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Scholarship Endowments
Alexander Griffin worked for the Cincinnati Board of Education for 34 years. He and his wife, Helen Godfrey Griffin, had 12 children. Even though different family situations in their lives prevented Alexander and Helen from graduating high school, they knew the importance and value of a high school and college education. The Griffins stressed the importance of education to their children, friends and family.
In loving memory of their parents, the family of Mr. and Mrs. Griffin established the Alexander & Helen Griffin Memorial Scholarship Endowment to create an opportunity for young people who are graduates of the Cincinnati Public Schools system to continue to enrich their lives with a post-secondary education.
The Alexander and Helen Griffin Memorial Scholarship Endowment is awarded to a minority graduate of Cincinnati Public Schools or have obtained a GED.
Aries Newton was born and raised in the projects of the West End of Cincinnati. His mother received welfare assistance in raising Mr. Newton and his four sisters. When he neared completion of high school, he did not believe there would be any help in attending a college or university. He was able to receive a scholarship to the University of Cincinnati. Today, Mr. Newton would like to give back to the community with this scholarship to help young African American males and females attend college.
The Aries L. Newton Scholarship Endowment is awarded to an African American graduating senior within the Cincinnati Public Schools.
Charles and Mary Yeiser were tremendous philanthropists in Greater Cincinnati. They generously left a gift in their estate plans to establish the Charles F. and Mary Yeiser Scholarship Endowment for local student with financial need who go to college. Mr. Yeiser graduated from and was the Headmaster of Cincinnati Country Day School where the school continues to give out an annual award to 6th, 7th and 8th grade students. He earned his master’s degree from Xavier University. Mr. Yeiser was the director emeritus on the Cincinnati Symphony Board of Directors and he and his wife, Mary, endowed the CSO principal French Horn Chair. Both Mr. and Mrs. Yeiser are deceased, but their legacy continues through their scholarship endowment at CSF.
The Charles F. and Mary Yeiser Scholarship Endowment is awarded to a graduating senior from the Greater Cincinnati Area or an existing college student.
Christopher Mayer lived a life that was full and a life that was ended too soon. Chris was a devoted husband to his wife, Jenny, and to his three children, Daniel, Caroline and Elizabeth. He was born and raised in Cincinnati, OH where he was an alumnus of Archbishop Moeller High School (Class of 1994) and of the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati (Class of 1999). For 16 years, Chris was an exceptional engineer, manager and mentor at Proctor and Gamble. Chris’ family established this scholarship endowment to celebrate Chris’ life and to honor his remembrance. This scholarship endowment will assist students who have lost a parent and who need financial assistance to attend college.
The Christopher Mayer Memorial Scholarship Endowment is awarded to students who’s parent(s) became deceased before the applicant graduated High School. The student should also be a resident of the Greater Cincinnati Area.
Christopher Todd Grant lived a full life for a 12-year-old boy. However, his life ended way too soon. Chris was a talented soccer enthusiast and he played in the Northern Kentucky Soccer League. Family friends, Kathleen and Jerry Kern, assisted in establishing the Christopher Todd Grant Memorial Scholarship Endowment to celebrate Chris’ life, his remembrance and his love of all things “soccer”.
The Christopher Todd Grant Memorial Scholarship Endowment is awarded to a grdauating senior from Northern Kentucky. The student should have played organized soccer in grade and/or high school.
This scholarship was established at CSF August 26, 1992 through a gift from husband, Howard Wacksman, in memory of Dee. It was expected to be set up as an endowment to go specifically for a student who will be or currently is studying in a qualifying bachelor’s theatre program.
The Dee Wacksman Memorial Scholarship Endowment is awarded to a student who is enrolled in a qualifying Bachelor’s of theatre program.
The donor to this fund wishes to honor her late father who was a graduate of Withrow High School in Cincinnati, OH. The purpose of this scholarship is to provide opportunities for graduates of Withrow High School who wish to attend a non-proprietary two-year or four-year college and are seeking careers in nursing or education.
The Else and Adele Raschig Scholarship Endowment is awarded to a student who is pursuing a degree in Education.
Throughout his tenure as a Judge of Hamilton County Juvenile Court, Judge Benjamin Schwartz sought to aid ad inspire young people who were brought before him to take maximum advantage of and to expand their educational opportunities as a means forward improving their circumstances. He continually sought financial support for those individuals who he considered to be worthy and capable of accepting the advantage of available opportunities.
