· Private foundation
Foster and Maralee Overcash Scholarship Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | $12,000 |
| ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY | $6,000 |
| WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY | $6,000 |
| MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| ILLINOIS COLLEGE | $3,000 |
| KNOX COLLEGE | $3,000 |
| IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| ILLINOIS WESLYAN UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| BRADLEY UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
| ELMHURST UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| DEPAUL UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BUBRADLEY UNIVERSITY6× · 2020–2025 · $17k · revenue +1%
- ONOLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY5× · 2020–2024 · $15k · revenue +2%
- GCGrand Canyon University3× · 2020–2022 · $11k · revenue +37%
Funded once
DRAKE UNIVERSITYone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +15%- AUAugustana Universityone grant, 2020 · $3k
- SISOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY- CARBONDALEone grant, 2024 · $2k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Xavier is a jesuit catholic university rooted in the liberal arts tradition. our mission is to educate each student intellectually, morally, and spiritually. we create learning opportunities through rigorous academic and professional…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Dean college is a private, residential new england college grounded in a culture and tradition that all students deserve the opportunity to discover and exceed their greatest aspirations. a personal and transformative community since 1865,…
Excelsior University provides educational opportunity to adult learners with an emphasis on those historically underrepresented in higher education. The University meets students where they are - academically and geographically, offering…
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…
Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…
How this is measured
12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 26 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds BRADLEY UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ILLINOIS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Grand Canyon University ↗
- Who funds ELMHURST UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MONMOUTH COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds LINCOLN UNIVERSITY AKA LINCOLN COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
- Who funds KNOX COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds DRAKE UNIVERSITY ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Foster and Maralee Overcash Scholarship Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Foster and Maralee Overcash Scholarship Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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