HONORED ATTENDEES at one of the Society’s annual receptions for scholars and their families
The Society has a scholarship program to help Brooklyn and Long Island students meet educational expenses at colleges in New England. There have been well over 100 recipients of this scholarship since its inception.
Currently this supplementary scholarship program makes $5,000 awards to ten students annually. Checks for $2,500 are forwarded twice a year to educational institutions for deposit in the students’ accounts.
Typically the award is to a student from Brooklyn to attend a school or college in New England. The Society occasionally awards a scholarship to a student from the greater Long Island area to attend college in New England.
Qualifications
Applicants for our scholarship are evaluated for their academic and social performance. Grades and test scores are important, but so are character traits and extracurricular activities – as attested to by coaches, teachers, clergy, and after-school employers.
Apply
Students who have been accepted to a college in New England can start the application process by filling out our online form.
Donations
The Society encourages its members and others who wish to support Scholars from Brooklyn to donate to our Scholarship Fund. Online donations can be made through this link. Donations can also be made by check marked “scholarship fund” and made out to “New England Society In the City of Brooklyn” and mailed to our Treasurer, David Goodrich, at 155 Congress Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Donations to the Scholarship Fund are fully tax-deductable.
We are eternally grateful to the Society members of today and years past who have donated to the Society to support scholarships. We look forward to continuing our mission for many years to come.