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Welshons Family Scholarship Trust

Accepts applications Hastings, Minnesota · EIN 416287586

Welshons Family Scholarship Trust is a private foundation in Hastings, Minnesota. In tax year 2025 it gave $16,000 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $2,500 and the largest $3,500. 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 $8,500 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2021$15,0006$305,937
2022$11,0004$239,820
2023$13,5005$268,727
2024$8,5003$281,463
2025$16,0006$299,002

How to apply

Its grants go to individuals, not organizations. Every grant in its 2025 filing was paid to an individual (for example a scholarship or assistance with costs), so it is not a funding prospect for a nonprofit.

ContactWelshons Brothers Company
1250 North Frontage Road, Hastings, MN 55033
Phone or email(651) 304-3501
RestrictionsLimited to hastings high school students

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Welshons Family Scholarship Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Minnesota.

StateGrantsAmount
Minnesota6$16,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
MN
Scholarship$3,500
Individual
MN
Scholarship$3,500
Individual
MN
Scholarship$2,500
Individual
MN
Scholarship$2,500
Individual
MN
Scholarship$2,500
Individual
MN
Scholarship$1,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Welshons Family Scholarship Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Welshons Family Scholarship Trust give?

$16,000 in tax year 2025, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $2,500.

Who runs Welshons Family Scholarship Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Richard Welshons Trustee (Trustee).

What does Welshons Family Scholarship Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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