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  The Foundation executes its mission through three programs designed to promote public interest and extend higher education and professional guidance to those who deserve a helping hand.



Abramson Scholarship
 
  "Do you know what it means to want an education so badly that you will overcome any obstacle just to make it through high school and into college? We see what it means every year through the amazing D.C. public high school seniors who apply to the Abramson Foundation for scholarship assistance."

William F. Causey
Board President
1999-2001
The Frederick B. Abramson Scholarship awards are presented annually to graduating District of Columbia public high school seniors to supplement the financial aid packages they have been offered from four-year accredited colleges. Awards are based on economic need and conditioned on college acceptance and attendance. Students must have solid academic records and have demonstrated a commitment to community service. Candidates for the scholarship program are identified with the help of guidance counselors in the D.C. public schools and other community institutions. Every June the Foundation's awards luncheon recognizes the new Scholarship recipients and brings back alumni of the program.

Since 1991, the Abramson Foundation has awarded nearly $800,000 in scholarships to over 250 DC Public School graduates.
Public Service Fellowship
  The Frederick B. Abramson Public Service Fellowships are awarded annually to a select group of young lawyers committed to working in the public interest. To be eligible to apply for these fellowships, law school graduates must meet income criteria and commit to at least one year's employment with a public interest law firm or other not-for-profit service organization in the District of Columbia. Twenty-two fellowships and almost $140,000 have been given out over the last ten years. These young public servants are honored each year at the Foundation's awards luncheon.
Mentoring
  Abramson Foundation mentors serve as advisors, listeners, cheerleaders and friends to our awardees, many of whom may have never even left their immediate neighborhoods before heading off to college. Mentors are Board members or friends of the Foundation who volunteer their time. Recently, as our students who graduated from college have come back to Washington, DC to work, they have joined our mentoring program. How powerful it is to have alumni from our program as role models for the new awardees.
Abramson Memorial Foundation Scholarships.
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The Frederick B. Abramson Memorial Foundation
c/o The Bauman Foundation
2040 S Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Telephone: (202) 683-4816 | Fax: (202) 328-2003
Questions or Comments? info@abramsonfoundation.org
© 2009 Frederick B. Abramson Memorial Foundation

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