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Tr John C Echols Memorial Fund

Accepts applications Dallas, Texas · EIN 546063415

Tr John C Echols Memorial Fund is a private foundation in Dallas, Texas. In tax year 2025 it gave $14,000 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $2,000 and the largest $2,500. 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 $13,500 the year before.

13% of its 2025 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$16,0007$279,401
2024$13,5007$297,376
2025$14,0008$323,179

How to apply

ContactMary Roberson Co Bank of America
600 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308-2265
Phone or email(877) 264-9877
What to submitLetter request
DeadlinesDecember 1 none

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Tr John C Echols Memorial Fund funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Virginia.

StateGrantsAmount
Virginia6$11,500
Georgia1$2,000
Vermont1$500

Grants paid in 2025

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Meals on Wheels of GTR Lynchburg Area
Lynchburg, VA
Unrestricted general$2,500
Paul Munro Elementary
Lynchburg, VA
Unrestricted general$2,000
First Presbyterian Church
Lynchburg, VA
Unrestricted general$2,000
James River Day School
Lynchburg, VA
Unrestricted general$2,000
The Salvation Army
Brookhaven, GA
Unrestricted general$2,000
Lynchburg Humane Society
Lynchburg, VA
Unrestricted general$1,500
Habitat for Humanity
Lynchburg, VA
Unrestricted general$1,500
Friends of the Lynchburg Public Library
Lynchburg, VT
Unrestricted general$500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Tr John C Echols Memorial Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: December 1 none.

How much does Tr John C Echols Memorial Fund give?

$14,000 in tax year 2025, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $2,000.

Who runs Tr John C Echols Memorial Fund?

Its 2025 filing lists Bank of America (Trustee).

What does Tr John C Echols Memorial Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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