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Welcome to the Ida Ballard Simon
Memorial Scholarship Fund Website!
The purpose of the Ida Ballard Simon Memorial Scholarship Fund is to
support graduating seniors from City of Memphis,
Tennessee High Schools to meet Lincoln University financial requirements.
Funding will be charitable, tax-deductible donations received from
businesses and individuals designated for this scholarship.
The scholarship will be administered by the Lincoln
University Foundation, Inc. Scholarship recipients will be selected by the Lincoln
University Foundation Scholarship Committee and friends of Ida that currently
reside in Memphis, Tennessee. Lincoln University Foundation Scholarship Committee
Members will work in conjunction with the Student Financial Aid Office of
Lincoln University to identify qualified candidates from the list of
students presented.
Awardees must be graduating seniors of the City of Memphis
School District that wish to attend Lincoln
University. Minimum cumulative GPA required is 2.5.
Awardees must be enrolled full time at Lincoln University.
Scholarship amount will be determined each semester (based on
the amount of interest accrued on the principal as well as the balance in
the fund).
RECOGNITION, PROMOTION, AND REPORTING:
In order to express
the appreciation of the University to the Ida Ballard Simon Memorial
Scholarship and to help attract gifts for similar purposes, it is understood
that appropriate publicity in the form of announcements to news media, internal
and external publications, and other suitable recognition, may be made by
Lincoln University and Lincoln University Foundation, Inc.
Annually, the Foundation shall furnish on request by any donor, a
record of disbursement of scholarship funds by recipients complete with
addresses. All donors shall be furnished documents of donation appropriate to
the United States Internal Revenue Service code by January 31 of the year
following a gift to the Fund and Endowment. |
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