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Funding search · EIN 136023169 · Chicago, IL

Jephson Educational Trust #1 Xxxxx0006

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

84
grants reported: $1.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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 schoalrship

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Keuka College2 grants · $251,000
Elmira College3 grants · $117,510
Cornell University4 grants · $80,000
Vermont Law School4 grants · $50,000
Alice Lloyd College2 grants · $45,000
Marymount Manhattan College3 grants · $30,000
Berklee College of Music1 grant · $25,000
University of Massachusetts Amhers2 grants · $24,000
Union College2 grants · $20,000
Berea College4 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$275,500

2022

$243,510

2023

$237,000

2024

$253,900

2025

Grant history

All 84 reported grants, largest first.

$150,000
Keuka College · Keuka Park, NY · 2022
Scholarship
$101,000
Keuka College · Keuka Park, NY · 2023
Scholarship
$50,000
Elmira College · Elmira, NY · 2025
Scholarship
$45,000
Elmira College · Elmira, NY · 2024
Scholarship
$30,000
Alice Lloyd College · Pippa Passes, KY · 2025
Scholarship
$25,000
Berklee College of Music · Boston, MA · 2025
Scholarship
$22,510
Elmira College · Elmira, NY · 2023
Scholarship
$20,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2025
Scholarship
$20,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Scholarship
$20,000
University of Vermont and · Burlington, VT · 2024
General
$20,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Scholarship
$20,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Scholarship
$15,000
Interlochen Center for the Arts · Interlochen, MI · 2025
Scholarship
$15,000
Manhattan School of Music · New York, NY · 2025
Scholarship
$15,000
Alice Lloyd College · Pippa Passes, KY · 2024
Scholarship
$15,000
Caney Creek Community Center · Pippa Passes, KY · 2024
Scholarship
$15,000
Norwich University · Norwich, VT · 2024
Scholarship
$12,500
Vermont Law School · South Royalton, VT · 2025
Scholarship
$12,500
Vermont Law School · South Royalton, VT · 2024
Scholarship
$12,500
Vermont Law School · South Royalton, VT · 2023
Scholarship
$12,500
Vermont Law School · South Royalton, VT · 2022
Scholarship
$12,000
University of Massachusetts Amhers · Amherst, MA · 2025
Scholarship
$12,000
University of Massachusetts Amhers · Amherst, MA · 2024
Scholarship
$10,000
Marymount Manhattan College · New York, NY · 2025
Scholarship
$10,000
Mount St Marys University · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General
$10,000
Marymount Manhattan College · New York, NY · 2023
Scholarship
$10,000
Tufts University · Medford, MA · 2023
Scholarship
$10,000
Union College · Barbourville, KY · 2023
Scholarship
$10,000
Marymount Manhattan College · New York, NY · 2022
Scholarship
$10,000
Sacred Heart University · Fairfield, CT · 2022
Scholarship
$10,000
Tufts University · Medford, MA · 2022
Scholarship
$10,000
Union College · Barbourville, KY · 2022
Scholarship
$5,000
Adelphi University · Garden City, NY · 2025
Scholarship
$5,000
Bellevue University · Bellevue, NE · 2025
Scholarship
$5,000
Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2025
Scholarship
$5,000
Beloit College · Beloit, WI · 2025
General
$5,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2025
Scholarship
$5,000
Champlain College · Burlington, VT · 2025
Scholarship
$5,000
Colgate University · Hamilton, NY · 2025
General
$5,000
Elmhurst College · Elmhurst, IL · 2025
Scholarship
$5,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Scholarship
$5,000
Lafayette College · Easton, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$5,000
St Lawrence University · Canton, NY · 2025
Scholarship
$5,000
University of North Carolina · Winston Salem, NC · 2025
General
$5,000
Adelphi University · Garden City, NY · 2024
Scholarship
$5,000
Bellevue University · Bellevue, NE · 2024
Scholarship
$5,000
Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2024
Scholarship
$5,000
Beloit College · Beloit, WI · 2024
General
$5,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2024
Scholarship
$5,000
Champlain College · Burlington, VT · 2024
Scholarship
$5,000
Colgate University · Hamilton, NY · 2024
General
$5,000
Elmhurst College · Elmhurst, IL · 2024
Scholarship
$5,000
Lafayette College · Easton, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$5,000
Northland College · Ashland, WI · 2024
General
$5,000
St Lawrence University · Canton, NY · 2024
Scholarship
$5,000
University of North Carolina · Winston Salem, NC · 2024
General
$5,000
University of the Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2024
Schoalrship
$5,000
Washburn University of Topeka · Topeka, KS · 2024
Scholarship
$5,000
Adelphi University · Garden City, NY · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Bellevue University · Bellevue, NE · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Champlain College · Burlington, VT · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Elmhurst College · Elmhurst, IL · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Lafayette College · Easton, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Sacred Heart University · Fairfield, CT · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
St Lawrence University · Canton, NY · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
University of the Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2023
Schoalrship
$5,000
Washburn University of Topeka · Topeka, KS · 2023
Scholarship
$5,000
Adelphi University · Garden City, NY · 2022
Scholarship
$5,000
Bellevue University · Bellevue, NE · 2022
Scholarship
$5,000
Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2022
Scholarship
$5,000
Berea College · Berea, KY · 2022
Scholarship
$5,000
Champlain College · Burlington, VT · 2022
Scholarship
$5,000
Elmhurst College · Elmhurst, IL · 2022
Scholarship
$5,000
Lafayette College · Easton, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$5,000
St Lawrence University · Canton, NY · 2022
Scholarship
$5,000
University of the Cumberlands · Williamsburg, KY · 2022
Schoalrship
$5,000
Washburn University of Topeka · Topeka, KS · 2022
Scholarship
$4,400
Sacred Heart University · Fairfield, CT · 2025
Scholarship
$2,500
Nazareth College · Rochester, NY · 2024
Scholarship
$2,500
Nazareth College · Rochester, NY · 2023
Scholarship
$2,500
Nazareth College · Rochester, NY · 2022
Scholarship
$500
Rockefeller University · New York, NY · 2022
Scholarship

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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.