FOUNDERS AWARD PROGRAM
The annual Founders Award Program was established in 1956 as a tribute to the eight Philadelphia women who founded The Emergency Aid in 1914.

Awards are presented annually to girls in the ninth grade who attend Philadelphia area schools. Candidates are nominated by school counselors or community-based sponsors. They are selected by The Emergency Aid Founders Committee based on a written application, demonstrated leadership and good citizenship. Approximately twenty girls receive Founders’ Awards each year.

Download Founders Award Nomination Form

The unique aspect of the Founders Award Program is the mentoring provided by The Emergency Aid members. The Founders Committee offers several seminars annually for Founders’ girls on topics of particular interest and importance to teenage girls, such as: Preparing for College Interviews, Enhancing Self-Esteem and Developing Decision Making Skills. Organized service projects prepare Founders’ girls to become contributing members of their communities.

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
For Founders Awardees
Since 1984, the Scholarship Program has awarded four-year college scholarships to 140 Founders Awardees from the Philadelphia and suburban area. Over $315,000 has been awarded to graduates of the region’s public, private and parochial high schools.

Founders Award recipients are invited to submit an application for a college scholarship to the Scholarship Committee. After careful review of the application and a personal interview, selected scholarship recipients are presented to the Board of Directors for approval. Each year scholarship recipients represent EA on approximately twenty-five campuses across America.