Funding search · EIN 310884462 · South Bend, IN

Hazel Dell Neff Smelser Scholarship Fund

Name: Hazel Dell Neff Smelser Scholarship Fund grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

47
grants reported: $84,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,500
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

scholarship

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Matthew Williams Ii4 grants · $11,750
Elijah Schramm4 grants · $9,000
Abigail Moody3 grants · $6,000
Tamara Shu2 grants · $5,700
Hailey I Casper2 grants · $5,700
Jacob Sherrick2 grants · $5,200
Neomiah Haschel2 grants · $4,500
Hayden Grindle2 grants · $4,000
Annika Pollock2 grants · $4,000
Carlos Torres2 grants · $3,750

Giving over time

$23,000

2022

$21,750

2023

$20,000

2024

$19,250

2025

Grant history

All 47 reported grants, largest first.

$4,000
Matthew Williams Ii · South Bend, IN · 2025
Scholarship
$3,000
Abigail Moody · South Bend, IN · 2025
Scholarship
$3,000
Neomiah Haschel · Argos, IN · 2025
Scholarship
$2,950
Hailey I Casper · Plymouth, IN · 2022
Scholarship
$2,950
Tamara Shu · Granger, IN · 2022
Scholarship
$2,750
Elijah Schramm · Plymouth, IN · 2024
Scholarship
$2,750
Elijah Schramm · Plymouth, IN · 2023
Scholarship
$2,750
Hailey I Casper · Plymouth, IN · 2023
Scholarship
$2,750
Tamara Shu · Granger, IN · 2023
Scholarship
$2,750
Matthew Williams Ii · South Bend, IN · 2022
Scholarship
$2,700
Jacob Sherrick · South Bend, IN · 2022
Scholarship
$2,500
Carlos Torres · Bremen, IN · 2025
Scholarship
$2,500
Hayden Grindle · South Bend, IN · 2025
Scholarship
$2,500
Annika Pollock · South Bend, IN · 2024
Scholarship
$2,500
Jacob Sherrick · South Bend, IN · 2024
Scholarship
$2,500
Matthew Williams Ii · South Bend, IN · 2024
Scholarship
$2,500
Annika Pollock · South Bend, IN · 2023
Scholarship
$2,500
Jacob Sherrick · South Bend, IN · 2023
Scholarship
$2,500
Matthew Williams Ii · South Bend, IN · 2023
Scholarship
$2,500
Elijah Schramm · Plymouth, IN · 2022
Scholarship
$2,250
Isabella a Flanagan · South Bend, IN · 2022
Scholarship
$2,250
Rory Y Sullivan · South Bend, IN · 2022
Scholarship
$2,000
Purdue University · Granger, IN · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Abigail Moody · South Bend, IN · 2024
Scholarship
$1,500
Beck Ruggles · Plymouth, IN · 2024
Scholarship
$1,500
Hayden Grindle · South Bend, IN · 2024
Scholarship
$1,500
Neomiah Haschel · Argos, IN · 2024
Scholarship
$1,500
Abigail Moody · South Bend, IN · 2023
Scholarship
$1,500
Annika Pollock · South Bend, IN · 2022
Scholarship
$1,450
Braden Allison · South Bend, IN · 2022
Scholarship
$1,250
Noah Trost · South Bend, IN · 2025
Scholarship
$1,250
Carlos Torres · Bremen, IN · 2024
Scholarship
$1,250
Braden Allison · South Bend, IN · 2023
Scholarship
$1,000
Elijah Schramm · Plymouth, IN · 2025
Scholarship
$1,000
Marielle Utayde · Mishawaka, IN · 2024
Scholarship
$1,000
Benjamin Hutchings · Plymouth, IN · 2023
Scholarship
$1,000
Marielle Utayde · Mishawaka, IN · 2023
Scholarship
$1,000
Marielle Utayde · Mishawaka, IN · 2022
Scholarship
$950
Anna Voros · Granger, IN · 2022
Scholarship
$750
Anna Voros · Plevna, KS · 2024
Scholarship
$750
Natalia McCool · South Bend, IN · 2024
Scholarship
$750
Anna Voros · Granger, IN · 2023
Scholarship
$500
Gabriel Alvarez · Twin Lake, MI · 2024
Scholarship
$250
John Miller · South Bend, IN · 2023
Scholarship
$250
Sean Woodmansee · Henderson, NV · 2023
Scholarship
$-250
Savannah Paxton · Argos, IN · 2022
Scholarship
$-500
Benjamin Hutchings · Plymouth, IN · 2024
Scholarship

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