About us
Who we are
The Scholarship Fund was founded on the belief that any motivated individual in need should have the opportunity to further his or her education.
The Scholarship Fund awards grants to highly motivated students who intend to pursue part-time or full-time undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral degrees, including technical or vocational school studies. Our recipients represent every level of higher education and all fields of study, as we award to students of any age, gender, race, creed, religion, or national origin.
By removing some of the financial burdens associated with going to, surviving in, and graduating from college, The Scholarship Fund plays a vital role in increasing college access and success for many motivated yet underserved individuals in our North Texas community.
Our approach
The Past
One person CAN make a difference.
In July, 1999, Dallas attorney Hank Alterman stopped for a quick meal at a local diner before meeting a client. While chatting with his waiter, Hank learned the young man wanted to attend college but simply did not have the funds for tuition.
Hank could not get that young man out of his thoughts. How he wished he could do something for him, something more substantial than leaving a generous tip!
Hank became determined to help as many local people as he possibly could. The Scholarship Fund, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation was born! Hank turned to everyone he knew—family, friends, clients—and asked for contributions to the Fund. After all, he wasn’t asking for money for himself. He was asking people to join him in the most important investment we could ever make in our community: the education of our young people.
Over the past 20+ years, Hank Alterman and his handful of volunteers have raised more than $535,000 to benefit 68 Dallas-area students. With this help, and along with their own dedication and diligence, these young people have gone on to become engineers, healthcare workers, social workers, teachers, policy makers, attorneys and more.
The Future
In an attempt to expand the scope of The Scholarship Fund, we are now turning to the greater Dallas community, forging relationships with numerous individuals and organizations, sharing what has been accomplished and, more importantly, planning to help even more students in the future.
Like every community, the Dallas area has big issues to solve. We need to access the skills and talents of all people to develop solutions. The Scholarship Fund believes every motivated individual should have the opportunity for higher education. We hope you will join us in this grassroots effort to help our young people reach their fullest potential. The best is yet to come!
One person CAN make a difference. We hope that person will be YOU.
Our process
The Scholarship Fund places no restrictions on applicants with respect to age, gender, ethnicity, religion, and background. For more information or to begin the application process, contact The Scholarship Fund.
Donors to The Scholarship Fund can be sure their financial support is put to good use. Since its inception, more than 95 percent of all funds contributed to The Scholarship Fund have gone directly to student need. All financial, organizational and performance information of The Scholarship Fund is available upon request by contacting us.
Scholarships are given only on a semester-by-semester basis, and students are rigorously vetted each time they apply. Student requirements include: