Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation

UPDATE:
CSF has sent out all scholarship awards to the schools as well as emailed all of the bursars offices with lists of students, student IDs and scholarship amounts to be applied to each account. We ask you to please be patient with their offices as they are catching up on entering all their payments.

If you are a renewal scholarship recipient, completed all of your online renewal forms AND received an email from us informing you that you completed all of your forms and your school is telling you that they do not have your payment please contact our office at 513-345-6701. Thank you!!

We are incredibly grateful to be a partner with Tutor Teens in awarding their scholarships this year. These dedicated recipients have put in countless hours to help tutor kids in Cincinnati. Well deserved!

Congratulations to our 2024 Tutor Teens Scholarship Recipients!

Advanced Scholarship:
Gianna Volpano '24, Anderson High School Forest Hills School District
Megan Knapke '23, Saint Ursula Academy

Core Scholarship:
Elizabeth Hauser '24, Mason High School Mason City Schools
Aditi Kumar '24, Mason High School Mason City Schools
Devin Duncan '24, Fairfield High School, Fairfield City School District
Sana Sukhija '24, Walnut Hills High School, Cincinnati Public Schools

This is the first year we have been able to offer these scholarships! Thank you to Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation for managing the process. And to our supporters Accelerate, Main Street Ventures, Reds Community Fund, U.S. Presidential Scholars Foundation.

CSF is hard at work living out our mission by sending all of the Fall term scholarship awards to the colleges and universities. We want to make sure to get this done as soon as possible and we understand that you may have questions regarding your scholarship. Please email us at [email protected] and we will answer your questions as soon as we can. Thank you for your understanding.

We cannot be more happy for Kaitlin Minniefield for beginning her graduate program in Public Administration at Northern Kentucky University. She has grown so much in her role as Scholarship Program Specialist at Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation and it has been an honor to be part of her journey. We at CSF cannot wait to continue to witness her continued growth and contributions to CSF, NKU and to Greater Cincinnati!

Welcome Vanessa Kurtzer to the CSF team!

Vanessa serves as CSF’s Associate Director and is responsible for outreach and collaboration efforts with High Schools, Colleges, Universities, community non-profit partners and corporations. Her strengths are strategic relationship management, fundraising development and building donor relationships and has years of experience in the Greater Cincinnati community non-profit sector. She has a natural ability to connect with High School students and young adults. Vanessa is passionate in partnering with youth and helping them with see their full potential to thrive in either college, career of life. Outside of work, she enjoys being outside in nature, working out, spending time with her family.

Happy Pride Month from CSF! Join us tomorrow at Cincinnati Pride at Sawyer's Point on June 22, 2024!

The CSF Scholarship Application Deadline is just 1 day away! Submit your application today!

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The CSF Scholarship Application Deadline is just 2 days away! Submit your application today!

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CSF invites you to volunteer with us at this year's Cincinnati PRIDE on Saturday, June 22, 2024. We will meet at 10:30 AM at Sawyer Point where the PRIDE Festival begins. CSF will be providing CSF PRIDE T-shirts to all of our scholarship recipients, donors and friends who volunteer with us. Come help CSF support our LGBTQ+ community on June 22.

Interested? Email us at [email protected]

The CSF Scholarship Application Deadline is just 5 days away! Submit your application today!

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Happy Pride Month from CSF! Join us at Cincinnati Pride at Sawyer's Point on June 22, 2024!

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Come join the CSF Alumni Network for a night of celebration at our Graduation Party! The event will be held at 324 E 4th St, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202 2nd floor, on June 14, 2024 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, where we will honor our alumni and their achievements. It's a great opportunity to reconnect with old friends, make new ones, and celebrate the hard work that has led to this momentous occasion. Don't miss out on the fun, laughter, and memories that will be made at this special event. See you there!
RSVP by June 10, 2024!
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The CSF Scholarship Application Deadline is just 15 days away! Submit your application today!

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Meet Major McNeil who started the Major R. McNeil Scholarship Endowment!

From elementary school in the 1950s through high school graduation in Zanesville, Ohio, I never saw an African-American teacher or any other individual contributor to academic development within the school setting who actually looked like me. To me, that presented a serious problem that I wanted to impact.

In 1960, my sister Lois who was 10 months older than I, enrolled at Central State College, Wilberforce, Ohio with the intention of becoming the best teacher for all the students she served. This influenced my choice to become an educator.

Experiencing inequities in education, may either deform an individual or motivate the spirit to seek opportunities. Central State College was the nearest HBCU to where I lived, and its mear existence represented opportunity for me.

My high school English and History teachers, along with several caring community people who had not had an opportunity to attend college, joined with my parents; they were determined to leverage the access promised by the Central State experience for me. From that point forward, it’s been all about giving back and paying forward in the form of service. The value of service was further informed by my experiences as a teacher, coach, principal and Assistant Superintendent in the Cincinnati Public Schools.

The Major R. McNeil Scholarship Fund located at the Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation, has been a primary vehicle for paying service forward. This scholarship, created by Withrow High School students, Class of 1984,

continues to provide opportunities and financial support for Withrow High School student graduates who express an interest in furthering their formal education.

Therefore, my mantra:
Motivation- Opportunity- Access - Service

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Come join the CSF Alumni Network for a night of celebration at our Graduation Party! The event will be held at 324 E 4th St, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202 2nd floor, on June 14, 2024 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, where we will honor our alumni and their achievements. It's a great opportunity to reconnect with old friends, make new ones, and celebrate the hard work that has led to this momentous occasion. Don't miss out on the fun, laughter, and memories that will be made at this special event. See you there!

RSVP by June 10, 2024!
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Meet Lea Brinker who started the Lea Brinker STEM and Workforce Development Scholarship Fund!

I always wanted to be a teacher. I think this is due to the many wonderful teachers I had throughout my growing years. My first grade teacher told my parents that I was trying to teach the 2nd graders (we had a split class) how to read! Not that I remember that, but Sister Gabriel did! After years in Catholic schools, I ended up at Western Hills High School, which I think is where I was always meant to be. That experience changed me in so many positive ways. That’s why I’m trying to give back through scholarships I provide through the CSF. Thanks to all my colleagues and students who gave my life purpose and meaning.

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The CSF Scholarship Application Deadline is just one month away! Submit your application today!

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Mothers are the back bone of our families! CSF wishes you a Happy Mother's Day!

Meet Mike Finnegan who started the Mike Finnegan Health and Wellness Scholarship Fund at CSF!

My interest in teaching came to me my senior year of high school. I recall the poor quality of physical education I received and thought to myself if ever I get the opportunity I’m going to teach with such passion and commitment that all my students will be tended to the way they all deserve. After toiling to pay my way through 6 years of college at Kent State University I applied to the United States Peace Corps and was assigned to Niger West Africa. I learned to immerse myself in culture and teaching there and afterwards in Japan where I taught two years. Returning to the states I took my first teaching job with Cincinnati Public schools where I taught in Northside at Schwab Middle School for 14 years then when the opportunity opened to build a new fitness centered curriculum at Withrow High School I jumped at the challenge. Over the last 20 years we built an exemplary program that was cutting edge and progressive. I recall the decision to retire and I thought to myself what else can I give this profession I love so much. Teaching had filled my soul like no other it was truly the toughest job I’d ever loved. I decide to combine my love of serving and cycling by riding my bike across the United States from Santa Monica California to Washington DC and using that adventure to raise money for a legacy scholarship at Withrow High. That was life changing and icing on the cake as the Cincinnati community donated as I rode across this amazing country nearly $45,000 later I had the softest landing an educator could have ever asked for. Education has blessed and enriched my life beyond measure.

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Thank you Teachers! Happy Teacher Appreciation Week from the Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation!

