Michael Bedell Scholarship Fund
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251887212
- IRS 990-PF coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-PF 2025
- Location
- Big Run, PA, USA
- Phone
- 8144272699
- Rating
- 29
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $29
- Expenses
- $700
Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Overview
Mission
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
What it reported funding in 2025
The foundation reported 1 grant totaling $500. The stated grant purpose was tuition.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no charitable disbursements for the current year.
The verdict
REVIEW - A large share of spending goes to grants. Assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.
Rating breakdown
- Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
- Cost Efficiency: 71
- Transparency: NotEnoughData
- Compliance: 50
- Endowment Health: 46
Detailed rating inputs
Grant Deployment
- Grant deployment ratio: Limited
Cost Efficiency
- Grant expense ratio: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency
- Grant recipient disclosure: Limited
Compliance
- Part VII-B activity disclosures: Limited
- Filing consistency checks: 8; rating input score 100
Endowment Health
- Endowment-health comparison: 0.84; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Grants: Filed grants detail
- Payout: Filed payout detail
- Trustees: Filed trustees detail
- Self-dealing: Filed self-dealing detail
- Investments: 46th percentile for endowment coverage
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 46/100.