MT. HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
AAUW GRESHAM AREA BRANCH SCHOLARSHIP
The AAUW Gresham Area Branch has been supporting our local scholarship through the Mt. Hood Community College Foundation since its inception in 2007. The scholarship, currently at the $3,500 level, gives a local female second year community college student, majoring in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) subject, an opportunity to further her education and eventually obtain a degree.
We have made tremendous progress with our scholarship these past few years— initially endowing it for $25,000 with the unanimous approval of the Branch Board of Directors in 2019, reaching a $50,000 endowment goal in 2020, and completing a new goal of raising the endowment corpus to $100,000 in 2023. Educational costs continue to go up, and we must try to keep pace with our scholarship funding efforts.
Currently, the tuition at MHCC for three full-time terms is $6,563. Tuition is expected to increase for the 2025-26 academic year. As of January 31, 2025, the spendable portion of our endowed scholarship fund is $6,340, with the restricted corpus amounting to $142,463. This brings the total fund balance to $148,803. All scholarship funds for the 2024-25 school year have been removed. In accordance with our request, the scholarship payout for one recipient is set at $3,500.
At our Annual “Calling All Angels” Fundraiser, held in November, the membership is encouraged to make substantive donations to our MHCC Scholarship.
To make donations to the Mt. Hood Community College Foundation AAUW Gresham Area Branch Scholarship, make your check payable to: “MHCC Foundation.” At the bottom of your check, write “AAUW Gresham Area Branch Endowed Scholarship” on the memo line. Mail your check to:
AAUW Gresham Area Branch
ATTN: VP Finance
4233 SE 182nd Avenue # 343
Gresham, OR 97030
If you have any questions, please contact Colonel Mary J. Mayer, USAF (Ret), Branch MHCC Scholarship Chair, via cell phone at 310-897-1902 or email at maryjmayer@yahoo.com