Funding search · EIN 237311043 · Chicago, IL
Ora T & Dessie H Lower Memorial Scholarship
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 109
- grants reported
- $177,394
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Grace Jarman3 grants · $5,250
- Keith Bacon3 grants · $4,925
- Grace Muir3 grants · $4,625
- Elizabeth Amos3 grants · $4,450
- Trevor Hunter2 grants · $4,300
- Mallory Angle2 grants · $3,825
- Donna Frazier2 grants · $3,825
- Jaelynn Elwell2 grants · $3,375
- Samuel Sterrett2 grants · $3,250
- Madison Griffin2 grants · $3,250
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 109 grants.
- $2,250
Indya O Burnett · West Lafayette, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,250
Trevor Hunter · Angola, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,150
Megan Adkins · Muncie, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $2,150
Morgan Adkins · Muncie, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $2,050
Donna Frazier · Muncie, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $2,050
Morgan Beard · Muncie, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $2,050
Trevor Hunter · Angola, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $2,000
Aiden Philpot · Muncie, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Anne Thoman · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Audrey Angle · Bloomington, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Grace Jarman · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Grace Muir · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Isabella Wilson · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Jocelyn Cain · West Lafayette, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
John Alexander · Crawfordsville, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Kara Reece · Bowling Green, OH · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Kate Ripberger · Anderson, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Katie Thoman · Franklin, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Kylie Gray · Richmond, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Lillian Vance · Muncie, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Makayla Queen · Muncie, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Mallory Angle · Richmond, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Mason Mosburg · Muncie, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Megan Alexander · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Olivia Smith · Bloomington, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $2,000
Reasha Steinmetz · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $1,975
Jaelynn Elwell · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,975
Macenzie Cochran · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,950
Abigail Sloan · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,950
Briley Munchel · Franklin, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,950
Carley Cudworth · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,950
Keith Bacon · West Lafayette, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,950
Logan Beard · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,950
Samuel Sterrett · Muncie, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,875
Alexa K Walker · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,825
Autumn Mardis · New Albany, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,825
Brody Fox · Angola, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,825
Carson Brown · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,825
Elizabeth Amos · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,825
Gavin Fox · Muncie, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,825
Grace Jarman · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,825
Kendra Buckley · Greenfield, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,825
Leah Raider · Terre Haute, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,825
Madison Griffin · Munice, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,825
Mallory Angle · Bloomington, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,825
Rebecca Muir · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,775
Donna Frazier · Muncie, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,694
Cassidy Tellas · Richmond, IN · 2025
Scholarship
- $1,675
Jacob Clark · Muncie, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,675
Jama Alyssa Barnes · West Lafayette, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,675
Keith Bacon · West Lafayette, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,675
Megan Cramer · Tomball, TX · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,675
Savannah E Westphal · West Lafayette, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,500
Bryce Meyer · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,500
Sheridan Warner · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,475
Annika Marlow · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Scholarship
- $1,475
Annika Marlow · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,475
Elizabeth Amos · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,475
Franziska Boyer · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,475
Grace Muir · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Araceli Leon · Colombus, OH · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Audrey Gulley · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Brody Fox · Angola, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Cameron Brewer · West Lafayette, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Carlie Kuhn · Winona Lake, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Carson Brown · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Elijah T Jobe · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Grace Jarman · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Gretchen N Brook · Muncie, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Kendra Buckley · Richmond, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Madison Griffin · Munice, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Matthew Cameron · Richmond, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Nicholas Hoeing · Flemingsburg, KY · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Owen Clark · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Sam Barada · Eugene, OR · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Savannah Gray · Lima, OH · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,425
Shrayder Fischer · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Scholarship
- $1,400
Ereena Moore · Evansville, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,400
Grant Colestock · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,400
Jaelynn Elwell · Muncie, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,400
James Walls · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,400
Kourtney Ash · Madison, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,400
Kyle D Bacon · West Lafayette, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,400
Macy Moore · Richmond, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,400
Maddi Turner · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,400
Nicholas Bowling · West Lafayette, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,300
Autumn Mardis · New Albany, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,300
Jama Barnes · West Lafayette, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,300
Keith Bacon · West Lafayette, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,300
Lance Beard · Richmond, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,300
Lillian Truster · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,300
Lily Yager · Oxford, OH · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,300
Logan Beard · Richmond, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,300
Macy Hoeing · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,300
Samuel Sterrett · Muncie, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,150
Alexa Schwendenman · Muncie, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,150
Candice McDaniel · Madison, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,150
Elizabeth Amos · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,150
Franziska Boyer · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Scholarship
- $1,150
Grace Muir · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Scholarship
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