SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED

Posted February 5, 2010

The AFTRA/Dan Mallinger Scholarship Fund was established to honor our longtime Executive Director, Dan Mallinger, and now memorializes him as well as many other AFTRA members and executives who cared about and contributed to the Union.

In 2008, the AFTRA Local Board voted to have the assets of the Scholarship Fund attached to the AFTRA Foundation, a qualified tax-exempt charitable 501[C]3 non-profit organization. All contributions to the fund are tax deductible. We still control our funds locally and determine who the recipients will be.

Scholarships are offered by the Fund to Pittsburgh AFTRAns and their dependent children for academic study in any field including broadcast, journalism and labor relations, or for professional training in the arts.

Eligibility requires AFTRA membership in good standing for at least five years. The criteria for the limited number of scholarships available are academic excellence, financial need and acceptance/enrollment in a university, professional school or other accredited institution of higher education.

Applications are accepted during the months of January, February, March, and April, and may be downloaded below. Please download all three files. Mail requests for applications should include a stamped self-addressed envelope. The deadline for the submission of applications, including all required materials, is May 1st. Applications are carefully considered and award decisions made in June; and applicants are notified accordingly.

Several scholarships are currently awarded up to a maximum of $2,000.00 each and are funded entirely by contributions to the AFTRA/Dan Mallinger Scholarship Fund and the AFTRA Foundation.

Scholarship Application Form   pdf
Scholarship Advisor Form  pdf
Scholarship Guidelines  pdf

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