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Orville & Laurene Watts Scholarship Fund

Accepts applications Milwaukee, Wisconsin · EIN 326251524

Orville & Laurene Watts Scholarship Fund is a private foundation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In tax year 2024 it gave $49,302 in 1 grant; the typical grant was $49,302 and the largest $49,302. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $43,053 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$43,0531$1.2 million
2024$49,3021$1.2 million

How to apply

ContactEllis Foundation
PO Box 54, Ft Scott, KS 66701
Phone or email(620) 223-2232
What to submit, deadlines, restrictionsContact the above

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Orville & Laurene Watts Scholarship Fund funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Kansas.

StateGrantsAmount
Kansas1$49,302

Grants paid in 2024

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Ellis Foundation
Ft Scott, KS
Scholarship$49,302

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Orville & Laurene Watts Scholarship Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Contact the above.

How much does Orville & Laurene Watts Scholarship Fund give?

$49,302 in tax year 2024, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $49,302.

Who runs Orville & Laurene Watts Scholarship Fund?

Its 2024 filing lists US Bank N A (Trustee).

What does Orville & Laurene Watts Scholarship Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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