Virginia Carpenter Shaw Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Overview
Purpose: Encourage current nursing students to continue pursuing a career in nursing.
Background: Established in 2010 by Elizabeth Shaw Gamble in memory of her mother, Virginia Carpenter Shaw.
Funding: One of two scholarships available annually (paired with Walter Carlyle Shaw Memorial Nursing Scholarship).
Geographic Scope: Mon Valley Region
Eligible Applicants: Current nursing students
Partner Institution: St. Margaret's School of Nursing
What McKeesport Hospital Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 24
- Total given
- $840K
- Median grant
- $15K
- Range
- $7,300–$474K
- By dollars: Pennsylvania 95%, New Jersey 2%, Georgia 2%. Top recipient cities: Pittsburgh, PA; McKeesport, PA; Homestead, PA.
- 21% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 50% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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UPMC McKeesport Hospital · McKeesport, PA
Program support
$474K
Center for Victims · Pittsburgh, PA
Program support
$25K
Rainbow Kitchen Community Service · Homestead, PA
Program support
$25K
Mon River Fleet Lions Club · McKeesport, PA
Ship funding
$22K
Camp Soles · Rockwood, PA
Program support
$21K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Healthcare
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