Anonymous Trust

How to apply, from its 2025 IRS return

How to ask

Simple Gifts scholarship application (available at the website www.simplegiftsfund.org), current resume, three recommendations (teacher, peer, additional), counselor statement, transcripts of academic records, completed CSS profile, PDF document of SAT,ACT, and subject test scores, copy financial award letter from college/university to be attended, and copy of letter(s) notifying the applicant of scholarships or fellowships granted.

Deadlines

November 1 for the following academic year.

Limits on who can apply

The Simple Gifts Scholarship is worth up to $50,000 per year to earn a four year degree at an out-of-state liberal arts college or university. Eligible students must be 1) United States citizen and resident of North Carolina 2) have attended a high school located in Sampson County, NC for a minimum of two school years, or be scheduled to complete a minimum of two years at time of graduation 3) be scheduled to become a high school graduate in year of the application or be a graduate of Sampson…

Grants paid in 2025

$20.3 million, to organizations

This is what the foundation told the IRS on Form 990-PF. It isn’t a confirmed open grant round, and details may have changed, so contact the foundation before applying. Its mailing address is on the full return: see it on ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer.