Under their bills (H.R. 895 and S. 148), faith -
based scholarship organizations would be placed in the untenable position of only being able to participate if they agreed to award scholarships to students attending any private school, regardless of its religious affiliation or lack - thereof.
Not exact matches
Started in 1986, the James Beard Foundation is a New York
based national professional
organization named in honor of James Beard that serves to promote the culinary arts by honoring chefs, wine professionals, journalists, and cookbook authors at annual award ceremonies and providing
scholarships and educational initiatives to cooking hopefuls.
Once again this year, Chicago Neighbors Unitedhttp: / / chicnu.org /, a community
based organization which provides educational
scholarships to inner city youth, is happy to be the beneficiary.
CNU is a non-profit, community
based organization which provides educational
scholarships to inner city youth residing in the 27th Ward of Chicago and assists with various neighborhood programs throughout the year.
The Posse Foundation is a nonprofit
organization based in New York that gives
scholarships to diverse groups of students with strong leadership skills and sends them to selective colleges in «posses» of 10.
The
organization works with ALEC to write and promote education reform policies such as school grades, mandatory grad retention, high stakes testing, unmitigated charter growth, corporate tax
scholarships, competency
based education, personal learning accounts, virtual learning, tying student test scores to teacher evaluations, weakening teachers unions and attacking the constitutional authority of school boards.
ESAs are prorated
based on the academic quarter in which the student is deemed eligible for the ESA by a
scholarship - funding
organization.
Florida's new education savings account for students with special needs is
based on Arizona's highly popular program, but with a twist: nonprofit
scholarship organizations will administer the program rather than the state, though the accounts will still use public funds.
In the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice's latest research, The Achievement Checkup, I examined the long - term academic outcomes of one of the programs attempting to help low - income families beat the odds — The Children's
Scholarship Fund Baltimore (CSFB), an
organization that provides need -
based K - 8
scholarships to low - income families.
The
scholarship organizations that receive the donation tax - credit money have become an institutional
base for supporters and beneficiaries, and a mobilized political force.
While there are some federal
scholarships based on need, most states, colleges, and other private
organizations provide
scholarships based on merit.
Unlike grants, many
organizations usually award
scholarships based on merit, such as good grades or athletic excellence, rather than financial need.
Merit -
based scholarships are awarded by both schools and independent
organizations.
Many non-profits and trade
organizations offer
scholarships based upon volunteer experience, choice of major, ethnicity, geographic origin, and many other factors.
A vast number of both merit -
based and need -
based scholarships for medical students flow directly from universities and colleges rather than private
organizations.
Public Programs: The Fine Arts Museums» public programs engage the people of the Bay Area in community -
based arts and
scholarship through Friday Nights programming, special lectures, and public access to events with local artists, musicians, and featured arts
organizations.
The Bartlett Regional Hospital Foundation is an Alaska -
based health care
organization with
scholarship opportunities.
The Charlene and Shane Ventanilla Memorial
Scholarship has been established and funded by Cigna, to help those working for community
based non-profit
organizations and students studying in a related field, attend the live event or host a group webcast for $ 25.