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Establish Your Own Fund

When you contribute to the annual fund raising campaign, you help meet many of the College’s current needs. But you might dream of creating your own personal legacy: to strengthen a highly esteemed academic program, for example, or to honor a loved with one a permanent scholarship program serving students living in your own community.

Create Your Own Scholarship Fund

Creating your own scholarship fund is easy. You can use this easy Q-A checklist to identify the name and purpose of your fund. Complete the checklist, contact us at 585-345-6809 or email foundation@genesee.edu and we’ll provide you with a proposed letter of intent that can create your fund.

Scholarship Fund Creation Checklist

  1. What name would you like to give to your new fund? (Example: your name, your business name, you family name, or the name of a loved one)
  2. Which of the following eligibility standards would you like GCC to use in making scholarship awards? (Can be multiple)
    • High academic performance or potential
    • Financial need and hardship
    • Students pursuing study in a specific program or field (note the program or field)
    • Students living in a particular community (note the county, town, village, or school district)
    • Other
  3. Would you like to create:
    • A permanent Endowment Fund (earnings are used to make awards) – gifts of $10,000 or more
    • Special Term Fund – ongoing gifts of $500 or more each year
  4. If you decide to create your fund, when do you plan to make your gift(s)?
    • $500+ gifts to term funds – within the next 12 months
    • Gifts to endowment funds – $10,000+ gifts up to 5 years and/or through a Bequest
  5. Who should be recognized as the donor(s) on the Wall of Honor and Honor Roll of Supporters?
  6. Your name, telephone number and email address

Endowment Funds

Endowment funds are held forever, and only the fund’s investment earnings are used to make scholarship or program grants. You can create an endowment fund with a gift of $10,000 or more. You can make your gift all at once, or make a pledge of $10,000 or more, payable for a period of up to five years.

Established in perpetuity by donors

  • Ada Hyde Memorial Nursing Scholarship Fund
  • Allan H. Smith Fund for Single Mothers
  • Anthony T. Zambito Scholarship Fund
  • Browne Family Scholarship Fund
  • Bruce C. Brege Scholarship Fund
  • Call Farms Scholarship Fund
  • Carl and Nancy Wahlstrom Scholarship Fund
  • Central Wyoming Scholarship Fund
  • Christiano Family Scholarship Fund
  • Claims Recovery Financial Services Scholarship Fund
  • Colonel James D. Fraser Health Careers Scholarship Fund
  • Dan Winegar Memorial Fund
  • Dansville Area Scholarship Trust
  • David L. Worthington Mathematics Scholarship Fund
  • Denniston K. Wood Art Scholarship Fund
  • Dolores M. Chiocco Physical Education and Sport Scholarship Fund
  • Edgar J. and Mary Louise Hollwedel Campus Beautification Fund
  • Financial Need Fund (Challenge Scholarship Fund)
  • First Niagara Bank Scholarship Endowment Fund
  • Five Star Bank Scholarship Fund
  • Genesee/Livingston County Student of Excellence Scholarship Fund
  • Genesee-Orleans Homemakers Scholarship Fund
  • George Donohue Scholarship Fund
  • Gioiosa Family Scholarship Fund
  • Gordon and Peggy Lamb Scholarship Fund
  • Hawley Family Scholarship Fund for Public Service
  • Hillcrest Industries Scholarship Fund
  • Horace J. Lazarony Hospitality Management Scholarship Fund
  • Irma Devoe Scholarship Fund
  • Jane V. Porter Memorial Photography Scholarship Fund
  • Jayne Miner Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Jeffrey M. Newland Scholarship Fund
  • Jerry Reinhart Scholarship Fund
  • Laura Hillman Scholarship Fund
  • LeRoy Central School District Scholarship Fund
  • Livingston County Scholarship Trust Fund
  • M. P. Lyon Scholarship Fund
  • Mancuso Memorial Fund
  • Medina Area Scholarship Trust
  • Michael J. and Ellen M. Ryan Scholarship Fund for Excellence
  • Michael J. Bohn, Sr. Scholarship Fund
  • Michael J. Ryan Fund for the Future
  • Miles Orleans County Scholarship Fund
  • Monica Hale Dawson 1972 Alumna Scholarship Fund
  • Morton Salt Scholarship Fund
  • Nancy J. Gringer Nursing Scholarship Fund
  • Nicholas Goergen Scholarship Fund
  • NYS Fed of Home Bureau Scholarship Fund in Honor of Gay Tidd
  • NYS Federation of Home Bureaus Human Services Scholarship Fund in Honor of Cattaraugus County
  • NYS Federation of Home Bureaus Human Services Scholarship Fund in Honor of Wyoming County
  • NYS Federation of Home Bureaus Respiratory Care Scholarship Fund in Honor of Genesee County
  • NYS Federation of Home Bureaus Teacher Education Scholarship Fund in Honor of Orleans County
  • Odd Fellows Community Scholarship Fund
  • Odd Fellows Nursing Scholarship Fund
  • Orleans County Students of Promise Fund
  • Patricia Ault Brady Scholarship Fund
  • Peg Tiede Memorial Fund
  • Ramon and Patricia Chaya Scholarship Fund
  • Richard Gamble Memorial Fund
  • Richard J. and Maribell Scholl Reid Musical Theatre Scholarship Fund
  • Rita Slade Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Robert W. and Brenda L. Emens Fund
  • Rosalie “Roz” Steiner Scholarship Fund
  • Rotary Club of Batavia Scholarship Fund
  • Rowena Washburn Atwater Nursing Scholarship Fund
  • Russell and Gillian Romano Scholarship
  • Saunders Family Scholarship Fund
  • Scholarship in Precision Agriculture
  • Shelly Mouery Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Sinclair Pharmacy Scholarship Fund
  • Squires Family Scholarship Fund
  • St. Nicholas Social Club Scholarship Fund
  • STAP Athletic Fund
  • Stuart and Rosalie Steiner Scholarship Fund
  • Stuart Steiner Leadership Fund
  • Susan Dougherty Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Taylor Scholarship Fund
  • The Fish Family Scholarship Fund
  • The Joseph and Mary Falcone Scholarship Fund
  • The Seymour Family Scholarship Fund
  • Theodore Wiggins Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Theresa Zinni Harrison Nursing Scholarship Fund
  • Topolski Family Scholarship
  • Topolski Volleyball Scholarship
  • Veteran’s Scholarship Fund
  • Virginia Carr Mumford Batavia Society of Artists Scholarship Fund
  • Western New York Native American Scholarship Fund
  • William H. Collins Scholarship Fund
  • Willliam W. Stuart Memorial Fund
  • Wolcott J. Humphrey III Symposium Fund for Leadership and Community Life
  • Wyoming County Scholarship Fund

