Lieutenant Colonel Orville O Bill Munson Scholarship Fund
The organization is a private foundation dedicated to providing scholarships primarily for graduating seniors from Wessington Springs High School in South Dakota. Its mission focuses on supporting youth development and education, as evidenced by its funding of unrestricted grants aimed at helping students pursue their educational goals. The foundation operates with a commitment to assist young individuals in their academic endeavors, ensuring they maintain a passing average and provide periodic proof of their academic progress. While it is based in Oklahoma, its philanthropic efforts are concentrated in South Dakota.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A graduating senior from Wessington Springs High School seeking a modest individual scholarship and able to submit the standard form via the school administrator.
Good Fit
- • Graduating senior at Wessington Springs High School
- • Application completed and forwarded by the school administrator by Jan 31
- • Can document enrollment and maintain passing grades per the stated restrictions
- • Request size in the typical $1,000–$4,000 scholarship range
- • Willingness to comply with the 36-month scholarship limit and reporting requirements
Geography
Giving is tightly geographically concentrated: all grants observed in the latest year went to recipients in South Dakota (the foundation itself is registered in Oklahoma), with only one out-of-state exception in earlier years.
Recipient Variety
The funder supports multiple distinct individual scholarship recipients each year (8 recipients in 2022, 7 in 2023, 5 in 2024) and shows a mix of returning and new awardees, indicating a moderate breadth of recipients for a small private foundation.
New Applicants
There is an explicit application route (standard form submitted via the school administrator with a Jan 31 deadline) and observed new recipients in the latest year, so unfamiliar but eligible applicants from the named school appear likely to access the program; however the pool is narrowly defined to that school.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
