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Thomas W and Lolita Gayle Scholarship Fund

Accepts applications Dallas, Texas · EIN 546395347

Thomas W and Lolita Gayle Scholarship Fund is a private foundation in Dallas, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $22,000 in 6 grants; the typical grant was $3,000 and the largest $5,000. 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 $23,000 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$24,0006$655,640
2024$23,0007$678,296
2025$22,0006$812,035

How to apply

ContactMr Thomas Dutton
PO Box 38, Mathews, VA 23109
Phone or email(804) 725-3702
What to submitContact mr. Thomas dutton
DeadlinesFebruary 3
RestrictionsGraduate from mathews high school

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Thomas W and Lolita Gayle Scholarship Fund funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Virginia.

StateGrantsAmount
Virginia5$19,000
Alabama1$3,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 6 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland, VA
Scholarships$5,000
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
Scholarships$5,000
Washington & Lee University
Lexington, VA
Scholarships$3,000
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VA
Scholarships$3,000
Individual
VA
Scholarships$3,000
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL
Scholarships$3,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Thomas W and Lolita Gayle Scholarship Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: February 3.

How much does Thomas W and Lolita Gayle Scholarship Fund give?

$22,000 in tax year 2025, across 6 grants, with a typical grant of $3,000.

Who runs Thomas W and Lolita Gayle Scholarship Fund?

Its 2025 filing lists Bank of America (Trustee).

What does Thomas W and Lolita Gayle Scholarship Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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