Ea Mellinger Educational Foundation Inc Grants

How to apply

This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact

Selection Committee

Address

1025 EAST BROADWAY MONMOUTH, IL, 61462

Phone

(309) 734-2419

Deadlines

May 1 of each year

Application materials

Applicants must provide a completed application form, a parents' statement of income and the fafsa student aid report (sar) page showing the expected family contribution (efc). In addition, applicants must submit a high school or college transcript of grades. Additional information regarding application is available at www.mellinger.org.

Restrictions

Scholarship awards scholarships made by the mellinger foundation are awarded during the annual scholarship committee meeting held in June. A geographic area of warren county and the surrounding 5 counties is in place and only candidates from those counties are given consideration. The scholarship committee reviews the applicants and awards scholarships based on the criteria of the foundation. The mellinger foundation awards scholarships to undergraduate students who attend accredited colleges and universities or accredited and/or recognized vocational schools within the united states. The foundation chooses scholarship recipients primarily based on academic achievement and financial need.

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.

Where Ea Mellinger Educational Foundation Inc gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (1,138 reported in all).

About this data

Figures are aggregated from Ea Mellinger Educational 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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