Our mission is to provide financial assistance in the form of scholarships for higher education to deserving sons and daughters of Marines and children of former Marines, with particular attention being given to children whose parent was killed or wounded in action.
Since 1962, we have awarded 24,000 scholarships and bonds totaling more than $50 million in today's dollars. The Foundation is pleased to announce that more than 1,400 scholarships have been awarded for the 2009-2010 academic year. But there are many more children of Marines in need of our help.
The American Patriots Campaign - An Urgent Call to Action
The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation has embarked on a historic fundraising campaign. We have met our intermediate goal of doubling our average scholarship award to $3,000 a year for children of current and former Marines. We also award $30,000 in scholarship assistance to every child of a Marine, or of a Navy Corpsman serving with the Marines, whose parent is killed in the Global War on Terror. This five year capital campaign, The American Patriots Campaign (2006-2010), must raise $50 million to meet the needs of our nation's heroes. Read more about the American Patriots Campaign.
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