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MGM Charitable Scholarship Tr

Accepts applications Paducah, Kentucky · EIN 616264013

MGM Charitable Scholarship Tr is a private foundation in Paducah, Kentucky. In tax year 2024 it gave $27,250 in 21 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $10,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $36,750 the year before.

0% of its 2024 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
2022$36,89625$558,867
2023$36,75025$512,813
2024$27,25021$472,651

How to apply

ContactMGM Charitable Foundation
2831 Lone Oak Rd, Paducah, KY 42003
Phone or email(270) 554-8373
What to submitApplication for the 2025 2026 academic year were submitted by april 25 2025 and recipients were announced on may 9 2025. Along with the application requesting financial information high school information and plans for college applicants are to provide a list of high school and community activities a copy of grade transcripts and a 250 word essay answering one of the following questions: 1. Why do you need this scholarship? 2. Why have i chosen my field of study? 3. What are my goals in life?
DeadlinesAPRIL
RestrictionsMgm charitable foundation is a trust established to provide scholarship funding for post-secondary education for students in mccracken county ky. In march 2025 letters were sent to guidance counselors of all secondary education schools in the mccracken county area requesting completion of applications for scholarships. The foundation is primarily interested in students seeking admittance to institutions outside the state of Kentucky but applications for in-state assistance will also be considered. Manchikanti educational charitable trust has been established as a public charitable trust maintained and administered to promote education relief for the benefit of the weaker sections of the public in and around the area of bodangparphy india.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What MGM Charitable Scholarship Tr funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 4 states, the most to Kentucky.

StateGrantsAmount
Kentucky17$24,250
Mississippi2$1,500
Utah1$1,000
Tennessee1$500

Grants paid in 2024

All 21 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
McCracken County High School
Paducah, KY
Donation to mccracken co high school$10,000
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Educational scholarship for hillary hollowell$2,000
Murray State University
Murray, KY
Educational scholarship for briah cook$2,000
Transylvania University
Lexington, KY
Educational scholarship for katelynn humphries$2,000
Utah State University
Logan, UT
Educational scholarship for tylee haws$1,000
University of Mississippi
University, MS
Educational scholarship for addison aycock$1,000
Murray State University
Murray, KY
Educational scholarship for madeline yates$1,000
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY
Educational scholarship for caroline wright$1,000
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Educational scholarship for mckenzie guess$1,000
Murray State University
Murray, KY
Educational scholarship for ashley sullivan$1,000
Murray State University
Murray, KY
Educational scholarship for kathryn courtney$1,000
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Educational scholarship for grace bakehouse$500
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS
Educational scholarship for bailey bowland$500
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Educational scholarship for josiah baumer$500
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Educational scholarship for natalie lansden$500
Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, KY
Educational scholarship for karleigh walker$500
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Educational scholarship for jill nichols$500
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
Educational scholarship for landon monroe$500
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Educational scholarship for victoria sims$250
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Educational scholarship for savannah mcdowell$250
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Educational scholarship for milleah smith$250

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does MGM Charitable Scholarship Tr accept grant applications?

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

How much does MGM Charitable Scholarship Tr give?

$27,250 in tax year 2024, across 21 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs MGM Charitable Scholarship Tr?

Its 2024 filing lists Laxmaiah Manchikanti MD (Donor/Trustee), Murali Manchikanti (Trustee) and Ram Manchikanti (Trustee).

What does MGM Charitable Scholarship Tr fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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