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Jean Risley Educational Trust

Accepts applications Saint Louis, Missouri · EIN 943117918

Jean Risley Educational Trust is a private foundation in Saint Louis, Missouri. In tax year 2024 it gave $40,000 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $10,000 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 up from $37,000 the year before.

100% of its 2024 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
2022$34,0003$740,439
2023$37,0004$811,035
2024$40,0004$854,628

How to apply

ContactJean Risley Educational Fdn Scholar
PO Box 1465, Taylors, SC 29687
Phone or email(864) 268-3363
What to submitCsascholars.org
DeadlinesMAY 1
RestrictionsMust be senior law students in the state of Oregon, show academic promise, demonstrate financial need, and plan to attend full time any law school in the state of Oregon.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Jean Risley Educational Trust funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Oregon.

StateGrantsAmount
Oregon4$40,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Lewis & Clark Law School FBO Lawrence Furan
Portland, OR
Scholarship$10,000
Lewis & Clark Law School FBO David Fusco
Portland, OR
Scholarship$10,000
Lewis & Clark Law School FBO Tatum Lohman
Portland, OR
Scholarship$10,000
Lewis & Clark Law School FBO Hui Zhi Yang
Portland, OR
Scholarship$10,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Jean Risley Educational Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: MAY 1.

How much does Jean Risley Educational Trust give?

$40,000 in tax year 2024, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $10,000.

Who runs Jean Risley Educational Trust?

Its 2024 filing lists Wells Fargo Bank N A (Trustee).

What does Jean Risley Educational Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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