateGrantsAmount
Kentucky1$6,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Educational$6,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Louisa S Morrill Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Applications must be completed and returned three months prior to term in which funds are requested..

How much does Louisa S Morrill Fund give?

$6,000 in tax year 2025, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $6,000.

Who runs Louisa S Morrill Fund?

Its 2025 filing lists Bishop Mark Bourlakas (Trustee) and Cheryl Nixon (Trustee).

What does Louisa S Morrill Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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