Barbara Keene Richards Education Foundation

How to apply, from its 2025 IRS return

How to ask

Formal scholarship application, student letter of request, itemized estimate of cost for the year, teacher recommendation, personal recommendation, transcripts, list of community service projects in which you participated, and signed copy of your parents prior year federal income tax return are required

Deadlines

Application of scholarship award will be due by April 1st of each year, with awards being made annua

Limits on who can apply

Students from local school districts in Big Valley, California

Grants paid in 2025

$17,250, 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.