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The 100 Club of Arizona scholarship program is established to
provide financial education assistance to family members of public
safety officers/firefighters who have suffered a death or injury and
towards further educating and/or improving the quality of life of
family members of the eligible class.
The 100 Club of Arizona is now accepting applications for the
100 Club Scholarship
Applications and all required documents must be received by the 100 Club of Arizona no later than 5 p.m., June 2, 2008.
Scholarships will be awarded by August 1, 2008
The 100 Club of Arizona does not discriminate on the basis of race,
color, national or ethnic origin, sex, disability, veteran status or
age in the administration of its scholarship program.
View Named Scholarships abov. For donating to or proposing a Named Scholarship, complete the online version of the 100 Club Named Scholarship Application or download the offline version of the 100 Club Named Scholarship Application.
Application Details
- Definitions
- Family Member: spouse, son, daughter, or stepchild
- Beneficiary: a member of the eligible class who has
received, or whose family member has received benefits from the 100
Club of Arizona for a Line of Duty Death (LODD), Line of Duty Injury
(LODI), or Non-Line of duty Death (NLODD)
- Member of the Eligible Class: as defined by the 100 Club by-laws
- Eligibility
- The following persons are eligible to apply for a 100 Club Scholarship:
- A beneficiary or immediate family member of a beneficiary
- An immediate family member of a member of the eligible class
- The 100 Club of Arizona may place restrictions on certain
scholarships - restricting the application to one of the above
categories, or a subset of one or both of the above categories.
- Scholarship types
- Scholarships may be awarded for eligible persons wishing to
pursue a course of study beyond high school (Scholarships are not
awarded for post-graduate study). Eligible programs include but are not
limited to:
- Accredited colleges and universities
- Post secondary trade schools
- The following scholarship awards may be offered by the club:
- One time awards covering tuition, books, fees and/or housing
- Multi year renewable awards covering tuition, books, fees and/or housing
- Equipment awards, including but not limited to special accommodation student needs and/or technology equipment.
- Application Process
- To apply for a scholarship:
- Application Review Process
- The 100 Club will:
- Review applications to ensure each applicant meets the minimum standards of the application criteria.
- The 100 Club of Arizona may request further information from applicants or invite all or some applicants to an interview.
- A list of selected applicants will be reviewed by the 100 Club of Arizona Executive Committee.
- Award Process
- Chosen applicants will be invited to a scholarship award ceremony.
- Whenever possible, scholarship awards shall be made payable
directly to the educational facility, or jointly to the recipient and
the vendor.
- Award Renewals
- Scholarship awards that are eligible for renewal shall
require documentation from the recipient that the conditions of the
award continue to be met before subsequent awards are made.
‘Named’ scholarships
- Upon the request of a donor, or upon it’s own action,
the club may authorize scholarships to be created in the name/honor of
a person (living or deceased) or other entity (business, foundation,
corporation, etc.) within the following guidelines:
- To request a named scholarship, you can complete the online version of the 100 Club Named Scholarship Application or download the offline version of the 100 Club Named Scholarship Application.
- All proposed named scholarships shall be subject to the review.
- The 100 Club of Arizona has the authority to approve, disapprove, or modify all facets of the proposed named scholarship.
- Should the Executive committee disapprove the proposal, or
the donor does not agree with any modifications made, the donor’s
funds will be returned.
- Scholarships in the name/honor of a person shall be a minimum of $1,000 for each proposed scholarship year.
- Scholarships in the name/honor of an entity shall be a minimum of $5,000 for each proposed scholarship year.
- All funds to secure a named scholarship must be paid in advance
(e.g.: a four-year $1,000 annual scholarship would require the donor to
submit $4,000 with the request for named scholarship).
- The 100 Club of Arizona may, but shall not be required
to, grant exceptions to this advance funding requirement for the second
and subsequent years of multi-year scholarships from entities that will
provide a pledge or letter of commitment acceptable to the 100 Club of
Arizona.
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