Programs

CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP allows area corporations to associate with The Hord Foundation's priority to make successful schooling and higher education accessible to more minority students. Corporations are invited to provide general scholarship assistance or designate scholarships for students pursuing a career in a field designated by the corporate sponsor.

Program Characteristics

Corporations submit criteria for their particular scholarship to The Hord Foundation. Scholarship recipients will be selected by The Hord Foundation Selection Committee based on the criteria submitted. Corporate scholarships are solicited at the $2,000 level. Corporations may sponsor an annual competitive award, or may elect to support and initial awardee for multiple years.

Benefits to The Hord Foundation

• Allows The Hord Foundation to provide more scholarship opportunities to students wishing to pursue higher education;
• Encourages students to pursue academic areas consistent with high paying industry demands;
• Provides corporations a positive association with an effort and organization that are high priority and effective within the community; and
• Enhances minority representation in the general and specialized talent pools of college graduates.

Benefits to Students and Parents

• Reduces financing as an obstacle to higher education; and
• Provides student insights into industry labor needs after graduation.

Sponsors

Ability Beyond Disability
American Express
Ayco Charitable Foundation
Bank of America
BMW of Hudons Valley
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Branson Ultrasonics
Caraluzzi's
Carole Joy Creations
Castanea Partners
Colonial  Automibile Group
Connecticut Light & Power
Corn Products International
Dental Associates of Connecticut
General Electric
IBM
Mike West General Construction & Landscaping, LLC
Mill Plain Cleaners, Inc.
Mulvaney Mechanical, Inc.
New Hope Baptist Church
Newtown Savings Bank
Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company (PAAMCO)
People's Untied Bank
Pepsi Beverages Company
PepsiCo
Pitney Bowes
Solomine Contracting
The Camarda Charitable Foundation
The Entertainment Industry Foundation
The News-Times
Trinity Christian Tabernacle
Union Savings Bank
United Way Of Westchester And Putnam, Inc.
United Way of Western Connecticut, Inc.
Webster Bank
Western Connecticut Health Network

Purpose

To promote the education and enhance the career opportunities of young people of African-American descent by providing post-secondary school scholarships.