The Judge Benjamin S. Schwartz Memorial Scholarship Endowment is awarded to a resident of Hamilton College who has successfully completed the Hillcrest Training School Program through the aftercare process and has graduated High School or obtained their GED.
The Louis B. Zapoleon Scholarship Endowment was established in 1969 by Marguerite Wykoff Zapoleon in memory of her husband. Mr. Zapoleon’ s career included serving as an economist for the Federal Government, college professor and author. He also was an expert chess player. Louis and Marguerite met at the Brookings Institute in Washington D.C. and later married. Marguerite was a native Cincinnatian who graduated from Walnut Hills High School and held two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Cincinnati in liberal arts and the other in commercial engineering. Marguerite was involved in education and became the first woman to serve on the Guidance Services Division of the U.S. Board of Education during WW II. Clearly the Zapoleons had a passion for education which is why Marguerite established this scholarship. Mrs. Zapoleon passed away in 2003.
The Louis B. Zapoleon Memorial Scholarship Endowment is awarded to a high school graduate in the Greater Cincinnati area majoring in the field of Education.
Mr. Henry Woolfolk established a scholarship endowment at the Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation in memory of his late parents, Lucian B. and Theodosia B. Woolfolk. Lucian Woolfolk retired from his career in Cincinnati and had a sincere interest in assisting in the education of students who have financial need.
The Lucian B. and Theodosia B. Woolfolk Memorial Scholarship Endowment must be a graduate from the Hamilton County Schools. The recipient must enter a program that leads to a trade certification, associate, or bachelor’s degree at a school, university, or college in the Greater Cincinnati Area.
Created in the spirit of one of Cincinnati’s most innovative educators, business and community leaders, the mission of the Major R. McNeil Scholarship Fund is to promote professional development for high school students who seek to carry on his legacy, which is driven by the philosophy of passion, service and impact.
The Major R. McNeil Scholarship Endowment is awarded to an African American Student graduating from Withrow High School in Cincinnati, Ohio.
To generations of listeners and viewers, he was the gregarious Pat Barry. Barry Tingley Jr. adopted his alter-ego, Pat Barry, when he began his broadcasting career in 1968 in his hometown of Springfield, OH. Mr. Barry spent over five decades on radio and television in OH, locally at Q-102 FM and WLWT-TV. Throughout his life, Mr. Barry mentored and helped young people. The Pat Barry Memorial Scholarship Endowment was established to continue his efforts and his remembrance.
The Pat Barry Memorial Scholarship Endowment is awarded to a resident of the Greater Cincinnati area or a resident of Springfield, Oh who plans to attend a university in the Greater Cincinnati area majoring in communications, the arts and/or music. This student should display community service through volunteer work.
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The Colerain Township Business Association (CTBA) is an organization of businesses in the Colerain Township area that represents the business community to specific governmental agencies. It works on community projects, addresses the needs of the business community and provides educational experiences for members of the business community. In 1997 the CTBA began fundraising for a Scholarship Endowment Fund. In 2015 it merged with the Colerain Chamber of Commerce and the work continued to provide funding for the students who reside or attend schools in Colerain Township.
The Purpose of the Scholarship Fund is to assist those students who desire to pursue undergraduate degrees from a college or university and have displayed both academic and community-minded credentials during their high school years and are in need of financial help to begin their education at the college or university level.
The Scholarship Endowment for Students of Colerain Township is awarded to a graduating senior of Colerain High School or Northwest High School.
Scholarship Funds
The Advertising Club of Cincinnati was created to provide financial support for undergraduate students pursuing a degree in the marketing communications field. There are two scholarships: one for those attending an accredited non-proprietary two-year college pursuing a marketing communications degree and one for those attending an accredited non-proprietary four-year college pursuing a marketing communications degree.
The Advertising Club Of Cincinnati Scholarship Fund is awarded to a student attending Cincinnati State Community & Technical College, Gateway Community & Technical College, and the Art Academy of Cincinnati and must be entering their final year of studying the fields of marketing, advertising, and communications.
Amy (Turck) Weiss passed away in November 2019, at the age of 51. Amy was born and raised in Cincinnati and graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in accounting. She spent her early twenties working overseas where she met the love of her life, Doug Weiss. They were married in Cincinnati then lived in Hawaii, San Francisco, and Boston before moving to Philadelphia, where they had three daughters. The family then settled in Cincinnati where Amy devoted her life to raising her three girls. Amy cherished her family and enjoyed every moment with them. She was a friend to everyone she met, and her smile ;would light up the room.
