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Here are all the resources you need for reporting on, or just finding out more, about Scholarship America. Recent news releases are at the top, and you can also jump down to download Annual Reports, Fact Sheets, logos and more.

Recent News
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2009-09-22
Scholarship America and Zinch.com Announce Strategic Partnership to Help Students And Families Navigate Their Way To College
Scholarship America is pleased to announce that we have forged an important relationship with Zinch.com, in support of America's youth. This relationship will link the services that both organizations currently provide, ensuring that more students and their families have access to more resources that will help them navigate their way to postsecondary programs.

2009-09-09
Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund Will Provide $8.4 Million to 9/11 Familiy Members & Relief Workers This School Year
The Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund announced on September 9 that it will provide $8.4 million in needs-based postsecondary scholarships to 520 eligible members of the 9/11 community for the 2009-2010 academic year.

More than $4.2 million has been distributed for the September 2009 semester; the remaining half will be dispersed in December for the semester beginning January 2010. Since the first awards in January 2002, the Families of Freedom Fund will, with this year's awards, have distributed more than $46.6 million to approximately 1,400 individuals.

2009-07-31
Scholarship America Announces Resignation of President
Scholarship America is bidding farewell to president & CEO Dr. Clifford L. Stanley, Major General, USMC (Retired). Dr. Stanley will be leaving Scholarship America effective July 31. The search for his successor will begin immediately; Board of Trustees Chair Mim Schreck will be serving as interim president through the search process.

In addition, Scholarship America is pleased to announce that it will award a scholarship in Dr. Stanley's name, in recognition of his five years of outstanding service. Visit our donation page to contribute, and download the news release to read more.

2009-07-28
Gisele A. Johnson and Eva M. Johnson Education Fund 2009 Awards Announced
The Gisele A. Johnson and Eva M. Johnson Education Fund presented ten awards this year to graduating seniors from Owatonna area high schools, distributing a total of $15,000 in scholarship money.

The Johnsons established the scholarship program in 1991 to help young people from Owatonna continue their postsecondary education. Since the Fund’s inception, more than $846,400 has been awarded to local students. The awards are a combination scholarship grant and loan, with the loaned portion remaining interest-free while the student is attending school.

This year’s recipients are Kayla Joachim from Claremont, Minn., and David Bulger, Amy Chatelaine, James Ebeling, Laurel Greiner, Kristi Hassing, Eric Muchow, Rebecca, Rasp, Laura Satterlund, and Alyssa Schutter from Owatonna, Minn.

2009-07-01
Scholarship America and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities Announce Strategic Partnership to Improve the Lives of Youth
Scholarship America and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities (BBBS) have forged an important partnership in support of Twin Cities' youth. This partnership will link the services that both organizations currently provide to youth, to assure that a greater number of Twin Cities students have access to a continuum of services that will help them succeed from elementary school through postsecondary education and beyond.

"This partnership is an important step in providing holistic services to youth as they make their way from secondary education to postsecondary education and beyond," says Dr. Clifford L. Stanley, President & CEO of Scholarship America. "Working together, we can assure that students understand that they, too, have access to postsecondary education."

2009-06-30
Scholarship America Recognizes Select Dollars for Scholars Volunteers with National Award
Scholarship America honored five Dollars for Scholars volunteers during fiscal year 2009 by presenting them each with the National Honor Roll award, which recognizes volunteers who are instrumental in successfully guiding the course of their local chapter in a significant and beneficial way.

Marie Landino from Woburn High School Scholarship Fund in Woburn, Mass. was selected to receive the Award in September 2008. Susan Nocella, Margaret Gagnon, and Lynn Ebrecht, also from Woburn High School Scholarship Fund, as well as Joan Bonsignore from Island Trees Dollars for Scholars in Levittown, NY, received the award in June 2009.

2009-05-08
Longtime Volunteer and Washington State Senator Ken Jacobsen Receives Community Hero Award
Northwest Dollars for Scholars® has selected Sen. Ken Jacobsen to receive the Northwest Dollars for Scholars Community Hero Award for his ongoing commitment to higher education. Randy Dorn, Superintendent of Public Instruction, will present the award at the Seventh Annual Light the Fire for Education Reception on May 21.

Jacobsen was instrumental in starting and developing Northwest Dollars for Scholars, a division of Scholarship America®. He also started the Community Scholarship Matching Grant Program, which provides $2,000 grants to 100 scholarship foundations each year.

2009-04-27
Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund Featured in New York Daily News
Clem Richardson's New York Daily News column "Educational Freedom for 9/11 Victims' Kin" features the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund, our fund dedicated to financially needy dependents of those killed or disabled on 9/11, and a profile of new Fund director Rhianna Quinn Roddy.

2009-03-16
Scholarship America Names Kit Briem Director, Major Gifts
Scholarship America is pleased to welcome Kit Briem to the position of Director, Major Gifts. Briem brings twenty years of nonprofit leadership experience to Scholarship America, most recently at the International Wolf Center.

"We're thrilled to have a seasoned major gifts executive who brings with her substantial leadership and advancement capabilities," said Jane Eastwood, Vice President, Advancement.

2009-02-03
Longtime Scholarship America Volunteer Honored by National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Morgan Odell, long-time volunteer and former Board member of Scholarship America, the nation’s largest non-profit, private-sector scholarship and educational support organization, was awarded the 23rd annual Henry Paley Memorial Award by the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the association’s national meeting in Washington, DC. The award recognizes individuals who have worked to advance educational opportunity in the United States.

2009-01-19
Scholarship America Founder Receives Award in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Scholarship America is proud to announce that its founder, Dr. Irving Fradkin, has received a Drum Major Award from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Drum Major Awards recognize two individuals or organizations annually that have made significant contributions toward realizing Dr. King's dream of equality, social justice, and peace and have answered Dr. King's 1968 call for citizens to be 'drum majors for justice.

2008-12-01
Scholarship America Names Rhianna Quinn Roddy Executive Director to Lead National Funds and Initiatives
Scholarship America, the nation's premier nonprofit scholarship and educational support organization, is pleased to announce that Rhianna Quinn Roddy has accepted the position as the organization's new Executive Director, National Designated Funds and Initiatives.

In her position, Ms. Quinn Roddy will have overall responsibility for the organization's designated funds and will have primary responsibility for strategic and managerial leadership of the over $100 million dollar Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund.

2008-11-28
The AT&T Foundation is just one of more than 1,200 scholarships managed by Scholarship America; we invite you to meet some of the recipients in the video below (courtesy of the AT&T Foundation):

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Quick Description:
Scholarship America (www.scholarshipamerica.org), the nation’s largest nonprofit, private-sector scholarship and educational support organization, has distributed more than $1.5 billion to more than 1.5 million students since its founding in 1958. Scholarship America has received five consecutive 4-Star ratings from Charity Navigator, earning a spot on its top ten “Hall of Fame” charity list and its list of top ten “Slam Dunk” charities in America.

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Related Links:

• ScholarshipAmerica.org: Our organization's homepage.
  
• Dollars for Scholars Regions: A list of our regional offices across the country.
  
• Scholarship Management Services: The Web site of our Scholarship Management Services division, which designs and administers scholarship programs for foundations, corporations and individuals.
  
• Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund: The fund, administered by Scholarship America, that provides scholarship aid to dependents of those who died or suffered debilitating injury in the 9/11 attacks and cleanup efforts.