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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 27-2887092

Halls Free School Foundation

A private foundation in Montpelier, VA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 37 grants and $90,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Earle O Rice
17517 Shiloh Church Road
Montpelier, VA 23192
(804) 449-6225
Form and materials
Please contact the Foundation to obtain an Application Form. See additional application information provided in this return's General Explanation Statement 13.
Deadlines
June 15
Restrictions
Must be a resident of Hanover Co, Virginia or the surrounding area, including descendants of the students of Hall's Free School, which formerly operated in Montpelier, Virginia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    37
    Assets, end of year
    $1,188,556

  • Tax year 2024

    $85,000

    Grants listed
    34
    Assets, end of year
    $1,122,309

  • Tax year 2023

    $70,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $1,084,588

  • Tax year 2022

    $61,750

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $971,988

  • Tax year 2021

    $57,000

    Grants listed
    29
    Assets, end of year
    $975,881

  • Tax year 2020

    $59,000

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $967,189

Grants paid in 2025

37 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Individual

    Scholarship - Lincoln Memorial University

    $2,500
  2. Individual

    Scholarship - University of South Carolina

    $2,500
  3. Individual

    Scholarship - Rudger University

    $2,500
  4. Individual

    Scholarship - Virginia Tech

    $2,500
  5. Individual

    Scholarship - University of Kentucky

    $2,500
  6. Individual

    Scholarship - James Madison University

    $2,500
  7. Individual

    Scholarship - James Madison University

    $2,500
  8. Individual

    Scholarship - James Madison University

    $2,500
  9. Individual

    Scholarship - Christopher Newport University

    $2,500
  10. Individual

    Scholarship - James Madison University

    $2,500
  11. Individual

    Scholarship - Liberty University

    $2,500
  12. Individual

    Scholarship - College of William & Mary

    $2,500
  13. Individual

    Scholarship - Virginia Tech

    $2,500
  14. Individual

    Scholarship - College of William & Mary

    $2,500
  15. Individual

    Scholarship - Virginia Wesleyan University

    $2,500
  16. Individual

    Scholarship - Randolph-Macon College

    $2,500
  17. Individual

    Scholarship - Bridgewater College

    $2,500
  18. Individual

    Scholarship - University of New Brunswick St John Campus

    $2,500
  19. Individual

    Scholarship - Randolph-Macon College

    $2,500
  20. Individual

    Scholarship - Belmont University

    $2,500
  21. Individual

    Scholarship - Liberty University

    $2,500
  22. Individual

    Scholarship - Virginia Tech

    $2,500
  23. Individual

    Scholarship - Liberty University

    $2,500
  24. Individual

    Scholarship - Randolph-Macon College

    $2,500
  25. Individual

    Scholarship - Longwood University

    $2,500
  26. Individual

    Scholarship - Waynesburg University

    $2,500
  27. Individual

    Scholarship - University of TN Knoxville

    $2,500
  28. Individual

    Scholarship - College of William & Mary

    $2,500
  29. Individual

    Scholarship - Emory & Henry College

    $2,500
  30. Individual

    Scholarship - George Mason University

    $2,500
  31. Individual

    Scholarship - Longwood University

    $2,500
  32. Individual

    Scholarship - Longwood University

    $2,500
  33. Individual

    Scholarship - Grand Canyon University

    $2,500
  34. Individual

    Scholarship - James Madison University

    $2,500
  35. Individual

    Scholarship - Virginia Tech

    $2,500
  36. Individual

    Scholarship - Reynolds Community College

    $1,250
  37. Individual

    Scholarship - Virginia Tech

    $1,250

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Ramon E LowryPresident/Director Hours 1Pay $0
  • Allen D WickhamDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Samuel H MoodyDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Earle O RiceSecretary/Treasurer/Direct Hours 1Pay $0
  • Rosewell Page IIIDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lisa CabeDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Nathan HallDirector Hours 1Pay $0

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