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Thank you for your interest in establishing a scholarship fund here at Henry Ford College.

HFC attracts gifted students from all backgrounds. They bring with them a wide range of experiences and viewpoints that make HFC one of Michigan’s best and most affordable colleges. When you establish a Scholarship Fund for HFC students, you are investing in a brighter future for all by enabling deserving, talented students to expand their knowledge and gain the skills that will empower them to thrive and create a better tomorrow.

The Henry Ford College Foundation can guide you through each step in establishing an annual or endowed scholarship.

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Endowed Scholarship

An endowed scholarship is a meaningful, permanent way to honor or memorialize someone or something important to you. In an endowed scholarship, the beginning and future principal remains intact in perpetuity. Your gift is invested, earnings from the invested funds (typically 3-5% based on HFC guidelines) yield an annual award used for the scholarship.

The minimum to establish an endowed scholarship is $10,000, which can be gifted over a one- to three-year period. Like an annual scholarship, you can name the endowed scholarship and determine the recipient selection criteria. Also, the HFC Foundation will administer the scholarship and provide you an annual report detailing how your invested endowment performed and how the awarded scholarships helped students.

The first scholarship awarded from your endowment would be distributed in the following academic year.

To create a scholarship, you should consider the following:

Type: What type of scholarship will this be, an Annual Scholarship (funded each year, $500 minimum investment) or an Endowed Scholarship (minimum $10,000 investment)?

Name your scholarship: Naming the scholarship fund is very important. You can give it a general name, your name or name the scholarship in tribute to a loved one or special individual.

Purpose: Decide for what purpose(s) students who receive your scholarship may use the funds. Students often seek scholarships to help cover tuition and fees. They often seek scholarships to help with purchasing textbooks, laptops, transportation, as well as paying for room and board.

Which student(s) would you like to help: Which student(s) do you want to award your scholarship funds to? If you are uncertain, here are a few examples. You could choose to award a scholarship to one or more students who:

• demonstrate financial need;
• have an outstanding academic record;
• are of a certain culture;
• enroll in courses or programs that have a special meaning to you or your family;
• attend college full-time or part-time;
• want to enter a specific career field or skilled trade;
• are just starting or finishing their college education; or
• have a disability requiring additional funds to help them to fully engage in their college experience

Funding: After you determine the amount of funding you wish to place in your annual or endowed scholarship, you can choose to award one scholarship to one student for the entire amount or award several smaller scholarships to more students.

Application process: You can choose how students apply for your scholarship. For example, you could request applicants write an essay or make a short video explaining their need for the scholarship, commit time to volunteering, write a report about their career goals, or of course, simply fill out an application form.

When you are ready to establish an annual or endowed scholarship for Henry Ford College students, we can help you navigate the process.

Contact

Stacy Bazman
Scholarship Coordinator & Donor Relations
313-845-9620
slbazman@hfcc.edu