Scholarships
VARIOUS, IL
$684.1KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
To provide scholarships to universities for approved students.
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Absher Charitable Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · EIN 83-2527679 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
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- Contact
- Amber Carney
- Address
- PO BOX 311 CARMI, IL, 62821
- Phone
- (618) 384-7213
- Deadlines
- Scholorship deadline is March 15 and donation deadlines are 6 weeks prior to when funds are needed.
- Application materials
- Requests for donation and/or scholorship application form is submitted and the board of directors vote on the application.
- Restrictions
- The scholorships are only for carmi and norris city school districts. Donations are only for white county, il.
Original filing text
- Contact
- AMBER CARNEY
- Address
- PO BOX 311 CARMI, IL, 62821
- Phone
- 6183847213
- ADROSER2001@YAHOO.COM
- Deadlines
- SCHOLORSHIP DEADLINE IS MARCH 15 AND DONATION DEADLINES ARE 6 WEEKS PRIOR TO WHEN FUNDS ARE NEEDED.
- Application materials
- REQUESTS FOR DONATION AND/OR SCHOLORSHIP APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS VOTE ON THE APPLICATION.
- Restrictions
- THE SCHOLORSHIPS ARE ONLY FOR CARMI AND NORRIS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS. DONATIONS ARE ONLY FOR WHITE COUNTY, IL.
Reported organization name: ABSHER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | $2M |
| 2024 | 15 | $1.5M |
Where Absher Charitable Foundation Inc gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Illinois$3.4MNew Jersey$31.5K
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
White County Ambulance Service
CARMI, IL
$659.6KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Purchase 2 new ambulances.
Scholarships
VARIOUS, IL
$438KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
To provide scholarships to universities for approved students.
Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Cusd #3
NORRIS CITY, IL
$386.9KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Renovate entire home ec lab with commercial kitchens & 5 work stations.
Carmi Fire Department
CARMI, IL
$195.4KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
To purchase new brush trucks, side x side, tanks and skids.
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (30 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Absher Charitable Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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