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Fred & Florence Dengler Scholarship Fund

Accepts applications Columbus, Ohio · EIN 386390874

Fred & Florence Dengler Scholarship Fund is a private foundation in Columbus, Ohio. In tax year 2025 it gave $60,000 in 10 grants; the typical grant was $5,000 and the largest $19,500. 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 $44,000 the year before.

40% of its 2025 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
2023$45,00014$1.1 million
2024$44,0009$1.2 million
2025$60,00010$1.3 million

How to apply

ContactKirk Baese Co Ovid-Elsie High Sch
8989 Colony Road, Elsie, MI 48831
Phone or email(989) 862-4237
What to submitApplications are available
DeadlinesMay 1st each year
RestrictionsApplicants must live within 4 miles of the city limits of ovid, mi

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Fred & Florence Dengler Scholarship Fund funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Michigan.

StateGrantsAmount
Michigan10$60,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 10 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Central Michigan University
Mt Pleasant, MI
Scholarships$19,500
Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI
Scholarships$11,500
Michigan State University
Alpena, MI
Scholarships$8,000
University of Olivet
Olivet, MI
Scholarships$5,000
Grace Christian University
Wyoming, MI
Scholarships$5,000
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI
Scholarships$5,000
Alma College
Alma, MI
Scholarships$1,500
Hope College
Holland, MI
Scholarships$1,500
Madonna University
Livonia, MI
Scholarships$1,500
Michigan Tech University
Houghton, MI
Scholarships$1,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Fred & Florence Dengler Scholarship Fund accept grant applications?

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

How much does Fred & Florence Dengler Scholarship Fund give?

$60,000 in tax year 2025, across 10 grants, with a typical grant of $5,000.

Who runs Fred & Florence Dengler Scholarship Fund?

Its 2025 filing lists Huntington National Bank (Trustee).

What does Fred & Florence Dengler Scholarship Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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