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This scholarship was established to honor the memory of Adam Broock, a graduate of Oakwood High School. Adam was a popul…
The Charles and Pat Meadows Scholarship Fund was established to honor Charles who believed that education was the key to…
The Colbert Family Scholarship was established in 2018 to award a scholarship to a graduating senior from Dayton Public…
The DeLoris L. Winslow Scholarship for Community Excellence was established in 2013 to support Clark and Montgomery Coun…
The Doris H. Wilson Scholarship was established in 1997 for graduating Montgomery County high school seniors who plan to…
The Dr. Yvonne Walker-Taylor Women for Women Scholarship was established in honor and memory of Dr. Yvonne Walker-Taylor…
The Gerry E. Griffith, Sr., Scholarship is a four-year scholarship designed to stimulate interest in the field of educat…
The Hazel Carter Scott Scholarship was established in 2006 to provide scholarships for graduating high school African-Am…
This scholarship was created in 2021 in memory of Idotha Bootsie Neal. In 1991, she was elected as the first African-Ame…
The Major John F. Harris, Jr., Memorial Scholarship Fund was established to financially assist JROTC graduates within Da…
The Paul R. and Frieda M. Miller Memorial Scholarship Fund awards scholarships to African-American residents of Montgome…
Born in the South in the early 1900s, Pearl Dale experienced firsthand the barriers that African-Americans of her genera…
The Professor Ennis and Alma Warrick Memorial Scholarship was established in 2017 by Warrick Barrett in honor of his gra…
The Robert S. Early Memorial Youth Scholarship was established in 2017 and is sponsored by the Roosevelt High School Cla…
The Scott Neal Simpson Scholarship was established in 1999 to memorialize this gifted athlete and scholar by furnishing…
Born in 1930, Thyrsa Frazier Svager achieved what few African-American women of her generation have in the field of educ…
The Wahid Abdullah Memorial Scholarship was established in 1997 to honor the memory of Wahid Abdullah, a 17-year-old aca…
As an African-American growing up in 1920s, Waverly Glover knew the importance of getting an education. After serving in…
The William A. Lumpkin Endowed Scholarship was created by Mr. Lumpkin in 2019 to enhance opportunities for higher educat…
The Yokley-Gamblin Scholarship was established in 2019 for the exclusive purpose of assisting underrepresented ethnic mi…
The legendary C. J. McLin, Jr., was one of Ohio's most influential politicians. He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois,…
Alberta Fann Warford, an entrepreneur, successful businesswoman, devoted educator and cherished member of the Dayton Cit…
The AIA Dayton Architecture Scholarship Fund of The Dayton Foundation was established to encourage and assist students g…
The Aleksandar Svager Master’s Degree Scholarship Fund was established to help minority physics majors earn a mast…
The Aleksandar Svager Scholarship Fund was established to help minority physics majors earn a degree at a four-year coll…
This scholarship, established in 2016, supports female graduating seniors from Dayton Public Schools who plan to pursue…
The Alleen O. McCoy Memorial Scholarship was established in 2024 by the family of Alleen McCoy as a means honor the rema…
The Allen Family Scholarship was established in 2021 in honor of William and Rose Allen. Born in 1930, William "Bill" Al…
The Allen York Masonry Scholarship, named in honor of this Northridge High School graduate, and skilled tradesman, was e…
Kay Webster was the 2016-2018 president of the Altrusa Club of Dayton, who passed away suddenly in November of 2018. For…
Ruth Richardson was an educator and a counselor who inspired her students throughout her career with Dayton Public Schoo…
The Basil F. Blizzard, IV Memorial Scholarship Fund of The Dayton Foundation was established in 1999 to praise excellenc…
The Beachler Family created this scholarship to help students from Northmont High School pursue a degree in business adm…
This scholarship was established in 2018 by Belmont High School alumni in the graduating classes of 1958, 1959, and 1960…
As a lifelong public school teacher and creator of community, especially for FOLX who were traditionally marginalized, B…
This merit-based scholarship was established in 1997 in memory of Betsy Pence. Betsy graduated with honors in 1996 from…
This scholarship was established in 2014 memory of Bianca Bepler by her grandparents, Rick and Linda Bepler. Bianca grad…
This scholarship was established in 2025 in memory of Brenda Walker and her parents, Charles and Judith Menker. Applican…
The Brightwell Family Memorial Scholarship Fund of The Dayton Foundation was established in 1999 by the family of Thomas…
This scholarship was established in 1994 by Hadley and Helen Bryant Hill in honor of Albert Gruening, a baker from Germa…
This scholarship is given in honor of Mr. Dale Creamer for his twenty-two years of service to Brookville Local Schools a…
Dr. Mark W. Howett was a veterinarian in Brookville, Ohio, for 60 years. He graduated from The Ohio State University Sch…
Paul and Kathryn Clark moved to Brookville in 1960 where they owned and operated the Brookville Pharmacy from 1960-1985.…
Paul and Kathryn Clark moved to Brookville in 1960, where they owned and operated the Brookville Pharmacy from 1960 to 1…
Peter Camm was a French teach and theater director, among other roles, for The Miami Valley School from 1982 to 2018. He…
The Cecilia Hollis Memorial Scholarship was established in 1995 to assist students majoring in an engineering, technolog…
The Charles A., Dhel L., and Katherine Funkhouser Memorial Scholarship was established by Jeanne Funkhouser-Reeder, with…
The Charles H. and Jayne Black Scholarship was established to assist individuals to further their studies at a two- or f…
