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Dr Calvin Martin Memorial Scholarship FD

Accepts applications Hartsdale, New York · EIN 260173217

Dr Calvin Martin Memorial Scholarship FD is a private foundation in Hartsdale, New York. In tax year 2025 it gave $112,500 in 18 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $15,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $114,000 the year before.

24% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$126,50016$2.7 million
2024$114,00018$2.7 million
2025$112,50018$2.8 million

How to apply

ContactIvor A Richardson
7 Cornell Drive, Hartsdale, NY 10530
Phone or email(914) 837-3395
What to submitApplication
DeadlinesMay 6, 2025
RestrictionsGpa of 3.5 or above, 1800 on sat, african american male

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Dr Calvin Martin Memorial Scholarship FD funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 9 states, the most to New York.

StateGrantsAmount
New York8$52,500
District of Columbia1$15,000
California2$10,000
Massachusetts2$10,000
Connecticut1$5,000
Illinois1$5,000
Indiana1$5,000
Maine1$5,000
Texas1$5,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 18 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Howard University
Washington, DC
Scholarship$15,000
New York University
New York, NY
Scholarship$10,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
Scholarship$10,000
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Scholarship$10,000
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Scholarship$7,500
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Scholarship$5,000
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Scholarship$5,000
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Scholarship$5,000
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Scholarship$5,000
Iona University
New Rochelle, NY
Scholarship$5,000
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Scholarship$5,000
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Scholarship$5,000
Olin College
Needham, MA
Scholarship$5,000
Bates College
Lewiston, ME
Scholarship$5,000
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Scholarship$5,000
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT
Scholarship$5,000
Individual
NY
Scholarship$2,500
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
Scholarship$2,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Dr Calvin Martin Memorial Scholarship FD accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: May 6, 2025.

How much does Dr Calvin Martin Memorial Scholarship FD give?

$112,500 in tax year 2025, across 18 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Dr Calvin Martin Memorial Scholarship FD?

Its 2025 filing lists Ivor Richardson (Treasurer) and Marian Fraser-Richardson (President).

What does Dr Calvin Martin Memorial Scholarship FD fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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