Sexson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund

Private foundation · Grantmaker Mattoon, IL EIN: 30-1018440

Sexson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Mattoon, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $127K in total assets. In 2025, it made $1K in qualifying distributions. Net investment income was $3K.

Sexson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund at a glance

Total assets
$126,907
-1.5% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$3,021
-60.2% vs 2024
Qualifying distributions (2025)
$1,194
+0.9% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$4,948
+37.5% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

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

Who Sexson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

3 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 3 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Cities

CharlestonDecaturNew York

How Sexson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund gives

  • Giving grew 119% from 2020 to 2023. Method
  • In 2025 it paid out 18% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. 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$5K$10K$15K1 grant2020 2 grants2021 0 grants2022 1 grant2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2020 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $6K (2020) to $13K (2023). In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $13K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Eastern Illinois University Charleston, ILSupport Music Education$13,200
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$126,907$3,021$4,948——$1,194$3,086$6,635
2024$128,834$7,595$3,598——$1,183$5,208$6,216
2023$124,837$246$18,391$13,2001$14,379$1,984$6,656
2022$142,982$5,489$3,830——$1,242$2,938$7,809
2021$141,323$2,331$12,556$8,8002—$2,680$7,834
2020$151,548$4,704$10,022$6,0311—$2,976$7,521

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Sexson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund reported a distributable amount of $7K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Sexson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund's only listed officer is First MID Wealth Management, Trustee on every filing since 2020 (compensated).

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • First MID Wealth Management

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    $2K (2020) → $2K (2025)

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.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

First Mid Wealth Management — Trustee: $2KFirst Mid Wealth…Trustee$2K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $2K, to First Mid Wealth Management (Trustee).

Frequently asked questions about Sexson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund

How large is Sexson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund?

Sexson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund reported $127K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $1K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $7K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.

What is Sexson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund?

Sexson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Mattoon, IL. It holds $127K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Sexson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund operate?

Sexson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund has awarded grants in Illinois, New York.

What is Sexson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund's EIN?

Sexson Memorial Music Scholarship Fund's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 30-1018440. 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

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When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

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