Mission Statement
Give Kids A Chance is a donor advised fund that was created in 2004 to provide scholarship assistance to children of lower income families in order to assist them in attending the college of their choice. The fund's goal is to provide young adults who might not otherwise be able to attend college the opportunity to continue their education by providing scholarship funds to help defray the cost of continuing their post-high school education.
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Recipients
Since its inception in 2004, 140 high school seniors have been awarded $1,000 scholarships. Each of these award recipients are invited to re-apply each year they remain in college for additional $1,000 per year scholarships.
Though each student must re-apply annually it is our goal to continue to provide such scholarship recipients with ongoing financial support assuming, of course, that they each maintain full-time status in school and otherwise meet certain basic criteria for such awards.
In 2010, Give Kids A Chance anticipates awarding at least 25 scholarships to high school seniors. We currently have our Grant Application online for use by high school seniors. Applications are typically submitted by April 15th of the student's senior year with decisions made by GKAC's selection committee by May 15th of such year.
For information on what criteria is needed to apply and to download application forms, check out our Grant Application.
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Sponsors
The main fundraising event for GKAC is a golf tournament held each year in November. The co-hosts of the event are FPL, The Reznick Group and Stearns Weaver, Miller, Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson P.A.. Corporate sponsors include, among others, American Realty Development, Bank of America, First Florida Building Corp., LandAmerica, Southern Wine & Spirits, The Bank of New York-Mellon Trust Company, National Equity Fund, PNC Multifamily Capital, RBC Dain Rauscher and Wachovia.
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Certification
Download the following documents for official information regarding Give Kids A Chance, including our tax exempt status.
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