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Meet CSF Board Member, Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, and History Professor at Northern Kentucky University, Dr. Eric R. Jackson!

Why do I teach? Teaching is my calling, a calling rooted in love, passion, and imagination. As a teacher on the college level for over thirty years, I see no end to improvement, no arrival, and no completion. I want to continue to be that teacher who, although being in the classroom for decades, still leaves each class session asking how the next time I teach that particular topic or subject, to better engage and inspire my students. As a history professor/teacher I also want my students to make connections. On the one hand, I want them to develop and articulate a clear and coherent historical narrative. More specifically, I want the students who enroll in my courses to make connections between events, people, and institutions as well as to understand the forces of “cause and effect” and “change over time.” Sometimes, the simplest teaching techniques are the best. Thus, I use charts, diagrams, artwork, short videos, etc. to show these various relationships. Also important in this area is that my students must routinely maintain a timeline on different levels just to connect the different events, topics, and people.

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College can be extremely stressful! More than 9 in 10 students who face academic challenges say that they affect their mental health.

CSF does all we can to support our recipients who may be faced with high levels of stress.

Help CSF Make the Difference by donating to a college student today!
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CSF invites you to march with us at this year's Cincinnati PRIDE Parade on Saturday, June 22, 2024. The parade starts at 11:00 AM until approximately 12:30 PM. We will meet at 10:30 AM Downtown Cincinnati and end at Sawyer Point where the PRIDE Festival begins. CSF will be providing CSF PRIDE T-shirts to all of our scholarship recipients, donors and friends who march with us. Come help CSF support our LGBTQ+ community on June 22.

Interested? Email us at [email protected]

Are you interested in attending college but you're not sure how you will pay for it? Apply to the Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation's 2024-2025 Scholarship Application! The deadline is June 15, 2024!

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Happy Earth Day from CSF!

Earth Day is celebrated yearly around the world to bring awareness to environmental causes, to educate others on the importance of creating a more sustainable planet, encourage advocacy, and to work towards the conservation of the planet's biodiversity!

Many thanks to long time Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation friend Courtis Fuller for interviewing me and CSF Board Member and University of Cincinnati’s Vice President of Student Enrollment,Jack Miner, about the FAFSA delays and tips we were able to provide to students! Thank you also to the amazing Leah Stewart, Vice President of Student Enrollment at Northern Kentucky University and CSF Board Member and Director of Financial Aid at Xavier University, Adrienne Montgomery, for working with CSF throughout this process so that we can continue to keep our applicants, donors and partners informed as well!

Let's Talk Cincy: Navigating college financial aid, preparing for retirement, and remembering beloved basketball coach Navigating college financial aid, preparing financially for retirement, and remembering a beloved local basketball coach who unexpectantly passed away.

Meet Colton! Colton is a current recipient of CSF, find out what CSF means to him!

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We have been working closely with our local university partners and monitoring the studentaid.gov website for updates pertaining to the FAFSA information that CSF has historically required. CSF wants to reassure all of our applicants that your scholarship eligibility will not be impacted due to issues with the FAFSA this year. We want you to focus on ending your school year strong! The CSF application deadline has been moved to 6/15.

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During the 1983 season, the Cincinnati Reds established the Johnny Bench Scholarship Fund to honor #5 upon his retirement as one of the greatest players in the team’s history. The Red’s desire was to create a perpetual remembrance of Johnny’s contributions to the Cincinnati community, The Southeastern portion of Ohio, and his hometown Binger, Oklahoma. The Fund is established with the Greater Cincinnati Foundation with the Fifth Third Bank serving as Trustee.

The Johnny Bench Scholarship Fund awards renewable scholarships to students who are residents of the Greater Cincinnati area or Binger, OK and who have actively participated in athletics throughout high school and are obtaining an associate’s or bachelor’s degree.

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As the semester quickly comes to an end consider donating to students in need through CSF! Every donation makes the difference for college students!

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