COMMUNITY, HOPE AND SUPPORT FOR OUR FUTURE. Hartford Foundation Scholarship Program 2018 Scholarship Recipients Together for Good.® We live in a community that could UNTIL benefit from change. WE GET The statistics on the following pages paint a stark picture about the state of higher education in Greater Hartford. Continuing education is critical to future economic security. EQUALITY IN But the cost of that education continues to exceed the resources of many of our students, particularly students of color, those with lower family incomes, and those living EDUCATION, in specific neighborhoods. WE WON'T Still, I see many reasons to hope. More of our students are continuing their education, HAVE AN JAY WILLIAMS particularly those students from lower-opportunity President neighborhoods. Assistance, through scholarships Hartford Foundation and wrap-around programs, can make a measurable EQUAL for Public Giving difference. The Foundation is fortunate to work with individuals and organizations that generously give time and financial support to scholarship programs. Their SOCIETY. steadfast generosity allows the Foundation to innovate, such as through the Community College Scholarship Endowment Fund which helps students often overlooked by traditional scholarships—those attending two-year — SONIA SOTOMAYOR schools, and those transferring to four-year schools. Consider yourself invited to join us on this lifelong journey of learning. Dream big. Challenge yourself, your neighbors and us as we put philanthropy into action. 02 Why Scholarships Matter 24 Community College Scholarship Program 04 Dr. Robert J. Patterson: 25 Graduate School Scholarships Opportunities Matter 26 Colleges and Universities 08 Creating a Scholarship Fund at the Hartford Foundation 28 Donors to Scholarship Funds 10 Individual Scholarship Funds 31 Volunteer Scholarship Committee 16 College Scholarship Program WHY SCHOLARSHIPS MATTER RATE OF INCREASE Students from very low income Weekly earnings for full-time wage and Students’ receipt of (since 1973, adjusted for inflation) households spend twice as high salary workers 25 years old and older: financial aid, such a share of their family income to as scholarships, can attend a 4-year public institution Bachelor’s High school increase college Public college tuition: +274% compared to students from high Degree: diploma: enrollment and positive income households. $1,173 $712 academic outcomes. (Institute for College Access and Success 2014-15) (Dynarski and Scott-Clayton 2013, Top 1% household (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017) and others) income: +170% One third of Hartford Public Median household Princesse Harmon Schools seniors make it to the and Bryan Richiez income: +7% nd are both graduates 2 year of college. of the Academy of Aerospace (HFPG analysis of EdSight and National Student (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 2016, College Board 2017) Clearinghouse 2015 data) and Engineering. Students graduating from Black and high school in the Greater White Latino students Hartford Region who students ONE FIFTH DO NOT ATTEND COLLEGE: ONE THIRD (HFPG analysis of EdSight and National Student Clearinghouse 2015 data) Completion rate among students Unmet financial need increases the need for students to seek employment in Connecticut who started in BLACK WHITE while attending college, which can negatively impact academic performance. STUDENTS STUDENTS four-year colleges: 33% 71% (Work Less, Study More, and Succeed 2009) (2018 Common Data Project) 2 For a full list of sources, please visit hfpg.org/scholarshipreport 3 In 1998, a young Hartford resident named Robert Patterson became a Hartford Foundation scholarship recipient. He used his award to help fund his studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He went on to earn his Ph.D. from Emory University and to become the inaugural Chair of African American Studies at his undergraduate alma mater. Two decades after first receiving his scholarhip, DR. ROBERT J. PATTERSON: Dr. Patterson addressed the Hartford Foundation’s 2018 Scholarship Program recipients about the role his award played in his life's pursuits. In his OPPORTUNITIES experience, that scholarship represented more than help with tuition. It acknowledged the importance MATTER of community, investing in the future, and an understanding of the privilege of higher education and the access it makes available. “While education provides one with the skills and knowledge to execute jobs and professions responsibly, it also equips us with the necessary tools to think critically, to ask questions, to accept and reject information, and to offer innovative solutions to long-standing and seemingly impenetrable problems.” Dr. Robert J. Patterson, keynote speaker at the 2018 Hartford Foundation Scholarship Reception. 