When you’d like to do more for America's Heroes than just say. "Thanks for your service"...
The 1st Special Forces Group Scholarship Fund
A 501(c)3 charitable, non-profit organisation recognizing the sacrifices made by the children of America’s Green Berets as their parents continue to stand in harm's way on our nation's behalf
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EVERY DOLLAR donated goes DIRECTLY to scholarships
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EVERY DOLLAR donated is fully TAX DEDUCTIBLE
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Bus'/Org's donating $1,000+ present awards, gain deductions, ads
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About the 1st SFG (A) SF Scholarship Fund
The United States Army Special Forces – America’s “Green Berets” – constitute the largest element of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Since the inception of Special Forces, Green Berets have led the way in all of our nation’s conflicts – and they continue to do so in the world’s most remote and dangerous areas. Families of Green Berets, particularly their children, make enormous sacrifices for our nation’s security, enduring lengthy family separations as their parents deploy to combat and, in tragic cases, enduring the impacts of the injuries or losses of those beloved parents.
The 1st SFG(A) SF Scholarship Fund recognizes the sacrifices of these amazing children by providing merit-based, post-secondary educational scholarships to the children of current or veteran Special Forces and Special Forces Support Soldiers.
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Applicants must be a child or legal dependent grandchild of a current or veteran U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier who served honorably with the 1st Special Forces Group (need not be a retiree); OR a current or veteran U.S. Army Special Forces Support Soldier who served honorably in SF assignments for at least 5 years, one tour of which was with 1st SFG(A).
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Applicants must also be attending, or preparing to attend, a fully accredited post-secondary institution (can be a vocational institution) on a full-time basis during the coming academic year.
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Applicants must meet the age requirements for undergraduate or graduate students.
Eligibility Criteria
Special Forces Soldier's Child
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Child, or legal dependent grandchild, of current/veteran U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier
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Soldier has served honorably with 1st SFG(A).
SF Support Soldier's Child
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Child, or legal dependent grandchild of a current/veteran U.S. Army SF Support Soldier
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Support Soldier has served honorably in SF Support assignments for 5 years (need not be consecutive)
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One assignment with 1st SFG(A)
Education
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Applicant attending, or preparing to attend, a fully accredited post-secondary institution on full-time basis during coming academic year
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Accredited post-secondary VoTech institutions eligible
Age
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Undergraduate applicants must be under the age of 26 as of 15 October, 2023
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Graduate applicants must be under the age of 28 as if 15 October, 2023
Generous Supporters of Our 1st SFG(A) Scholars...Corporate and Individual
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Donations of ANY size are welcomed...and are TAX DEDUCTIBLE
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Donors may contribute in monthly installments
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Significant patronage and advertising potential for Businesses/Organizations making TAX DEDUCTIBLE donations
Becky Weaver and Family
In Memory of LTC(R) John Weaver
Heritage Distilling Company
Penington Painting Company (Jerry and Victoria Penington)
Wendy Liller and Family
In Memory of BG(R) Otto Liller
Dave and Rae Ezell
Dr. (COL) Frank Newton
Jim Tate and Overdriver Global, LLC
Special Forces Association Chapter XIII (Republic of Korea)
The Benevity Fund
George and Staci Gephart
Jim and Stuart Ardissono and Ardissono Wealth Management
Frank and Namela Miller
Credenza Properties - Ed and Cheri Nieves
The Chatlos Foundation
SGM(R) Joe Wilson and Family
Gordy Horvath
D.C. Britt
Mike Nesbitt
Tyler Bonnell
Larry Redmon and Family
Randy Taylor
Jung Ahn and Family
The Special Forces Brotherhood Motorcycle Club - Lewis Chapter
The Chatlos Foundation
Janet Martin
John and Deb Maraia
The Whitley Family
Pat and Jamie Collins
Rich and Sandy Wall
RJ Naugle/Anne Sprute and REVTech, LLC
Kirk and Rose Moeller
Special Forces Association Chapter XLIII, Idaho
Jason Okerblom
Michael Lutz
Special Forces Association Chapter XVI, Washington
Ken Garcy
Larry Redmon and Family
Matthew Mazur
Randy Kaminski
Rex Bruce and Family
Vision
Our vision for the 1st SFG(A) Scholarship Fund is twofold:
First, we aim to raise sufficient funding each year to avoid turning away highly deserving applicants.
Second, our long term aim is to gradually build an endowment designed to provide funds for deserving students in perpetuity.
