Louise Lester Schneider Scholarship Fund

Private foundation · Grantmaker Friendship, IN EIN: 35-1375669

Louise Lester Schneider Scholarship Fund is a private foundation, based in Friendship, IN. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $59K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $1K. Net investment income was $2K.

Louise Lester Schneider Scholarship Fund at a glance

In short: Louise Lester Schneider Scholarship Fund gave $1K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $1K), mostly in Indiana. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.

Annual giving (2025)
$1,120
-25.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
-66.7% vs 2024
Average grant
$1,120
+124.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$1,120
Total assets
$58,644
+1.4% vs 2024
Primary geography
Indiana (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Louise Lester Schneider Scholarship Fund funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Isabel Pearson: $1KIsabel Pearson$1K

The largest 2025 recipient was Isabel Pearson ($1K).

Grant Size Distribution

8 grants across all recorded years

8<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 8 grants of 8 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Moores HillDillsboro

How Louise Lester Schneider Scholarship Fund gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (−14%). Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500$1K$1.5K2 grants2020 0 grants2021 3 grants2022 1 grant2023 3 grants2024 1 grant2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $500 (2023) to $2K (2024). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $1K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Isabel Pearson Moores Hill, INFurther Education$1,120
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$58,644$2,396$336$1,1201$2,387
2024$57,819$2,776$322$1,5003$2,553
2023—$1,826$308$5001$1,585
2022$55,847$676$1,607$1,3003$567
2021$56,778$568$62——$568
2020$56,272$884$1,000$1,0002$884

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Louise Lester Schneider Scholarship Fund is led by Jaclyn Linkmeyer, Trustee on every filing since 2020 — the only officer listed, and uncompensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jaclyn Linkmeyer

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Louise Lester Schneider Scholarship Fund

How much does Louise Lester Schneider Scholarship Fund give each year?

Louise Lester Schneider Scholarship Fund gave $1K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $2K across 3 grants.

How large is Louise Lester Schneider Scholarship Fund?

Louise Lester Schneider Scholarship Fund reported $59K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $2K.

Where does Louise Lester Schneider Scholarship Fund operate?

Louise Lester Schneider Scholarship Fund has awarded grants in Indiana.

What is Louise Lester Schneider Scholarship Fund's EIN?

Louise Lester Schneider Scholarship Fund's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 35-1375669. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 4, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 10, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS October 18, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 13, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 11, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)

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