Funding search · EIN 383384181 · Detroit, MI

Charles Elmer Scholarship Fund

Name: Charles Elmer Scholarship Fund grants, 2022–2024
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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.

40
grants reported: $170,750
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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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Cleveland State University3 grants · $38,000
Ohio State University3 grants · $32,250
Lake Erie College3 grants · $11,000
The University of Akron2 grants · $11,000
Regents of the University of Michigan2 grants · $9,000
University of Cincinnati3 grants · $9,000
Miami University2 grants · $8,500
Cuyahoga Community College2 grants · $7,500
Lakeland Community College3 grants · $7,250
Wheaton College2 grants · $6,000

Giving over time

$62,000

2022

$50,500

2023

$58,250

2024

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$16,000
Cleveland State University · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$12,000
Cleveland State University · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$12,000
Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$10,750
Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$10,000
Cleveland State University · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$9,500
Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$7,000
The University of Akron · Akron, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$6,000
Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$5,000
Cuyahoga Community College · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$4,750
Lake Erie College · Painesville, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$4,500
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Harbor, MI · 2023
Scholarships
$4,500
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Harbor, MI · 2022
Scholarships
$4,000
Northeast Ohio Medical University · Rootstown, OH · 2024
Scholarship
$4,000
Wheaton College · Norton, MA · 2024
Scholarships
$4,000
Lake Erie College · Painesville, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$4,000
The University of Akron · Akron, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$3,500
University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$3,250
John Carroll University · University Heights, OH · 2024
Scholarship
$3,250
Kent State University · Kent, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$3,000
Otterbein University · Westerville, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$3,000
Lakeland Community College · Kirtland, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$3,000
University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$2,750
Lakeland Community College · Kirtland, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$2,500
Cuyahoga Community College · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$2,500
Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$2,500
University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$2,250
Lake Erie College · Painesville, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$2,000
Wheaton College · Norton, MA · 2023
Scholarships
$2,000
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Scholarship
$2,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Scholarships
$2,000
Heidelberg University · Tiffin, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$2,000
Ohio University · Athens, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$1,500
Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2024
Scholarships
$1,500
Colby College · Waterville, ME · 2023
Scholarships
$1,500
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023
Scholarships
$1,500
Lakeland Community College · Kirtland, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$1,500
Ohio Northern University · Ada, OH · 2022
Scholarship
$1,250
Baldwin Wallace University · Berea, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$1,250
Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2024
Scholarship
$1,250
University of Mount Union · Alliance, OH · 2024
Scholarship

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