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Vernon S Lehr Scholarship Fund

Accepts applications Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · EIN 251872650

Vernon S Lehr Scholarship Fund is a private foundation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In tax year 2025 it gave $109,222 in 15 grants; the typical grant was $8,111 and the largest $8,112. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $114,332 the year before.

33% 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$96,60214$2.5 million
2024$114,33216$2.7 million
2025$109,22215$2.9 million

How to apply

ContactAttn Tracy Ward SAI
7900 International Drive Suite 500, Minneapolis, MN 55425
Phone or email(800) 537-4180
What to submitAvailable at student's High School
DeadlinesMarch 16th
RestrictionsBe a current high school senior at the following high schools: Bermudian Springs HS, Delone Catholic HS, Hanover HS and New Oxford HS. Min 3.0 GPA

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Vernon S Lehr Scholarship Fund funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Pennsylvania.

StateGrantsAmount
Pennsylvania15$109,222

Grants paid in 2025

All 15 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Anna Smith
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$8,112
Individual
PA
Scholarship$8,111
Individual
PA
Scholarship$8,111
Individual
PA
Scholarship$8,111
Individual
PA
Scholarship$8,111
Individual
PA
Scholarship$8,111
Individual
PA
Scholarship$8,111
Individual
PA
Scholarship$8,111
Individual
PA
Scholarship$8,111
Individual
PA
Scholarship$8,111
Andrea Guiher
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$8,111
Individual
PA
Scholarship$5,000
Individual
PA
Scholarship$5,000
Aliza Staub
Pittsburgh, PA
General support$5,000
Individual
PA
Scholarship$5,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Vernon S Lehr Scholarship Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: March 16th.

How much does Vernon S Lehr Scholarship Fund give?

$109,222 in tax year 2025, across 15 grants, with a typical grant of $8,111.

Who runs Vernon S Lehr Scholarship Fund?

Its 2025 filing lists PNC Bank N A (Trustee).

What does Vernon S Lehr Scholarship Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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