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Excelsior Scottish Rite Bodies Charity Fund Inc

Accepts applications West Collingswoood, New Jersey · EIN 222917990

Excelsior Scottish Rite Bodies Charity Fund Inc is a private foundation in West Collingswoood, New Jersey. In tax year 2024 it gave $125,129 in 10 grants; the typical grant was $6,750 and the largest $68,000. 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 $75,125 the year before.

50% 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$104,5006$2.1 million
2023$75,1255$2.3 million
2024$125,12910$2.4 million

How to apply

ContactSecretary's Office Scottish Rite Te
315 White Horse Pike, West Collingswood, NJ 08107
Phone or email(856) 854-1991, excelsiorsnj@comcast.net
What to submitThe annual competition for this scholarship is restricted to the son or daughter of any master mason, living or deceased, who resides within the eight counties in southern New Jersey; atlantic, burlington, camden, cape may, cumberland, gloucester, ocean and salem. Undergraduate scholarships will be awarded to young persons who have satisfactorily completed the requirements for high school graduation, who have been accepted in an accredited college or university, who have not yet reached the age of twenty-one or who, if the applicant has worked for one year following high school graduation, has applied for this scholarship prior to his/her twenty-first birthday.
DeadlinesApril 1st of each year
RestrictionsSee attachment

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Excelsior Scottish Rite Bodies Charity Fund Inc funds

Where it gives

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

StateGrantsAmount
New Jersey6$96,400
District of Columbia1$10,266
Pennsylvania2$10,000
Virginia1$8,463

Grants paid in 2024

All 10 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Faireligh Dickenson University
Teaneck, NJ
501 (c) (3)- unrestricted$68,000
Children's Dyslexia Center
Burlington, NJ
501 (c) (3) - unrestricted$13,700
George Washington Univ
Washington, DC
501 (c) (3)- unrestricted$10,266
James Madison Univ
Harrisonburg, VA
501 (c) (3)- unrestricted$8,463
Northfield Children's Dyslexia Center
Northfield, NJ
501 (c) (3)- unrestricted$7,500
Thomas Jefferson Univ
Philadelphia, PA
501 (c) (3)- unrestricted$6,000
NJ Demolay
Bath, PA
501 (c) (3)- unrestricted$4,000
Skipper Children's Dyslexia Center
Burlington, NJ
501 (c) (3)- unrestricted$3,900
Supreme Council Grand Almoners Fund
Bordentown, NJ
501 (c) (3)- unrestricted$2,300
Rainbow for Girls
Brick, NJ
501 (c) (3)- unrestricted$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Excelsior Scottish Rite Bodies Charity Fund Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: April 1st of each year.

How much does Excelsior Scottish Rite Bodies Charity Fund Inc give?

$125,129 in tax year 2024, across 10 grants, with a typical grant of $6,750.

Who runs Excelsior Scottish Rite Bodies Charity Fund Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists George W Niessner (Trustee), John R Bradshaw (Trustee), Allan Kline (Trustee) and Dieter B Hees (Trustee) among 6 officers and trustees.

What does Excelsior Scottish Rite Bodies Charity Fund Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly youth programs.

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