Special Term Funds

Special Term Funds, which consist of donations made periodically (usually once a year), and which are expended in their entirety for scholarships or programs. You can create a term fund with a gift or pledge of at least $500.

Established through annual gifts, or for a specified number of years

  • Academic Merit Fund
  • AJC Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • AES Corporation Solar Technician Scholarship Fund
  • Albert J. Brightenfield (’78) Scholarship Fund
  • Alexander Dollars for Scholars A. Warren Dayton Partnership Scholarship Fund
  • Alexander R. Mevs Sport Management Scholarship
  • Alumni Legacy Fund
  • Andrew F. Haynes Scholarship Fund
  • Attica-Genesee Teaching Project Fund
  • Batavia Kiwanis Club Partnership Fund
  • Batavia Lions Club Partnership Fund
  • Batavia Players Scholarship Fund
  • Business and Professional Women’s Club Scholarship Fund
  • Catherine Anne Barnes Nursing Scholarship Fund
  • Chapin International, Inc. Scholarship Fund
  • Christiano Family Scholarship Fund/William Edward Browne and Dorothy Denton Browne Fund
  • Civil War Initiative Fund
  • Clark Patterson Lee Scholarship Fund
  • Clearway Energy Solar Electric Technician Scholarship
  • Complete Payroll Processing Scholarship Fund
  • Davison Scholarship Fund
  • Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Landfried Scholarship Fund
  • Emergency Fund for Nursing Students
  • Fashion and Retailing Scholarship Fund
  • Financial Assistance Fund
  • Genesee County Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Fund
  • Genesee County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association Scholarship Fund
  • GMH Nursing Scholarship Fund
  • Graham Corporation Scholarship Fund
  • Helle Rakfeldt Leetmaa International Art Scholarship Fund
  • Inmate Scholarship Fund
  • Joelle Cathryn Luce Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Kristine Burkhardt Memorial Nursing Scholarship Fund
  • LeRoy Rotary Club Scholarship Fund
  • Lew-Mark Baking Co. Scholarship Fund
  • Livingston Emergency Fund
  • Michael C. Torcello Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Michael Stoll Scholarship Fund
  • Military Service Appreciation Fund
  • Nursing Scholarship Fund
  • Oakfield-Alabama Lion’s Club Scholarship Fund
  • Orleans County Law Enforcement Scholarship Fund
  • P. W. Minor Scholarship Fund
  • Pembroke Scholarship Fund
  • Physical Therapist Assistant Scholarship Fund
  • Pioneer Faculty Association Scholarship Fund
  • President’s Innovation Award Fund
  • R. E. A. Milne Memorial Rotary Partnership Fund
  • St. Jerome Hospital Nursing Scholarship Fund
  • Trustees Award Fund
  • Undersheriff Merle D. Fredericks Scholarship Fund
  • Upstate Door, Inc. Scholarship Fund
  • Veterans One-stop Center of WNY, Inc. Post-9/11 Warriors Fund
  • Veterinary Technology Student Assistance Fund
  • Warsaw Kiwanis Club Scholarship Fund
  • Waste Management Environmental Studies Scholarship Fund
  • Waste Management General Studies Scholarship Fund
  • Western Association of Sanitarians Scholarship Fund
  • WNYVMA Scholarship Fund
  • Zonta Emergency Fund
  • Zonta Scholarship Fund for Returning Women