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Velma Klamm & Ruth Fishburn Foundation

Accepts applications Pryor, Oklahoma · EIN 731575833

Velma Klamm & Ruth Fishburn Foundation is a private foundation in Pryor, Oklahoma. In tax year 2024 it gave $120,000 in 9 grants; the typical grant was $10,500 and the largest $14,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $126,000 the year before.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$120,0008$2.8 million
2023$126,0009$3.0 million
2024$120,0009$3.1 million

How to apply

ContactJulia Neftzger
PO Box 386, Pryor, OK 74362
Phone or email(918) 825-0332
What to submitApplication is submitted via forms placed in the councilors office at Pryor and Adair High Schools. With the forms, a letter explaining why the student desires the scholarship along with an official transcript of the studen'ts high school record.
Deadlines0430 of graduation year
RestrictionsScholarship is only available to graduates of Pryor and Adair High Schools, located in Mayes County, Oklahoma

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Velma Klamm & Ruth Fishburn Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Oklahoma.

StateGrantsAmount
Oklahoma9$88,500

Grants paid in 2024

All 9 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
OK
Scholarship$14,000
Individual
OK
Scholarship$14,000
Individual
OK
Scholarship$10,500
Individual
OK
Scholarship$10,500
Individual
OK
Scholarship$10,500
Individual
OK
Scholarship$8,000
Individual
OK
Scholarship$8,000
Individual
OK
Scholarship$7,000
Individual
OK
Scholarship$6,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Velma Klamm & Ruth Fishburn Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: 0430 of graduation year.

How much does Velma Klamm & Ruth Fishburn Foundation give?

$120,000 in tax year 2024, across 9 grants, with a typical grant of $10,500.

Who runs Velma Klamm & Ruth Fishburn Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Jeffrey D Kolker (President) and Julia L Neftzger (Vice President).

What does Velma Klamm & Ruth Fishburn Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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