The John G. Williams Scholarship Foundation was created in 1985 to provide financial assistance to deserving Pennsylvania residents for their pursuit of college and/or post-graduate educational opportunities. No particular course of study/major or higher education institution are required, but both must be acceptable to the Board of Trustees. The Foundation’s primary mission is to help students of modest means to finance the unmet need between their chosen college’s costs and other federal, state, institutional, or private assistance previously awarded. In providing financial assistance, the Foundation shall give preference in consideration and selection to those worthy persons who, or whose families, have insufficient finances or resources to pay the costs of higher education, particularly at the college level. It is the hope of the Foundation to establish lasting relationships with its scholars by supporting them throughout their academic years.
At this time, financial assistance is provided by the Foundation on the basis of low-interest scholarship loans. Loans are preferred to grants because they instill financial responsibility in the recipient while at the same time recycling the funds for other worthy students.
Recipients of financial assistance from the Foundation shall be encouraged to recognize their responsibility as citizens and encouraged to perform services of a civic and humanitarian nature.
The Foundation and its financial assistance shall be administered and provided without regard to race, religion, age, creed, or ancestry. Neither the Foundation nor any member of the Board of Trustees, nor their respective spouses, lineal descendants, or spouses of lineal descendants, shall be eligible to receive any financial assistance.
The Foundation shall continue in perpetuity.
Recipients of financial assistance from the Foundation shall be encouraged to recognize their responsibility as citizens and encouraged to perform services of a civic and humanitarian nature.
The Foundation and its financial assistance shall be administered and provided without regard to race, religion, age, creed, or ancestry. Neither the Foundation nor any member of the Board of Trustees, nor their respective spouses, lineal descendants, or spouses of lineal descendants, shall be eligible to receive any financial assistance.
The Foundation shall continue in perpetuity.