Jane and Gary Booth Foundation

How to apply, from its 2025 IRS return

How to ask

Applications must be emailed to janeandgarybf@gmail.com. After being nominated for the scholarship by a teacher, school administrator, or guidance counselor, students must submit an essay summarizing their ambitions and financial situation, along with their transcript and letters of support from two teachers.

Deadlines

Applications for scholarships must be submitted four months before school fees are due.

Limits on who can apply

Preference is given to graduating high school seniors, college students, and graduate students resident in/from Wolfe County, KY and the surrounding Appalachian region, who will attend college/university or graduate school and do not otherwise have the financial resources to attend college/university. Additional preference is given to students interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Recipients will be required to meet with a foundation representative twice yearly, to…

Grants paid in 2025

$20,000, 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.