Scholarship Applications
The Youngstown Area Jewish Foundation offers multiple scholarships for individuals.
Suzi Kooperman Youth Leadership Award
The Suzi Kooperman award is given to a high school senior who exhibits an interest in service to the Jewish community, whose actions motivate other youth, and who has displayed continuity in service to the community. Along with the award, the recipient will receive a savings bond.
A typed letter of recommendation from the nominator, or an essay from the student themselves, is required, addressing the criteria above. This should be no longer than 500 words. This submission must be submitted with references from two teachers discussing the nominee's character, interests, and involvement, as well as a reference from a non-relative adult in the Youngstown Area Jewish community discussing the student's involvement and personality.
Packets for consideration must be submitted via email to [email protected] by June 20. The award will be presented at the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation’s annual meeting at the JCC's Logan Campus on August 20. The winner will be notified before this date and will be expected to share a few words at the meeting.
Mildred Engel Nurse Scholarship
For individual(s) in need of a scholarship to secure an associate or baccalaureate degree in nursing.
Recipients are subject to the following criteria:
• Maintain a residency radius of 60 miles of Youngstown
• Recipients must commit to working at least three shifts a month as an STNA, LPN, or RN (associate) at Heritage Manor Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation while pursuing their degree or elect to work for Heritage Manor after receiving their RN License. Those without the necessary credentials are still eligible to apply. Heritage Manor will support their STNA training. Interested individuals must be accepted into an accredited RN nursing program. The scholarship award may cover tuition and transportation costs up to $10,000 annually.
Applications will be considered until the approved yearly scholarship fund amounts are exhausted, resetting each June 1.
Applicant may be considered in a provisional manner with scholarship award dependent on official final acceptance into an approved RN program. Applicant must wait at least 12 months from receipt of an award to submit another scholarship request.
Christine Kraynak Memorial Scholarship Fund
For individuals planning on or already attending Youngstown State University or Kent State University who are of Polish descent and/or able to demonstrate familial ties to the Holocaust (i.e., be a descendant of a Survivor).
The award will be $250 or 5% of the available funds, whichever is greater, and will be sent directly to the school.
Deadline: Sept. 26
The Barbara & David Alter Preschool Scholarship Fund
For families with children currently enrolled in the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown’s Early Learning Center.
The Alters want to ensure that hardship for a family, such as job loss or illness or death in the family, doesn’t interfere with their child/children’s continued access to early education.
Sandra Lippy Scholarship Fund
Assists teens, age 14 and older, in participating in the March of the Living, summer programs in Israel, and Jewish leadership camps/programs.
Deadline: Oct. 26
For more information, contact:
Courtney Campesi, Financial Resource Development Director
Youngstown Area Jewish Foundation
505 Gypsy Lane
Youngstown, OH 44504
330.746.3250 ext. 152
[email protected]