Cabrini awarded grant from W.W.Smith Charitable Trust

For 26 years the college has been able

MEGHAN HURLEY STAFF WRITER MLH722@CABRINI EDU

The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust has awarded Cabrini College a $79,000 grant to support the W.W. Smith Scholars program for the 2005-2006 academic school year. This money is given to full-time undergraduate students who are financial aid eligible. Cabrini has been receiving funds from the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust for 26 years that total over $861,000.

To apply for the grant money, Cabrini must first be invited and then write a grant proposal that s ays the college meets the requirements of the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust. According to Jean Jacobson, the director of corporate, foundation, and government relations, the applications to the Scholars program are b y invitation only to selected Philadelphia area colleges.

As stated by the Trust’s website, the g uidelines for the grant are that it is to be given to “full-time undergraduate students at accredited colleges and universities in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia coun- to provide financial aid to students because of grant money ties. Scholarships are to supplement existing levels of aid for lower income and middle income students who could not otherwise attend college or support a college education.”

Jacobson writes the grant application to the Trust each year requesting the funds. She describes the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust as a “very generous foundation that has made a huge difference to the Cabrini College community. The Trust has been a n important partner in the growth of Cabrini College, and its generous support has opened doors to the college for many students.” funding for more than three years. Also, a representative from the Trust visits the college every two years to meet with the students who have received their funding. es that the college has a need for this additional funding.

Paula Gaughan, the coordinator of donor relations and stewardship, said that Cabrini College has a “very good relationship” with the Trust, and so the funding amount keeps going up. Last year the college received $79,000 that provided funding for 38 students.

The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust was created in the will of William Wikoff Smith and contributes money, in addition to the college scholarship program, to medical research and grants for food, clothing and shelter for nonprofits located in local counties.

“The college has a long standing relationship with the Trust and has seen the funding grow for Cabrini because of the growth of the college. Over the years, 516 Cabrini students have benefited from the W.W Smith Scholars program.”

She said that the college has a long-standing relationship with the Trust and has seen the funding “grow for us because of the growth of the college. Over the years, 516 Cabrini students have benefited from the W.WSmith Scholars program.”

The grant application also details how the money will be used at the college, how it will benefit the students and establish-

O nce the college receives the money, it is handed over to financial aid to be distributed. The Trust itself doesn’t have very many restrictions for who the money is given to.

Mike Colahan, the director of financial aid, “likes the fact that W.W. Smith hasn’t put a lot of strings on it,” so he has some flexibility with who he can give