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Western Minnesota Masonic Foundation

Accepts applications St Louis Park, Minnesota · EIN 411570211

Western Minnesota Masonic Foundation is a private foundation in St Louis Park, Minnesota. In tax year 2023 it gave $155,000 in 1 grant; the typical grant was $155,000 and the largest $155,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2023.

How to apply

ContactRalph Lunde
1609 N 4th Street, Montevideo, MN 56265
Phone or email(320) 269-6328
What to submitThe scholarship is called the bertha bonn scholarship. The application is submitted to the foundation on paper. The foundation provides an application form on which applicants would fill in their answers or to which they would attach additional pages. The application asks for the candidate's name, address, phone, birthdate, marital status, parents' names, and parents' occupations. Applicants then list and expound on their activities and achievements in their school, community, and other organizations. Applicants are requested to write an essay explaining their personal qualifications; school and community activities and accomplishments; and why they are interested in the scholarship. They may comment on financial need in this essay if they wish to do so. Applicants are asked to list college preparatory or advanced study classes they have taken and explain how that experience has prepared them for their chosen field of study or for college in general. The foundation indicates that they
DeadlinesThe submission deadline is april 1st of each year.
RestrictionsRecipients must be graduates of montevideo high school. They must be attending college or university.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2023. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Western Minnesota Masonic Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Minnesota.

StateGrantsAmount
Minnesota1$155,000

Grants paid in 2023

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Minnesota Masonic Charities Minnesota Masonic Charities
Bloomington, MN
Scholarship funds$155,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2023 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Western Minnesota Masonic Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: The submission deadline is april 1st of each year..

How much does Western Minnesota Masonic Foundation give?

$155,000 in tax year 2023, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $155,000.

Who runs Western Minnesota Masonic Foundation?

Its 2023 filing lists John Givan (President), Ralph Lunde (Secretary), Dave Gilbertson (Attorney) and Mark Rekow (Treasurer).

What does Western Minnesota Masonic Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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