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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 81-6937726

Watters-Humphrey Leas Scholarship TR

A private foundation in Champaign, IL. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $44,942 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

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $44,942

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $817,385

  • Tax year 2024

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $844,721

  • Tax year 2022

    $15,944

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $623,059

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, IL

    Scholarship

    $22,471
  2. Leroy Emergency Ambulance ServiceLeroy, IL

    General expenses

    $22,471

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $22,471100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Illinois2 grants $44,942

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

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

  • Busey BankTrustee Hours 1Pay $12,614

The return

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