The Sixteenth
Annual Campaign for the Inner-City Scholarship
Fund
Brighter Future
Contributions to the Inner-City Scholarship Fund
(ICSF) are investments in the future of our children.
Donations provide partial scholarships for needy
students attending inner-city parochial schools
in the Archdiocese of Boston. Without financial
assistance, these children would not be able to
attend one of our 60 inner-city schools. Scholarship
assistance is awarded to students based on financial
need and regardless of their race, gender or religion.
Our inner-city parochial schools serve more than
16,000 students and have an outstanding record
of achievement:
- 98% of our students graduate from high school.
- 90% of our graduates pursue college or post-secondary
educational opportunities.
- These schools taxpayers $160 million annually
and graduate productive citizens.
- They afford opportunities to children of
a multitude of ethnic and religious backgrounds:
47% of the students currently enrolled are minorities;
22% are non-Catholic.
- Our schools provide a central focus for the
community and contribute to the stability of
inner-city neighborhoods.
Significant Need
The Inner-City Scholarship Fund provides assistance
to the students in most need of help:
- These students live in our most distressed
communities, including: Boston, Brockton, Chelsea,
Dorchester, Everett, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn
and Roxbury.
- 75% of students live in families with incomes
below the federal poverty level.
- Many of the families the ICSF supports are
single-parent households where the parent is
working two or even three jobs.
- The average gross income of families applying
to us for financial aid is $22,221 this year.
All donations made to the Inner-City Scholarship
Fund are used for partial scholarships to help needy
students who, without this assistance, would not
be financially able to attend one of our 60 inner-city
schools. Scholarship assistance is awarded to students
regardless of their race, gender or religion.
Achievements
and Challenges
Each year, thousands of disadvantaged students are
able to attend our inner-city schools because of
scholarship support provided by ICSF. With every
new campaign, it is critical to maintain the level
of support awarded from the previous year. Imagine
how tough it would be for a family to receive a
partial scholarship one year and then to have that
support taken away the next year due to a lack of
funding.
Since the inception of the Inner-City Scholarship
Fund in 1991, we have distributed more than $45.5
million to benefit 55,000 children. However, there
is much more work to be done. Our goal for the 2006
Inner-City Scholarship Fund is to distribute at
least $7 million in partial scholarships to meet
the growing demand for financial assistance. Your
support is an opportunity to ensure a brighter future
for needy children, their families and our community.
To
give online, please click here.
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