Funding search · EIN 256373763 · Buffalo, NY

Melvin H and Thelma N Jenkins Scholarship

Name: Melvin H and Thelma N Jenkins Scholarship 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.

81
grants reported: $146,150
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,250
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 educational scholarships

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Penn State Schuylkill3 grants · $19,200
Lebanon Valley College3 grants · $15,625
Bloomsburg University2 grants · $12,650
Shippensburg University3 grants · $5,900
Desales University3 grants · $5,325
Pennsylvania College of Technology3 grants · $4,500
Albright College3 grants · $4,250
Misericordia University3 grants · $4,200
Temple University2 grants · $3,450
East Stroudsburg University3 grants · $3,375

Giving over time

$39,400

2022

$36,900

2023

$34,000

2024

$35,850

2025

Grant history

All 81 reported grants, largest first.

$9,200
Penn State Schuylkill · Schuykill Haven, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$6,700
Bloomsburg University · Bloomsburg, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$5,950
Bloomsburg University · Bloomsburg, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$5,850
Penn State Schuylkill · Schuykill Haven, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$5,575
Lebanon Valley College · Annville, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$5,200
Lebanon Valley College · Annville, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$4,850
Lebanon Valley College · Annville, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$4,150
Penn State Schuylkill · Schuykill Haven, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$3,325
Passhe Commonwealth University · Bloomsburg, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$3,200
Penn State University Park · University Park, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$3,125
Desales University · Center Valley, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,500
Shippensburg University · Shippensburg, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$2,400
Pennsylvania College of Technology · Williamsport, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$2,350
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$2,300
Shippensburg University · Shippensburg, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$2,250
Albright College · Reading, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$2,250
Kutztown University · Kutztown, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,950
Misericordia University · Dallas, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,775
Julia Burgess · East Stroudsburg, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,775
Keera Brennan · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,775
Rebecca Zula · Mansfield, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,775
East Stroudsburg University · Zerbe, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,650
Lorenzo Yourey · Annville, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,650
Max Moran · Edinboro, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,525
Averee Horoschak · Annville, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,525
Ayla Castle · Bloomsburg, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Grace Motuk · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,500
Coast Carolina University · Conway, SC · 2022
Scholarship
$1,400
Brady Eisenhart · Notre Dame, IN · 2025
Scholarship
$1,400
Emily Hart · Millersville, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,400
Joshua Rizzardi · Center Valley, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,400
Lorelei Bowers · Mansfield, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,400
Michael Rizzardi Jr · East Stroudsburg, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,400
Oumayma Tigani · New York, NY · 2025
Scholarship
$1,375
University of Pittsurgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,350
East Stroudsburg University · Zerbe, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,350
Wilkes University · Wilkes Barre, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,300
Pennwest Edinboro · Edinboro, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,275
Madison Zula · Bloomsburg, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,250
Abigail Adams · Annville, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,250
Braeden Jones · Schuylkill Haven, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,250
Emma Nasodos · Elizabethtown, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,250
Evan Motley · Williamsport, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,250
Jared Graeff · Annville, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,250
Kyle Pritiskutch · Shippensburg, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,250
Logan Rizzardi · Lewisburg, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,250
Raymond Snyder Jr · Schuylkill Haven, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,250
Misericordia University · Dallas, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,250
Elizabethtown College · Elizabethtown, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,200
Cedar Crest College · Allentown, PA · 2024
Educational scholarships
$1,200
Desales University · Center Valley, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,200
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2024
Scholarship
$1,200
Villanova Universiity · Villanova, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,100
Laroche University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,100
Shippensburg University · Shippensburg, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,100
Pennsylvania College of Technology · Williamsport, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,100
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,100
Messiah College · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,000
Austin Hydock · Schuykill Haven, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,000
John Adams · Annville, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,000
Logan Hutsko · Elizabethtown, PA · 2025
Scholarship
$1,000
Albright College · Reading, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,000
Misericordia University · Dallas, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$1,000
Albright College · Reading, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,000
Coastal Carolina University · Conway, SC · 2023
Scholarship
$1,000
Elizabethtown College · Elizabethtown, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,000
Laroche University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,000
Widener University · Chester, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$1,000
Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,000
Desales University · Center Valley, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,000
Lock Haven University · Lock Haven, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,000
Pennsylvania College of Technology · Williamsport, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,000
University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,000
Widener University · Chester, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$1,000
Wilson College · Chambersburg, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$950
Elizabethtown College · Elizabethtown, PA · 2024
Scholarship
$950
West Virginia University · Morgantown, WV · 2024
Scholarship
$400
Bucknell University · Lewisburg, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$250
East Stroudsburg University · Zerbe, PA · 2022
Scholarship
$175
Lycoming College · Williamsport, PA · 2023
Scholarship
$-1,000
Walk in Art Center · Schuylkill Haven, PA · 2022
Scholarship

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