How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Fred Leonard
309 Country Club Rd
West Memphis, AR 72301
- Form and materials
- Applicants must submit a completed scholarship application in the form and manner prescribed by Achieving Learning Academy by the established application deadline. The application must include the applicants identifying and contact information educational information academic history educational and career goals and other information requested to evaluate eligibility. Applicants must also submit a letter of recommendation from an appropriate individual familiar with the applicants character academic performance leadership or community involvement and a written response to the scholarship essay question. All required materials must be received by the stated deadline for the application to be considered complete.
- Deadlines
- 04222024
- Restrictions
- Scholarship awards are limited to eligible graduating high school students attending schools within the West Memphis and Marion Arkansas school districts who intend to pursue postsecondary education. Recipients must enroll in an accredited college university community college technical school vocational program or other qualifying postsecondary educational institution. Awards are made for educational purposes and are based upon the eligibility and selection criteria established by Achieving Learning Academy. No award will be made on the basis of a relationship to a substantial contributor foundation manager officer director scholarship selection committee member or other disqualified person.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2024
$13,893
- Grants listed
- 2
- Assets, end of year
- $0
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Tax year 2023
$33,592
- Grants listed
- 3
- Assets, end of year
- $40,000
Grants paid in 2024
As listed on the return.
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West Memphis School DistrictWest Memphis, AR
Grant to support student academic scholarships and essential classroom educational resources
$12,803 -
Marion School DistrictMarion, AR
Grant to support student academic scholarships and essential classroom educational resources
$1,090
Where the money goes
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Arkansas2 grants $13,893
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Frederick LeonardPRESIDENT Hours 20Pay $0
- Jody AbernathyDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
- Charlotte ParhamDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
- Letrese Burton LeonardDIRECTOR Hours 5Pay $0
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