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Stephen Montgomery Scholarship Fund

Accepts applications Barre, Vermont · EIN 856775101

Stephen Montgomery Scholarship Fund is a private foundation in Barre, Vermont. In tax year 2025 it gave $61,000 in 2 grants; the typical grant was $30,500 and the largest $30,500. 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 $20,000 the year before.

0% 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$10,5004$1.1 million
2024$20,0002$1.1 million
2025$61,0002$1.2 million

How to apply

ContactAdrian Otterman Trustee
PO Box 473, Barre, VT 05641
Phone or email(802) 479-2552
What to submitScholarship application form used by randolph union high school and white river valley high school
DeadlinesAs required by the high school scholarship committee
RestrictionsScholarships to 4 year degree programs, preferably in forestry, agriculture, animal husbandry or land mgmt.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Stephen Montgomery Scholarship Fund funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Vermont.

StateGrantsAmount
Vermont2$61,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 2 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Randolph Union High School
Randolph, VT
Scholarships$30,500
White River Valley High School
So Royalton, VT
Scholarships$30,500

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Stephen Montgomery Scholarship Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: As required by the high school scholarship committee.

How much does Stephen Montgomery Scholarship Fund give?

$61,000 in tax year 2025, across 2 grants, with a typical grant of $30,500.

Who runs Stephen Montgomery Scholarship Fund?

Its 2025 filing lists Adrian Otterman (Trustee).

What does Stephen Montgomery Scholarship Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and environment and conservation.

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