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American Electric Power System Educational Trust Fund

Accepts applications Columbus, Ohio · EIN 237418083

American Electric Power System Educational Trust Fund is a private foundation in Columbus, Ohio. In tax year 2024 it gave $275,500 in 1 grant; the typical grant was $263,000 and the largest $263,000. 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 $272,000 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$264,0001$6.2 million
2023$272,0001$6.8 million
2024$275,5001$7.3 million

How to apply

ContactScholarship America
7900 International Drive Suite 500, Minneapolis, MN 55425
Phone or email(800) 537-4180
What to submitApplications for scholarships by eligible applicants are submitted through the application portal on the website of scholarship america (https://scholarshipamerica.org/). Applicants must fill out the online application and include financial information, a current, complete transcript of the student's grades, and one online recommendation form submitted on the student's behalf.
DeadlinesThe submission deadline is historically in march, but circumstances may cause the deadline to be ext
RestrictionsThe american electric power system educational trust fund awards scholarships to eligible children of employees of american electric power and its subsidiaries. Applicants must be seniors in high school who are planning to pursue a baccalaureate degree from an accredited university. Students who receive full scholarship awards from other sources or who receive appointments to one of the service academies are not eligible to participate in this program. A child of a member of the board of directors of any of the american electric power system companies (at the time of the award) is not eligible to receive an award. The grants are made on an objective and nondiscriminatory basis pursuant to a procedure approved by the IRS in a letter dated march 12, 1973.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What American Electric Power System Educational Trust Fund funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Ohio.

StateGrantsAmount
Ohio1$263,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
OH
The scholarships are used to pay for the recipients' educational expenses related to a baccalaurete degree$263,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does American Electric Power System Educational Trust Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: The submission deadline is historically in march, but circumstances may cause the deadline to be ext.

How much does American Electric Power System Educational Trust Fund give?

$275,500 in tax year 2024, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $263,000.

Who runs American Electric Power System Educational Trust Fund?

Its 2024 filing lists Katie Grayem (Trustee), Janelle Coleman (Trustee), Michele Fusek (Trustee) and Brian Lakey (Trustee).

What does American Electric Power System Educational Trust Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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