Amy was very active volunteering in her community and with the Girl Scouts of America. Amy was a Girl Scout growing up, then became a Girl Scout leader for all three of her daughter’s troops. She was also a generous mentor to other Girl Scout leaders in the community. Service to others was very important to Amy – it was a central part of the activities she organized for her Girl Scout troops, and for herself. She loved traveling abroad and sharing the world with her daughters and husband. She always enjoyed being outdoors hiking, biking, paddle boarding, or doing any activity that would connect her with nature.
The Amy Weiss Memorial Scholarship has been established to honor Amy’s life and her commitment to service and the Girl Scout community.
The Amy Weiss Memorial Scholarship Fund is awarded to a current or former Girl Scout from the Greater Cincinnati Area.
Anna Belle Fields was born in Columbus, OH on January 14, 1915. She lost her mother at the tender age of two and was adopted by her mother’s sister who raised her until she married the late Karl William Fields Sr., who was a wounded in Italy during World War II. They have four children (William, Karl II, Pamela and Paula). Mrs. Fields lived a life of service, beginning with her passion for nursing. After graduating from practical nursing school in Chicago, she went to work for Mt. Carmel Hospital in Columbus, OH. She was recruited as one of few black nurses into the U.S. Army- 31st Women’s Army Corps (W.A.C.) Division, where she served in the first black Army Corp Unit, initiated by the late Ms. Mary McLeod Bethune under President Theodore Roosevelt. Mrs. Fields served as a surgical technician working with amputees from 1942 through 1945 at Thomas M. England General Hospital in Atlantic City, New Jersey, which received war casualties from Europe and North Africa.
After being honorably discharged, she continued to work in the nursing field for an additional 25 years primarily caring for patients younger than herself. Mrs. Fields made (and continues to make) an impact on every life she has touched. She has always taught her family to serve those in need in any way they can. Through her daughters and granddaughters her legacy of servanthood, laughter and love live on.
The Anna Belle Fields Scholarship Fund is awarded to a non traditional, first generation student who graduated from a high school in the Greater Cincinnati area.
William James “Bill” Kraus (June 26, 1947- January 11, 1986) was born in Fort Mitchell, KY, and graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1965. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in History at the Ohio State University.
Bill moved to San Francisco in 1976 where he worked for and with Harvey Milk who rose from Castro Street camera store owner and organizer to City Supervisor. Milk was one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States, if not the world over, until his assassination in 1978. Bill continued his work with San Francisco City Council and later with the US Congress as an aid to Representatives Phillip and Sala Burton.
Bill’s leadership critical during the 1980’s AidS crisis as he advocated for funding at the national level for AIDS research. Tragically, Bill died of AIDS himself in 1986 at the young age of 38.
Bill was a central character in Randy Shilts’ And the Band Played on, a book (19787) and movie (1993) that tells the story of the AIDS crisis and the incredible political challenges of securing funding from the Regan administration to find a cure or at least slow the progress of the disease. Sandy Shilts and many others maintain that homophobia was the reason so many people were allowed to die of this terrible new disease. It took years for adequate funding to be made available for the neccesssary research to even discover the cause of so many dying of this new disease, let alone creating funding towards a cure. Our country and our country and our world owe a huge thanks to Bill Kraus and many courageous voices for standing up for people who were dying of a terribly frightening new disease that, at the time, was difficult to even ascertain.
More than 65,000 people have died of HIV/AIDS in the United States. More than 1 million people live with the disease today. According to the World Health Association, more than 39 million people worldwide have died of HIV/AIDS since the epidemic began, perhaps in 1976.
The Bill Kraus (St. Xavier ’65) Memorial Scholarship Fund is awarded to a graduating senior of St. Xavier High School.
The Black Achievers’ mission is to connect, educate and economically empower the black community. The purpose of this scholarship is to provide opportunities for African American high school students to obtain a two- or four-year degree.
Carespring has twelve Life Plan communities for older adults in the Cincinnati/ Dayton OH areas and five in Northern Kentucky. Carespring established this scholarship not only to offer their employees and their children the opportunity for a higher education but to encourage them to choose careers in fields that are needed in Life Plan communities.
The Carespring Hero Scholarship Fund is awarded to a current Carespring of Carespring affiliate employee or an unmarried child or step child of a current employee.
