The Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation, by establishing and augmenting Special Scholarship Endowment funds, continues Mrs. Newcombe’s interest in helping students complete degrees in higher education. The Foundation awards grants to selected institutions, not to individual students. Each funded institution selects scholarship recipients and administers the scholarship program according to institutional and Foundation policies.
Similar to the endowed funds established through the Foundation’s programs for Mature Women Students and Students with Disabilities, each Special Scholarship Endowment grant awarded by the Foundation is matched through the efforts of the institution. The students who benefit are from a specified economically disadvantaged population that the institution serves.
As of fall 2009, eighteen colleges and universities maintained special Newcombe-endowed scholarship funds with a combined market value of just over $6 million. Since their inception, these funds have generated nearly $2.8 million for Newcombe Scholarships at these institutions. During 2008-09 alone, these funds generated well over $250,000.
Special Scholarship Endowment grant recipients:
No new grants were awarded in
this program for 2009-10.