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Who We Are: Since 1951 the Wellesley Scholarship Foundation has provided financial assistance to college bound Wellesley students through need and merit-based scholarships. The Need: Wellesley's school population is growing, and college costs and student debt are soaring! Last year alone there was $516,300 of unmet need in Wellesley. We need your help in doing a better job of assisting Wellesley families with college education costs. How We Work: Each year the Wellesley Scholarship Foundation solicits contributions from Wellesley residents and other past supporters. WSF has also built an endowment which provides income. Both sources of cash are distributed directly to independent and public high school seniors and college students each year. The WSF elects a Board of Trustees for three-year terms. The Board is responsible for managing the foundation and for awarding scholarships. All Board members are volunteers; administrative costs are minimal. Your donations go directly to students. Wellesley Scholarship Foundation is a non-profit, tax exempt foundation and is not affiliated with any other group. How Scholarships Are Awarded: Need-Based: A four-member subcommittee of Trustees oversees the annual selection of scholarship recipients. Applications are available at Wellesley High School and Town Hall. Need is determined using the CSS Financial Aid PROFILE. Students must apply annually. Eligible applicants must be full time students and residents of Wellesley. With continued need, scholarships are awarded until the applicant completes his / her post-secondary or undergraduate education, up to a maximum of ten semesters. All financial information is kept strictly confidential. Scholarship amounts range in size from $1,000 to $9,000 annually and are awarded in June. Merit-Based: The Margaret Daniels Scholarship for women and the Donald P. Babson Scholarship for men are merit-based awards also administered by the foundation.		President Linda Grape Trustees Sandy Avellone Sarah Frost Azzam Barbara Bloom  Ted Bloom  Ann Bullion John Childs  Pam Dippel Choney Susan Dee Karen D'Ortenzio Barbara Fay Sandy Goldstein Peter Grape Jackie Hatch  Terry Hluchyj  Andrew Keough Bob Lakin Kevin Macdonald Linda Natansohn  Richard Schwartzstein Sarah Schwartzstein  Helen Stewart  Tom Warren  Fran Whyman  Bella Wong Advisory Board Katherine Babson Sharon Cahill Joan Cody Jim Eisenstein Lorraine Anderson Levine Kathy Nagle
Maximizing Dollars Wellesley Scholarship Foundation is a Dollars for Scholars (DFS) Chapter of Scholarship America, a national, non-profit, student aid service organization. Over 500 colleges and universities nationwide participate in Dollars for Scholars' Collegiate Partners Program. Participation ensures that outside scholarship monies support students' financial need without reducing school grants. As a member chapter, we are therefore assured that the benefits of our scholarships will be maximized for our students. Over half of our awards this year went to students at Collegiate Partners schools. Additionally, many participating colleges match outside scholarships as part of the DFS Matching Partners Program, further enhancing the value of scholarship awards.