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Whiteside Scholarship Fund Trust

Accepts applications Eagan, Minnesota · EIN 411288761

Whiteside Scholarship Fund Trust is a private foundation in Eagan, Minnesota. In tax year 2025 it gave $280,500 in 47 grants; the typical grant was $3,000 and the largest $37,500. 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 $195,833 the year before.

43% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$212,83340$6.8 million
2024$195,83332$7.6 million
2025$280,50047$7.9 million

How to apply

ContactUS Bank
130 W Superior St, Duluth, MN 55802
Phone or email(218) 723-2914
What to submitApplication forms are available from and submitted to duluth high school counselors
DeadlinesFall of senior year in high school
RestrictionsGraduates of duluth high schools

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Whiteside Scholarship Fund Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 19 states, the most to Minnesota.

StateGrantsAmount
Minnesota16$119,500
Wisconsin4$48,000
Maine3$15,500
Montana2$13,000
Vermont2$13,000
New York3$11,000
Indiana2$10,000
California3$8,500
Massachusetts2$7,500
Florida1$5,000

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 47 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Wisconsin Madison
Madison, WI
Scholarships$37,500
Carleton College
Northfield, MN
Scholarships$26,000
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
Scholarships$17,500
St Olaf College
Northfield, MN
Scholarships$13,000
University of MN Duluth
Duluth, MN
Scholarships$10,000
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT
Scholarships$10,000
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
Scholarships$10,000
University of MN Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN
Scholarships$9,000
Smith College
Northhampton, ME
Scholarships$8,000
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth, MN
Scholarships$6,000
Gustavus Adolphus College
Saint Peter, MN
Scholarships$5,500
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
Scholarships$5,000
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Scholarships$5,000
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Madison, WI
Scholarships$5,000
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
Scholarships$5,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
Scholarships$5,000
Purdue University
Goshen, IN
Scholarships$5,000
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Scholarships$5,000
Depaul University
Chicago, IL
Scholarships$5,000
Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN
Scholarships$5,000
St Catherine University
Saint Paul, MN
Scholarships$5,000
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Scholarships$5,000
Concordia College
Duluth, MN
Scholarships$5,000
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND
Scholarships$3,000
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
Scholarships$3,000
Winona State University
Winona, MN
Scholarships$3,000
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA
Scholarships$3,000
Saint Michaels College
Colchester, VT
Scholarships$3,000
College of St Scholastica
Duluth, MN
Scholarships$3,000
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
Scholarships$3,000
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Scholarships$3,000
University of Wisconsin River Falls
River Falls, WI
Scholarships$3,000
University of St Thomas
St Paul, MN
Scholarships$3,000
Bethel University
Saint Paul, MN
Scholarships$3,000
College of Saint Benedict
Saint Joseph, MN
Scholarships$3,000
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Scholarships$3,000
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT
Scholarships$3,000
Chapman University
Orange, CA
Scholarships$3,000
Individual
CA
Scholarships$3,000
University of South Florida
Atlanta, GA
Scholarships$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Whiteside Scholarship Fund Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Fall of senior year in high school.

How much does Whiteside Scholarship Fund Trust give?

$280,500 in tax year 2025, across 47 grants, with a typical grant of $3,000.

Who runs Whiteside Scholarship Fund Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists US Bank N A (Trustee).

What does Whiteside Scholarship Fund Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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