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James K Adams & Arlene L Adams Foundation

Accepts applications Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania · EIN 251665127

James K Adams & Arlene L Adams Foundation is a private foundation in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2024 it gave $156,500 in 16 grants; the typical grant was $8,000 and the largest $25,000. 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 $173,500 the year before.

0% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$173,50022$1.1 million
2024$156,50016$0

How to apply

ContactJames K Arlene L Adams Foundation
7 West State St Suite 301, Sharon, PA 16146
Phone or email(724) 981-5882
What to submitApplication and instructions on website
DeadlinesApril 1
RestrictionsPa 501(c)(3)charities & students graduated from high schools in eastern cumberland county and perry county pa

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

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What James K Adams & Arlene L Adams Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 6 states, the most to Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania10$114,500
Virginia2$11,000
Wisconsin1$10,000
Delaware1$8,000
South Carolina1$8,000
District of Columbia1$5,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 16 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Messiah University
Mechanicsburg, PA
To pay tuition.$25,000
Penn State University
University Park, PA
To pay tuition.$17,000
West Chester University
West Chester, PA
To pay tuition.$16,000
Geneva College
Beaver Falls, PA
To pay tuition.$10,000
Lancaster Bible College
Lancaster, PA
To pay tuition.$10,000
Maranatha Baptist University
Watertown, WI
To pay tuition.$10,000
Bloomsburg University
Bloomsburg, PA
To pay tuition.$8,000
Bob Jones University
Greenville, SC
To pay tuition.$8,000
Millersville University
Millersville, PA
To pay tuition.$8,000
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
To pay tuition.$8,000
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
To pay tuition.$8,000
Hacc
Harrisburg, PA
To pay tuition.$7,500
Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA
To pay tuition,$6,000
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
To pay tuition.$5,000
Regent University
Virginia Beach, VA
To pay tuition.$5,000
Saint Vincent College
Latrobe, PA
To pay tuition.$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does James K Adams & Arlene L Adams Foundation accept grant applications?

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

How much does James K Adams & Arlene L Adams Foundation give?

$156,500 in tax year 2024, across 16 grants, with a typical grant of $8,000.

Who runs James K Adams & Arlene L Adams Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists James K Adams II (Trustee) and Kenneth J Purcell (Trustee).

What does James K Adams & Arlene L Adams Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and faith communities.

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