2020 Scholarship
The Marcus J Bradshaw Foundation Scholarship is a free $2500 award for Chicagoland graduating high school seniors who demonstrate academic promise and are in need of financial assistance to attend college.
Graduating, high school seniors or military veterans who reside in Chicago or its southern suburbs, and who are accepted into an accredited four-year college or university as entering freshmen are eligible. Students must have a 3.0 or better GPA, an ACT score of at least 20 or SAT score of 1020, a positive behavioral record and evidence of at least district required service hours. The MJBF Scholarship is open to all eligible students regardless of race, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
The Scholarship is a free, one time $2,500 award provided to the selected student(s). The student(s) may use the scholarship to assist in undergraduate related expenses such as payment of tuition, fees, books, room and board and/or travel to and from the school and home. At least one award is promised. The number of scholarships awarded depends on the funds raised during the year. The scholarship is presented to the student(s) at a Scholarship Luncheon in their honor. The Scholarship Luncheon is the culminating activity of the annual MJB Golf Classic fundraiser, hosted each July. Recipients must be present at the luncheon, to receive their awards.
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Bradshaw Scholars
2019
Serena Echols (Morgan Park High School)
Elizabeth Martin (William Howard Taft High School)
Begimai Muminova (Mather High School)
Justin Powell (Walter Payton College Prep)
NaKaya Short (Thornwood High School)
Cayman Woods (Waubonsie Valley High School)
Asattah Young (Kenwood Academy)
Zainab Yusuff-Akinbo (Thornwood High School)
2018
Larry Atwood (Kenwood Academy)
Ramiro Alvarado (Bloom Trail High School)
Olivia Butts (Kenwood Academy)
Rose Carroll (Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences)
Sydney Garcia (Westinghouse College Prep High School)
Jasmine Jackson (Marian Catholic High School)
Jade Stepney (King College Prep High School)
2017
Daniela Chavez (Juarez Academy)
Jasaun Clark (Brooks College Prep)
Emani Figaro (Marian Catholic HS)
Janelle Herring (Jones College Prep)
Chata Pratt (Jones College Prep)
Emmanuel Williamson (Williams HS)
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Selection Process
The Scholarship Committee rigorously reviews the applications submitted, and narrows the candidates to semi-finalists. Semi-finalists, accompanied by a parent or guardian, participate in brief, in-person or Skype interviews with a panel of 5 Scholarship Committee members. As the students who apply all have excellent academic records, the Committee members look for those students who most closely represent the values of service, integrity, commitment and love that exemplified Marcus J. Bradshaw.
Application and Interviews
The 2020 MJBF Scholarship Applications will be released on
Friday, February 7, 2020,
with a submission deadline of
Friday, April 10, 2020.
Applications will be reviewed
April/May 2020,
with semi-finalist interviews
May/June 2020,
and recipient(s) notified
by July 1, 2020.
The scholarship(s) will be awarded
July 11, 2020.
These dates are subject to change