William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship

Eligibility Rules for Year 2025 Scholarship Grants

Students with questions about these eligibility rules may contact Mary Ann Kelly-Lovasz at the Home Office.

Phone: 412-231-2979, Ext. 128 E-mail: scholarship@wpalife.org Fax: 412-231-8535.

The Board of Directors has established the following rules governing eligibility for scholarship recipients:

a) The student applying for a scholarship grant must be an individual life benefit member of William Penn Association in good standing for four (4) years as of January 1, 2025.

b) Scholarship grants are awarded to full-time undergraduate students only if they are accepted by or are currently attending an accredited college, university, school of nursing, technical or trade school.

c) Grants are awarded based on the student’s plan of insurance:

• Applicants with the Special Juvenile Term to Age 25 plan are eligible for a ONE-TIME $500 grant, OR
• Applicants with any Whole Life plan with a $5,000 minimum face amount are eligible for a ONE-TIME $2,000 grant.
• Conversion from the Juvenile Term plan to a Whole Life plan is permitted to be eligible for the larger grant. This must be completed before finalizing your scholarship application.

d) All applicants must complete and submit the WPFA Scholarship Foundation, Inc. Application for Scholarship Grant, which can be found in this issue of William Penn Life. An application also may be obtained by writing to: WPFA Scholarship Foundation, Inc., 709 Brighton Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15233 or may be downloaded from the Association’s website at www.wpalife.org.

e) All Applicants must complete ONE (1) of the following requirements:

Submit an essay on a topic that is meaningful to you, with a minimum of 150 words.

• Either attend a current WPA branch event/project, which must be approved and verified by a Branch Officer,
• OR participate in a current community service project, proof of which must be detailed and verified by the Event Coordinator. Such verification from either the Branch Officer or Event Coordinator must be submitted by the student to the WPA Home Office by the application deadline date. You may also submit a photograph of your participation for publication in William Penn Life.
• Write an article for publication in William Penn Life, approved at the Editor’s discretion.

f) All applications, essays, documents and articles must be signed and dated by the student applicant and submitted either via the U.S. Postal Service to the WPFA Scholarship Foundation, Inc. at the address listed in section (d) above, OR via email to scholarship@wpalife.org, OR via fax to 412-231-8535. Materials submitted by anyone other than the student applicant will not be considered. All applications, essays, articles and other documents (excluding proof of enrollment) must be postmarked, emailed or faxed by Friday, May 30, 2025. Items postmarked, emailed or faxed after that date will not be considered.

g) All applicants must submit proof of enrollment for the Fall 2025 academic term. Such proof of enrollment must be mailed and postmarked, emailed or faxed to the WPA Home Office by Friday, August 29, 2025.

h) Scholarship grants will be awarded to the applicant by the Executive Committee of the WPFA Scholarship Foundation, Inc. on a one-time basis. Grants will be paid directly to the student applicant provided the student applicant is a life benefit member in good standing on the date the check is issued, and all the eligibility requirements stated herein have been met.

i) If for any reason the recipient does not attend the school after receiving the grant, it must be returned to the WPFA Scholarship Foundation, Inc.

j) In compliance with current privacy laws, all information regarding scholarship status will be divulged only to the adult student applicant or to the parents or legal guardians of a minor student applicant.