The Myrtle Liverman Hansen Scholars Scholarship Fund Inc. is a small, focused private fund that awards direct scholarships to individual students — often multiple awards to the same recipients. Grants are sizable relative to the fund’s scale and appear targeted toward named students (several with the same surnames), suggesting support for specific applicants or families, likely local to the Chesapeake, VA area. The fund’s activity is exclusively scholarship-focused and individual-centered rather than institutional grants or program funding.
Concentrated, small portfolio: a few relatively large, direct cash scholarships per year with multiple awards to the same individuals rather than many small or institutional grants.
The Myrtle Liverman Hansen Scholars Scholarship Fund Inc. gives directly to individual students, and its recent record shows repeated scholarship support to the same recipients over multiple years. That pattern is visible in awards to Ana Elise Tate, who received scholarships in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and to Mason Dawn Bradley and Alexander Guilsano, each of whom received more than one scholarship award. The fund’s grants are all scholarship awards rather than institutional operating support, which makes the fund especially centered on named students and family-linked aid. Recent activity also shows awards at a size that is meaningful relative to the fund’s scale. The largest recent grant was $32,500 to Emma James Smith in 2025, while other awards to named students include $26,500 grants to Ana Elise Tate in both 2023 and 2024 and a $17,000 grant to the same recipient in 2025. This indicates a scholarship program that can support students across multiple award cycles and at different dollar levels. The overall picture is of a local scholarship fund with a narrow mission and recurring student support.
The scholarship fund’s core activity is postsecondary tuition support for named students in Chesapeake. For example, it awarded $11,500 to Mason Dawn Bradley in 2024 and $10,000 to the same recipient in 2025, showing continued scholarship support rather than a one-time award. Family-linked or repeated-recipient support is another clear theme. Ana Elise Tate received $26,500 in 2023, another $26,500 in 2024, and $17,000 in 2025, while Jackson Tate received $16,500 in 2023. That pattern suggests the fund can support students across multiple years. The fund also makes smaller scholarships. Cassidy Oliver received $3,500 in 2023, and William Day received $3,500 in 2024. These awards show that the scholarship program includes a range of grant sizes within the same local student population.
Typical scholarship amounts sit around the low five figures, with a p25 of $10,000, a median of $11,500, and a p75 of $21,750. The recent grants list also shows a wider spread, from $3,500 awards to a $32,500 award. The pattern is recurring rather than one-off: Ana Elise Tate appears in three consecutive years, and both Mason Dawn Bradley and Alexander Guilsano received more than one scholarship. The fund is structured as a scholarship fund for individuals, not as an operating grantmaker, and it makes no program-related investments. Its grants in the data are all scholarship awards.
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Most grants fall between $10K and $22K, with a median of $12K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$12K
75th Percentile
$22K
About 100% of grants go to recipients in VA.
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Notable grantees: Ana Elise Tate, Emma James Smith, Alexander Guilsano, Mason Dawn Bradley, Jackson Tate
All recent grants in the data went to recipients in Chesapeake, Virginia. The recipient country distribution is entirely US-based, with 11 grants and 100.0% in the United States. The geographic pattern is therefore highly local, with every listed scholarship landing in the foundation’s Virginia footprint rather than spreading across multiple states or countries.
It supports individual students through scholarship awards. The recent grants list names students such as Emma James Smith, Ana Elise Tate, Mason Dawn Bradley, Alexander Guilsano, Cassidy Oliver, and William Day, all in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Typical awards are in the low five figures: the p25 is $10,000, the median is $11,500, and the p75 is $21,750. Recent grants also ranged from $3,500 to $32,500.
Yes. Ana Elise Tate received scholarships in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Mason Dawn Bradley and Alexander Guilsano also each appear more than once in the recent grants list.
Every listed recent grant went to a recipient in Chesapeake, Virginia. The grant country distribution is entirely US-based, with 11 grants in the United States.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMMA JAMES SMITH | CHESAPEAKE, VA | $39,866 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ANNA DAY | CHESAPEAKE, VA | $5,000 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| JOSIE DAY | CHESAPEAKE, VA | $5,000 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| MIA GOODE | CHESAPEAKE, VA | $5,000 | 2026 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| EMMA JAMES SMITH | CHESAPEAKE, VA | $32,500 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ANA ELISE TATE | CHESAPEAKE, VA | $17,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| MASON DAWN BRADLEY | CHESAPEAKE, VA | $10,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ANA ELISE TATE | CHESAPEAKE, VA | $26,500 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ALEXANDER GUILSANO | CHESAPEAKE, VA | $11,500 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| MASON DAWN BRADLEY | CHESAPEAKE, VA | $11,500 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| WILLIAM DAY | CHESAPEAKE, VA | $3,500 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ANA ELISE TATE | CHESAPEAKE, VA | $26,500 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| JACKSON TATE | CHESAPEAKE, VA | $16,500 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ALEXANDER GUILSANO | CHESAPEAKE, VA | $10,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| CASSIDY OLIVER | CHESAPEAKE, VA | $3,500 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
EMMA JAMES SMITH
$39,866SCHOLARSHIP
ANNA DAY
$5,000SCHOLARSHIP
JOSIE DAY
$5,000SCHOLARSHIP
MIA GOODE
$5,000SCHOLARSHIP
EMMA JAMES SMITH
$32,500SCHOLARSHIP
ANA ELISE TATE
$17,000SCHOLARSHIP
MASON DAWN BRADLEY
SCHOLARSHIP
ANA ELISE TATE
$26,500SCHOLARSHIP
ALEXANDER GUILSANO
$11,500SCHOLARSHIP
MASON DAWN BRADLEY
$11,500SCHOLARSHIP
WILLIAM DAY
$3,500SCHOLARSHIP
ANA ELISE TATE
$26,500SCHOLARSHIP
JACKSON TATE
$16,500SCHOLARSHIP
ALEXANDER GUILSANO
$10,000SCHOLARSHIP
CASSIDY OLIVER
$3,500SCHOLARSHIP