KAPPA SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND, INC.

 

 

Mission:
The Kappa Scholarship Endowment Fund, Inc. (KSEF) seeks to address its educational commitment to the Washington, DC community by:

• Acquiring and utilizing resources to provide scholarships to promising students who are seeking a quality college education;
  
• Assisting youth in achieving the skills and knowledge required to compete in a rapidly changing technological world and;
  
• Enhancing the quality of life in the community through the development of future leaders.

Background:
The Kappa Scholarship Endowment Fund, Inc. (KSEF) was established in 1984 as the scholarship arm of the Washington Alumni Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. By 2002, KSEF has awarded $296,000 to 213 deserving DC Public High School graduates. The scholarship awards are made from the proceeds of its' investments of the corpus of $1,000,000+ which has been accumulated over the 17 years of existence. KSEF has a number of fund raising endeavors resulting in this accomplishment. Among them are: 1) the annual Celebrity Auction and Soul Food Feast; 2) the Named Endowed Scholarship Program (NESP) for which benefactors have contributed $5,000 or more to have scholarships awarded in the benefactors name; and 3) an annual solicitation effort. KSEF is a member of the United Way Campaign of the National Capitol Area and the DC One Fund. There are approximately 60 NESP participants, including two corporations: American Management Systems, Inc. and Anheuser-Busch Companies.

Current Programs:
Scholarships, in specific amounts and numbers determined by the Board of Directors, shall be awarded annually according to the following criteria.

Each recipient must:

• Be a graduating senior of a Washington, DC Public High School;
  
• Have a grade point average of 2.5 or higher;
  
• Demonstrate financial need;
  
• Be involved in school and community activities; and
  
• Be accepted by and enrolled full-time in an accredited four-year institution of higher learning.

Applications are provided to counselors and principals of all appropriate schools and organizations in January of each year.

With a goal of supporting more D.C. Public High School graduates with advanced education efforts, KSEF hopes to increase the corpus of the endowment to $5,000,000. This will enable KSEF to provide larger scholarship grants to a greater number of students. For further information and contributions, contact:

Kappa Scholarship Endowment Fund, Inc.
Post Office Box 29331
Washington, DC 20017-0331
Telephone or Fax: (202) 829-8367

Officers & Board of Directors 2008

Elected Board Members, November 7, 2007
Serving Three Year Term of Office that Expires December 31, 2008
Carl E. Anderson 
Walter R. Battle (Historian / Archivist)
Albert J. Burgess
Wallace R. Burke
Leroy Clay, Jr. (Treasurer)
Walter E. Fowlkes
Charlie E. Mahone, Jr. (President)                    Samuel E. McCoy

Serving Three Year Term of Office that Expires December 31, 2009
LeGrande Baldwin
Kenneth J. Brewer, Jr.
Vincent C. Bruton
Warren M. Cruise (Assist. Secretary)
Michael A. Holliday                                            Donald E. Humphries (Vice President)
H. Abraham McGill                                              Robert T. Rawles

Serving Three Year Term of Office that Expires December 31, 2010
Darrell L. Blake
Leroy Brown, Jr. (Assist. Treasurer)
Michael R. Butler                                                
Robert C. Cooper
Joel E. McLeod, Jr.
Edward H. Moseley
Roswell A. Taylor, Jr. (Secretary)

Member(s) of the Board, Emeritus
Clarence C. Walker (Charter Board Member) *
Joseph M. Debose, Jr. (Charter Board Member)

Appointed Board Members (Article IV, Section 4 of Bylaws)

Serving by virtue of Office held in the Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
June 2007 – June 2008
Willmon Fridie, Jr. (Chairman/Polemarch)
George C. Lacy (1st Vice Polemarch)
Gayatachew Dorsainville (Keeper of Records)* Deceased