Funding search · EIN 461278964 · Mountain Home, AR

Bernice Gotaas Scholarship Fund

Name: Bernice Gotaas Scholarship Fund grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

64
grants reported: $664,325
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,800
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarships

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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University of Arkansas4 grants · $165,100
Uca4 grants · $126,450
Ark Tech University4 grants · $100,050
Ark State University4 grants · $57,050
Asu-Mountain Home3 grants · $43,200
College of the Ozarks4 grants · $25,150
North Ark College3 grants · $24,800
Williams Baptist Colleg2 grants · $15,125
John Brown University3 grants · $14,300
Harding University4 grants · $13,550

Giving over time

$183,000

2022

$182,575

2023

$141,700

2024

$157,050

2025

Grant history

All 64 reported grants, largest first.

$61,750
Uca · Conway, AR · 2025
Scholarships
$52,550
University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, AR · 2023
Scholarships
$42,600
University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, AR · 2022
Scholarships
$41,100
Ark Tech University · Russellville, AR · 2022
Scholarships
$36,250
Ark Tech University · Russellville, AR · 2023
Scholarships
$35,450
Ark State University · Jonesboro, AR · 2022
Scholarships
$35,200
University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, AR · 2024
Scholarships
$34,750
University of Arkansas · Fayetteville, AR · 2025
Scholarships
$30,100
Uca · Conway, AR · 2024
Scholarships
$17,900
Ark Tech University · Russellville, AR · 2024
Scholarships
$17,475
Uca · Conway, AR · 2022
Scholarships
$17,125
Uca · Conway, AR · 2023
Scholarships
$16,000
Asu-Mountain Home · Mountain Home, AR · 2025
Scholarships
$15,100
Asu-Mountain Home · Mountain Home, AR · 2024
Scholarships
$12,100
Asu-Mountain Home · Mountain Home, AR · 2023
Scholarships
$10,800
North Ark College · Harrison, AR · 2023
Scholarships
$9,650
Williams Baptist Colleg · Walnut Ridge, AR · 2023
Scholarships
$9,625
College of the Ozarks · Point Lookout, MO · 2023
Scholarships
$9,600
Ark State University · Jonesboro, AR · 2025
Scholarships
$9,200
North Ark College · Harrison, AR · 2024
Scholarships
$6,700
Ark State University · Jonesboro, AR · 2023
Scholarships
$6,225
College of the Ozarks · Point Lookout, MO · 2022
Scholarships
$6,000
North Arkansas College · Harrison, AR · 2022
Scholarships
$6,000
Ottawa University · Ottawa, KS · 2022
Scholarships
$5,900
John Brown University · Siloam Springs, AR · 2025
Scholarships
$5,475
Embry-Riddle · Little Rock Ai, AR · 2022
Scholarships
$5,475
Williams Baptist Colleg · Walnut Ridge, AR · 2022
Scholarships
$5,400
John Brown University · Siloam Springs, AR · 2024
Scholarships
$5,300
Ark State University · Jonesboro, AR · 2024
Scholarships
$4,925
Embry-Riddle Aero · Daytona Beach, FL · 2023
Scholarships
$4,925
Lyon College · Batesville, AR · 2023
Scholarships
$4,800
Ark Tech University · Russellville, AR · 2025
Scholarships
$4,800
North Ark College · Harrison, AR · 2025
Scholarships
$4,700
College of the Ozarks · Point Lookout, MO · 2025
Scholarships
$4,700
Harding University · Searcy, AR · 2023
Scholarships
$4,600
College of the Ozarks · Point Lookout, MO · 2024
Scholarships
$4,475
Lyon College · Batesville, AR · 2022
Scholarships
$4,200
Southern Ark University · Magnolia, AR · 2024
Scholarships
$3,225
William Woods Universit · Fulton, MO · 2023
Scholarships
$3,225
William Woods Universit · Fulton, MO · 2022
Scholarships
$3,000
John Brown University · Siloam Springs, AR · 2023
Scholarships
$3,000
Southern Ark University · Magnolia, AR · 2023
Scholarships
$3,000
Harding University · Searcy, AR · 2022
Scholarships
$2,950
Harding University · Searcy, AR · 2025
Scholarships
$2,950
Southern Ark University · Magnolia, AR · 2025
Scholarships
$2,900
Embry-Riddle Aero · Daytona Beach, FL · 2024
Scholarships
$2,900
Harding University · Searcy, AR · 2024
Scholarships
$2,900
Ottawa University · Ottawa, KS · 2024
Scholarships
$2,250
Crowleys Ridge College · Paragould, AR · 2022
Scholarships
$2,250
University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2022
Scholarships
$2,000
New Beginnings School · Harrison, AR · 2022
Scholarships
$1,750
Central Baptist College · Conway, AR · 2025
Scholarships
$1,750
Labette Community Coll · Parsons, KS · 2025
Scholarships
$1,750
Williams Baptist U · Walnut Ridge, AR · 2025
Scholarships
$1,700
Lyon College · Batesville, AR · 2024
Scholarships
$1,700
Ottawa University · Ottawa, KS · 2023
Scholarships
$1,600
New Beginnings School · Harrison, AR · 2024
Scholarships
$1,500
Missouri St University · Springfield, MO · 2024
Scholarships
$1,500
Missouri St University · Springfield, MO · 2023
Scholarships
$1,200
Embry-Riddle Aero · Daytona Beach, FL · 2025
Scholarships
$1,200
Henderson St University · Arkadelphia, AR · 2025
Scholarships
$1,200
Ottawa University · Ottawa, KS · 2025
Scholarships
$1,200
Henderson St University · Arkadelphia, AR · 2024
Scholarships
$800
New Beginnings School · Harrison, AR · 2023
Scholarships

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.