Mission
The mission of the 1st SFG(A) Scholarship Fund is to recognise the sacrifices of our unit's children who endure significant hardship during their parents' lengthy deployments to combat and other challenging missions.
Why the Special Forces Scholarship Fund was founded
The national Special Forces Scholarship Fund was founded in 2011 by several SF veterans at Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty), North Carolina, who saw the importance of recognizing the sacrifices made by Special Forces children as their parents continuously deploy into harm's way on behalf of our nation.
These Special Forces veterans decided to develop a non-profit, charitable scholarship fund to assist these Special Forces children as they pursue their educational and vocational aspirations.
After achieving success with a pilot program for the children of the 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg, the group assisted the other four Active Duty Special Forces Groups, including the 1st Special Forces Group at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, in establishing similar programs.
Empower a Child's Future: Donate Today
Your generous donation will help make possible the academic and vocational dreams of our 1st Special Forces Group kids who continue to sacrifice so much on our nation’s behalf... Please help today !
Donations of ANY size are welcome...Donors may contribute monthly...Businesses receive tax deductions, patronage and advertising!
News & Events
Scholarship Awards Ceremony
Our annual scholarship awards ceremony will be held sometime in the June/July timeframe; details will be published NLT late May.
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June/July
Will be held in
1st SFG(A) Scholarship Fund Golf Tournment
The 1stSFG(A) Scholarship Fund is planning to hold a golf tournament fund raising event in late August; please consult this page for further details in the coming months.
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August
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1st SFG(A) Scholarship Fund to partner with the Green Beret Foundation
The Special Forces Scholarship Fund (SFSF) - of which the 1st SFG(A) Scholarship Fund is a part - will partner with the Green Beret Foundation to expand scholarship opportunities for SF children AND spouses. 1st SFG(A) Scholarship Fund will remain unchanged and continue to independently provide scholarships to 1st SFG(A) children.....Details to follow!
Held in
June '23
Golf with Special Ops Warriors! SOF Benefit Tournament at the exclusive
Tacoma Country and Golf Club!
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16 May, '2024
Join us for our innaugural SOF Warriors Benefit Golf tournament on 16 May, 2024 at the prestigious Tacoma Country and Golf Club. Proceeds will benefit the organizations supporting our Special Forces Soldiers and families, including the 1st SFG(A) Scholarship Fund. Corporate/Organization sponsorships are still available - please find details at https://special-ops-golf.perfectgolfevent.com/
Application Window Now Open!
Our application window for the 1st SFG(A) 2024-25 Academic Year scholarships is now open! Applications may be submitted from 2 February through 15 March, 2024 via our link at https://app.smarterselect.com/programs/95235
See the section above for eligibility criteria - address any questions to COL(R) Rick Thomas, Volunteer Director, at rickthomas@msn.com
Application window open 2 Feb - 15 Mar
The Special Forces Scholarship Fund
ATTN: 1st Group Kids
PO Box 1509
Fayetteville, NC. 28302-1509
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$254K
141
$50K
The amount raised since our founding in 2012...thanks to our generous supporters - YOU can help increase it!
The number of scholarships that $254,000 provided to our highly deserving 1st Group Kids. Sadly, for every child we assist, several are turned away. You can help us make that a thing of the past!
The amount we need to raise each year in order to provide some amount of assistance to each deserving 1st Group student!
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Our Generous Corporate Donors
Business/Organisations Donating $1,500 or More may Elect to Have:
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Company logos displayed here
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Scholarships co-named for company (E.g., “The 1st SFG(A)-Ardissono Wealth Management Scholarship”)
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Company representatives present student awards at our annual ceremony
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Company names and award photos featured in all our media articles
Penington Painting Company recently donated $10,000
Overdrive Global, LLC recently donated $1,000 one-time and $250/Monthly
Ardissono Wealth Management recently donated $2,000
SF Brotherhood MC/Lewis Chapter recently donated $2,500
Heritage Distilling Company recently donated $8,000
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Since we began the scholarship fund in 2012, generous supporters have donated over $254,000...every dollar of which has been applied to scholarships for 141 deserving Special Forces.
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But for every student we are able to help, we must turn a number of other very deserving Special Forces children away... With YOUR generous support, we can limit the number of deserving kids we are forced to turn away...
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Our goal is to raise at least $50K each academic year - an amount that will allow us to provide some small amount of financial assistance to each deserving 1st Group student.
PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION TODAY!
Student Dreams - and Successes - made possible by the generous donations of Supporters ... LIKE YOU!
Hear how our scholarships have positively impacted the lives of deserving Special Forces Kids.