Carol Schroeder is passionate about our Cincinnati Zoo and its programs, including the Zoo Academy. The Zoo Academy has been a part of the Cincinnati Public School System since 1975 and in conjunction with the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden provides classes that prepare students for leadership roles in areas of plant and animal care, conservation and environmental science. Ms. Schroeder created this scholarship to support students who successfully complete The Cincinnati Zoo Academy and are pursuing a degree in a field related to plant or animal sciences.
Shirley Marts was a very bright high school student whose teachers spoke to her parents with the opinion that she should go on to college. But her parents were unable to pay for college. Shirley matriculated at the University of Cincinnati through the assistance of others and went on to have a very successful career with Proctor and Gamble.
As a result of having been blessed with the opportunity to get a college degree, Shirley chose to be a blessing to others by virtue of setting up a scholarship fund with her entire estate. The Scholarship Fund is meant to benefit others in the same way as Shirley was benefited and is intended to have a very favorable impact on individual’s lives fora very long time.
The Cassie (Rowe) Kyle and Elmer E. Kyle Scholarship Fund by Shirley Kyle Marts is awarded to a student who has been a member or parents have been a member of HPCUMC for at least 4 years and has been active in the church.
Chris and Deatria Godley, both entrepreneurs, know first-hand the challenges that are presented to students who have limited financial resources and aspire to obtain a higher education.
Chris, while being raised on a farm by his grandparents in Washington, NC, was taught the value of hard work, respect and the importance and benefits of obtaining a college education. Although there were limited resources available in their household and neither of his grandparents completed high school, they instilled the importance of education in all eight of their children, including Chris. Of their eight children, six have college degrees.
Deatria, along with her three sisters, was raised by a single mother in Cincinnati OH. She also grew up learning the importance of higher learning and with the help of the Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation’s annual scholarship award, she became a first-generation college graduate in her family.
Both Chris and Deatria’s experiences as young adults, working full-time jobs, while going to college further instilled in them their desire to be able to give back to students who faced similar challenges as they did. Now they would like to create the opportunity to assist other underserved minority students to achieve their goals of obtaining a college education as well.
The Christopher O. and Deatria Scholarship Fund is awarded a minority student who is majoring in the STEAM field of science.
Clara Lee Miller retired as a student counselor from the School of Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, OH. During her career, she also provided student counseling at by DePauw University, Indiana University and Woodward High School. After her retirement, Clara Lee instituted a program called STP which assisted children residing in the inner city of Cincinnati with tutoring, field trips, life coaching and other experiential-learning activities.
During the late 1980’s, she became personally involved with the Findlay Street Neighborhood House (FSNH). With Clara’s help, this outreach program quickly grew into providing programs for the children at FSNH during summer breaks and food and presents for FSNH families during the holidays. The original once-weekly delivery of baked goods to FSNH donated by Kroger has now grown into deliveries of about 4,000 pounds of donated food from Kroger and local stores each month, helping 430 families in the neighborhood.
The Clara Kee Miller Scholarship Fund is awarded to student studying Social Work, Mental Health, Arts, or Education.
Cleo and Leroy Steagall were the proud parents of four daughters, all of whom graduated from Cincinnati Public Schools. Education was a major priority in their household. Cleo and Leroy’s love for education inspired their daughters to attend and excel at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and become educators in the Cincinnati Public School District. This scholarship was created in order to continue the Steagall Family legacy by inspiring Cincinnati students to attend HBCUs.
The Cleo and Leroy Stegall Family Scholarship Fund is awarded to a graduate from Woodard High School and will be attending an Historically Black College or University
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On May 23, 1985 a statewide tribute was held at Kings Island Amusement Park to honor a great legislator and an outstanding Ohioan, Corwin M. Nixon. This was not a political fundraiser but a true bi-partisan tribute inspired out of deep respect and admiration that was held for this outstanding American.
Courtis Fuller established this scholarship to provide assistance to students wishing to pursue a career in journalism. Mr. Fuller, a veteran Journalist since 1980 and a community advocate, was raised in an urban Pittsburgh by a single mother who worked hard to provide the same opportunities for students needing scholarship assistance.
The Courtis Fuller Journalism Scholarship Fund is awarded to a graduate of the Cincinnati Public Schools or a GED recipient studying journalism.
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Greater Cincinnati Scholarship Association Funds
Funds held at Greater Cincinnati Foundation and Administered by Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation
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