Opening Doors for Education
The Solomon Jackson, Jr., Scholarship Foundation may award scholarships annually to low income residents of the state of South Carolina who are graduates of public high schools or who obtained a high school equivalency diploma from the same state. Preference will be given to persons of color. The applicants must plan to attend an accredited and approved two-year or four-year institution within the United States. Students entering or returning to school are encouraged to apply.
The scholarship will cover tuition, fees, books, room and board and miscellaneous expenses. If sufficient money is available in the Solomon Jackson, Jr. Scholarship Foundation, one or more additional scholarships may be awarded to qualified applicants. If more than one applicant is selected to receive a scholarship, but there is not enough money in the trust to fully fund an additional scholarship, a partial scholarship may be awarded.
About Solomon Jackson Jr.
Solomon Jackson Jr. is well known for his unselfish philanthropic support to the state of South Carolina and to higher education. While the Columbia, S.C. native retired from the South Carolina Department of Revenue in 2000, Jackson has nearly 40 years in ministry. Having pastored several congregations throughout the Midlands, he is the founding pastor of Solomon’s Temple in Columbia, South Carolina.
Jackson earned an associate degree from Midlands Technical College in Columbia. He has been awarded several honorary degrees including the Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Benedict College; Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Claflin University and Doctor of Divinity degree from Morris College School of Religion, where he attended and was elected to the college’s Board of Trustees in 2010; and a Doctor in Pastoral Ministry degree from Central Christian University of South Carolina, where he serves as acting chairman of the university’s Board of Trustees.
Constantly supporting the education of young people, along with numerous charities throughout the state, Dr. Jackson is the founder of the Solomon Jackson, Jr. Foundation which awards qualified students with secondary school scholarships. Currently, he is a member of the board of trustees at Morris College, Benedict College, the Midlands Technical College Foundation; the South Carolina State Museum Foundation and the 100 Black Men of Greater Columbia.
How to Apply
Applications will be accepted online, by email or through the mail and must be submitted or postmarked no later than the deadline date. If the deadlines fall on a weekend or a holiday, please postmark on the Friday before the deadline dates. Please do not hand deliver or fax the application. Deadlines are strictly enforced. New applicants may apply for a scholarship before being accepted into the college or university. Scholarship awarding is contingent upon being accepted into and attending the school.
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The Solomon Jackson, Jr., Foundation Corporation was established on October 30, 2009 under the laws of the State of South Carolina. The foundation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious and education purposes.
Grant Focus
- Applicant Organizations must be 501 (c)(3) public charities.
- Applicant Organizations must be located in and serve the people of the state of South Carolina.
- Preference is given to organizations that focus on after-school programs with a focus on personal development and educational enhancement
- In general, proposals for capital campaigns and endowments will not be considered.
- Applicants will be awarded funds for no more than three consecutive years. A grant to the same organization (for the same program) will not be considered until one year has elapsed following close of the last grant.
- Grants normally range from $5,000 to $25,000 in size
Application Deadline
Grants are made twice each year and the deadlines for submitting applications are:
Organizations on a fiscal year: January 1 — April 15
Organizations on a calendar year: June 1 — September 15
Applications will only be accepted online If the deadlines fall on a weekend or a holiday please submit your application on the Friday before the deadline dates. Please do not hand deliver the application. Deadlines are strictly enforced.
Application Selection
Notification of the grant decision will be made in writing within 12 - 14 weeks after the application deadline dates.
Application Deadline
The deadline for all applications is April 15th of the year for which the applicant is seeking scholarship assistance. Applications will be accepted online, by email or through the mail and must be submitted or postmarked no later than the deadline date. If the deadlines fall on a weekend or a holiday, please postmark on the Friday before the deadline dates. Please do not hand deliver or fax the application. Deadlines are strictly enforced.
An applicant may apply for a scholarship before being accepted into the college or university. Scholarship awarding is contingent upon being accepted into and attending the school.
Scholarship Awarding
The scholarship will cover tuition, fees, books, room and board and miscellaneous expenses. If sufficient money is available in the Solomon Jackson, Jr. Scholarship Foundation, one or more additional scholarships may be awarded to qualified applicants. If more than one applicant is selected to receive a scholarship, but there is not enough money in the trust to fully fund an additional scholarship, a partial scholarship may be awarded.
Payment of Scholarship
Scholarship monies will be paid directly to the institution attended by the recipient.
Other Information
Acceptance and receipt of the Solomon Jackson, Jr. Scholarship Foundation does not relieve the recipient of the personal responsibility of applying for admission to the college or university, nor does it guarantee his or her admission. After a student is enrolled in a college or university, his or her academic program, social and personal behavior and involvement in campus affairs are subject only to the policies of the college. The Solomon Jackson, Jr. Scholarship does not require particular courses in the recipient’s academic program, involvement in extracurricular activities or personal behavior inconsistent with college policies, except as stated above.
Recipients may attend the college or university of their choice within the United States. Pursuing a course of study in which the college or university offers an alternate year of study outside the United States will not jeopardize the scholarship.
Applicants who are lineal descendants (children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren) of the Solomon Jackson, Jr. Foundation Scholarship Committee are ineligible to apply to the Foundation for scholarship award. Spouses of ineligible persons are also ineligible.
Application Selection
A committee will review the applications and select the most qualified candidate(s). If no candidate meets the eligibility criteria, no scholarship will be awarded. The Solomon Jackson, Jr. Foundation will announce the names of the scholarship recipient(s) no later than August 1st.
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Application Deadline
The deadline for all reapplications is June 1st of the year for which the applicant is seeking scholarship assistance.
Applications will be accepted online, by email or through the mail and must be submitted or postmarked no later than the deadline date. If the deadlines fall on a weekend or a holiday please postmark on the Friday before the deadline dates. Please do not hand deliver or fax the application. Deadlines are strictly enforced.
Application Submission & Selection
Submit the completed application and documents online, by email or through the mail. The Solomon Jackson, Jr. Foundation will review the applications and announce the names of the scholarship recipient(s) no later than August 1st.
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