Joe Beirne Foundation Scholarship Program
Funding Amount
$4,000 per year (with potential second-year renewal)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Geography
- Geographic Scope: United States and Canada (all CWA members eligible)
Other requirements
- CWA members
- Spouses of CWA members
- Children of CWA members
- Grandchildren of CWA members
Overview
Established in October 1974 by the CWA Executive Board to honor the name and memory of the founding President of CWA, Joe Beirne, who served for more than 30 years.
Award Details:
- Sixteen partial college scholarships of $4,000 each awarded annually for the academic school year
- Winners selected in a lottery drawing
- Second-year scholarships of the same amount ($4,000) available contingent upon satisfactory academic accomplishment
- Part-time students (taking fewer than 12 credits) receive half the scholarship amount ($2,000)
Eligibility:
- CWA members
- Spouses of CWA members
- Children of CWA members
- Grandchildren of CWA members
- Dependents of retired or deceased CWA members
- All CWA locals nationwide
Geographic Scope: United States and Canada (all CWA members eligible)
Contact Information:
- CWA Joe Beirne Foundation
- Phone: 609-538-8899
- Email: [email protected]
- Address: 230 Parkway Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08618
What Communication Workers of America 1040 actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
- Grants in 2024
- 1
- Total given
- $5,393
- Median grant
- $5,393
- By dollars: District of Columbia 100%. Top recipient cities: Washington, DC.
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Fields of Work
- Workforce development
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