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Columbus Electric Scholarship Inc

Accepts applications Deming, New Mexico · EIN 850373471

Columbus Electric Scholarship Inc is a private foundation in Deming, New Mexico. In tax year 2025 it gave $69,000 in 44 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $7,000. 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 $48,000 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$34,50026$884,812
2024$48,00031$846,895
2025$69,00044$945,386

How to apply

ContactColumbus Electric Scholarship Inc
PO Box 631, Deming, NM 88031
Phone or email(575) 546-8838
What to submitScholarship applications should be submitted to columbus electric cooperative, inc., 900 n. Gold avenue, deming, New Mexico. The application can be downloaded from the cooperative's website http://www.columbusco-op.org/scholarships. The application should include the following: completed scholarship application, three letters of recommendation attesting to the character and capability of the applicant from guidance counselors, principals, superintendents, teachers, business leaders, employers or others, and a copy of the applicant's current transcript.
DeadlinesMarch 4, 2026
RestrictionsThe grant shall be in the amount of $2,000 per year ($1,000.00 per student per semester). The number of grants issued each year will be determined by the trustees. Recipient must be an active member or of the immediate family of an active member of columbus electric cooperative, inc. Academic accomplishments, character and need will be the determining factors in selecting the persons to receive these education grants. Upon receipt of certification of good standing with gpa of at least 2.5 and proof of enrollment for the second semester, the grant will be issued to the student. The maximum any student can receive is four grants for eight semesters.

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

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Columbus Electric Scholarship Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to New Mexico.

StateGrantsAmount
New Mexico40$65,000
Arizona4$4,000

Grants paid in 2025

The 40 largest of 44 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Hidalgo County NM
Lordsburg, NM		Sponsor the county fair$7,000
Individual
NM		Scholarship$3,000
Individual
NM		Scholarship$3,000
Individual
NM		Scholarship$2,000
Individual
NM		Scholarship$2,000
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NM		Scholarship$2,000
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NM		Scholarship$2,000
Individual
NM		Scholarship$2,000
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NM		Scholarship$2,000
Individual
NM		Scholarship$2,000
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Individual
NM		Scholarship$2,000
Individual
NM		Scholarship$1,000
Individual
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Individual
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Individual
AZ		Scholarship$1,000
Individual
NM		Scholarship$1,000
Individual
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NM		Scholarship$1,000
Individual
NM		Scholarship$1,000
Individual
AZ		Scholarship$1,000
Individual
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Individual
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Individual
NM		Scholarship$1,000
Individual
NM		Scholarship$1,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Columbus Electric Scholarship Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: March 4, 2026.

How much does Columbus Electric Scholarship Inc give?

$69,000 in tax year 2025, across 44 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs Columbus Electric Scholarship Inc?

Its 2025 filing lists Randy L Massey (President), Nancy Clopton (Vice-President), William A Swift (Secretary/Treasurer) and Joel Nanez (Assistant Secretary/Treasu) among 9 officers and trustees.

What does Columbus Electric Scholarship Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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