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Wm & Gertrude Wahl Scholar Trust Opt

Accepts applications Hamilton, Ohio · EIN 311014220

Wm & Gertrude Wahl Scholar Trust Opt is a private foundation in Hamilton, Ohio. In tax year 2025 it gave $39,100 in 23 grants; the typical grant was $1,700 and the largest $1,700. 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 $32,500 the year before.

35% 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$45,00018$675,156
2024$32,50019$694,885
2025$39,10023$749,740

How to apply

ContactFirst Financial Bank
125 Third St, Columbus, IN 47201
Phone or email(812) 376-1795
What to submitSchool application
DeadlinesMAY 1
RestrictionsGraduate of switzerland county high school; has to attend an Indiana college/university; 2.0 gpa; upper 1/3 of their class; full-time student

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Wm & Gertrude Wahl Scholar Trust Opt funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Indiana.

StateGrantsAmount
Indiana23$39,100

Grants paid in 2025

All 23 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Molly Wrightsman Indiana University
New Albany, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Evan Bosaw Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Carly Bennett Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
McKaila Peelman Hanover College
Hanover, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Brayden South Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Anastasia Faddis Ball State University
Muncie, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Dakota Richards Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Maddelynn Duvall Huntington University
Huntington, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Jessica Duvall Huntington University
Huntington, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Brooklyn Flanders Ball State University
Muncie, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Grace White Ivy Tech Community College
Lawrenceburg, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Brianna Stow Hanover College
Hanover, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Ashlyn Covington Indiana University
New Albany, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Kyndal Watson Ball State University
Muncie, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Benjamin Smith Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Kyra Clift Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Raylinn Kappes University of Saint Francis
Fort Wayne, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Kyatalin Baker Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Madalyn Levell Franklin College
Franklin, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Levi Curlin Purdue Univeristy
West Lafayette, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Abigail Bailey Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Cooper Todd Anderson College
Anderson, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700
Carlee Boggs Ball State University
Muncie, IN
Educational scholarship$1,700

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Wm & Gertrude Wahl Scholar Trust Opt accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: MAY 1.

How much does Wm & Gertrude Wahl Scholar Trust Opt give?

$39,100 in tax year 2025, across 23 grants, with a typical grant of $1,700.

Who runs Wm & Gertrude Wahl Scholar Trust Opt?

Its 2025 filing lists First Financial Bank (Trustee).

What does Wm & Gertrude Wahl Scholar Trust Opt fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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