4 5 LIFE DOES NOT TURN OUT HOW WE IMAGINE, THOUGH THAT FACT SHOULD NEVER LIMIT THE POWER OF IMAGINATION. — DR. ROBERT J. PATTERSON Dr. Patterson with fellow Hartford Foundation Glastonbury High School 2018 Scholarship Reception scholarship recipients. Dr. Patterson recognizes the value of these Innovative thinking transforms communities opportunities and continues the mission and individuals, eradicates systems of of philanthropy by establishing the inequality and privilege, and offers new Robert J. Patterson Scholarship Fund ways of imagining and experiencing the through the Hartford Foundation. This world. Dr. Patterson asserts that these scholarship will be available to Hartford principles are at the heart of a just future. residents who intend to major in African American Studies, the Humanities, and/or Social Justice. 6 7 Zyaire Oliver, a graduate of A. I. Prince Technical High School, received an award Because of our donors’ generosity, last year the Hartford Foundation from the Antoinette Shippen Mason Scholarship and awarded more than $1.45 million in support of college scholarships the W. Philip Braender and Nancy Coleman Braender to more than 625 traditional-aged students and adult learners at Scholarship funds. four-year and two-year colleges, as well as graduate school. There are three ways you can make a substantial impact on area students through the Hartford Foundation: 1. With a gift of $50,000 you can create an Individual Scholarship Fund and name specific selection criteria for your scholar. The Foundation can help you decide how to participate in reviewing potential recipients. We will also handle scholarship distributions and renewal applications, and help you communicate with your scholar if you choose. 2. You can contribute any amount to the Hartford Foundation’s General Scholarship Endowment Fund or create a named fund with a gift of $10,000 or more. Contributions are invested in our broadly diversified portfolio and the Fund makes four-year scholarship awards—currently of $3,000—to residents of Greater Hartford. ABOUT THE HARTFORD FOUNDATION 3. You can contribute any amount to the Community College Scholarship Endowment Fund or create a named fund with a gift of $10,000 or more. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Contributions are invested in our broadly diversified portfolio and the fund makes three-year scholarship awards of increasing amounts. Currently, the awards are for graduating high school seniors or adult learners attending a community college within the Greater Hartford region. Our scholarship funds were created by people and organizations of all types Many of the scholarships for traditional-aged students are renewable, enabling students and from all across Greater Hartford. Although their situations vary greatly, to receive significant support for each of their years in college as long as they maintain they all share one motivation—to help students afford a college education. a good academic record. Moreover, these funds are endowed, which means that the Hartford Foundation can continue to award scholarships to area students. 9 Natalie Guerrero is attending Goodwin College with an award from the Town and County Club This list includes students who have received first-time awards as of August 30, 2018 Fund Scholarship. for the 2018-2019 academic year. Joyce and Philip Lebbeus F. Bissell Rachel Saal Acquaviva Fund Scholarship William H. Hall High School Scholarship Kathryn Somosky Nathan MacDonald Glastonbury High School Aiyanna Coulter Rockville High School William H. Hall High School Lindsey Montminy Patricia L. Coombs Vanessa Goodman Rockville High School Scholarship Conard High School Tin Nguyen Calina Barnum Shadesse McCrae Ellington High School University of Hartford A. I. Prince Technical Shane Tourtelotte High School Rockville High School Phyllis Kosiorek Miranda Mertes Cordner and Roy R. David T. Black Memorial William H. Hall High School Cordner Scholarship Scholarship Sreenidhi Nair Tasnim Ahmed William H. Hall High School Michael Baril Manchester High School William H. Hall High School Eric Amenabar Kierrah Harris Tiernan Posse Memorial Scholarship East Catholic High School Franklin and Marshall College Hamda Khan u Quy T J. Leo Bodo Rockville High School East Hartford High School Scholarship Zachary Kopiec Brian A. Aselton East Catholic High School Larda Yottivong Memorial Scholarship Matthew Kropp Killingly High School Manchester High School Allison Camp Donald and Dorothy Ashley Markunas Rockville High School Bonelli Puerto Rockville High School Kevin Rodriguez Oblitas Rican Education Fund Evgeny Medvedev FIRST-TIME RECIPIENTS FROM Manchester Community Scholarship East Catholic High School College Emily Potvin Alison Ramirez-Cahuana INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARSHIP