Sandy Mazur/Spherion Excellence in Leadership Scholarship Grant
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
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Grant Type
Foundation
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Other requirements
- Must be an individual pursuing a degree or certificate at a Career Technical, 2-year, or 4-year institution
- Applicants achieve a 2.5 GPA or above
- Applicants must include the current year's FAFSA Submission Summary (generated by completing FAFSA), so long as it is required for their program.
Overview
The Sandy Mazur/Spherion Excellence in Leadership Scholarship honors Sandy Mazur's contributions to Spherion by supporting individuals pursuing post-secondary education. This scholarship aims to assist students who exemplify excellence and passion in their academic pursuits. Recipients are selected annually based on their eligibility, which includes maintaining a minimum GPA of 2.5 and submitting the FAFSA. The scholarship fosters educational growth within communities served by Spherion franchisees.
This legacy scholarship has been created to recognize and honor the contribution of Sandy Mazur to Spherion and the Spherion franchise community by recognizing individuals pursuing a post-secondary education who best represent the qualities of excellence and passion during her distinguished career at Spherion.
Annually, recipients will be chosen to receive financial assistance in achieving their goals of higher education. The selected recipients will reside in a county owned by a Spherion franchisee
Eligibility
Must be an individual pursuing a degree or certificate at a Career Technical, 2-year, or 4-year institution
Applicants achieve a 2.5 GPA or above
Applicants must include the current year's FAFSA Submission Summary (generated by completing FAFSA), so long as it is required for their program.
What Richland County Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 93
- Total given
- $7.11M
- Median grant
- $16K
- Range
- $5,090–$1.21M
- By dollars: Ohio 97%, New York 2%, Illinois <1%. Top recipient cities: Mansfield, OH; Columbus, OH; Oneonta, NY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 20% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
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Sterkal park / trail
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NECIC Inc · Mansfield, OH
Capital / support
$927K
YMCA of North Central Ohio · Mansfield, OH
Programs / capital
$519K
Mansfield Leased Housing Corporation · Mansfield, OH
Capital campaign
$300K
Buckeye Council BSA Inc · Canton, OH
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$282K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
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