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Our Mission
The mission of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational
Advancement Foundation, Inc®. is to promote
lifelong learning. This is accomplished by securing
charitable contributions, gifts and endowed funds to
award scholarships, fellowships and grants.
Dear Educational Advancement Foundations
Members and Supporters,
As a Foundation committed to promote lifelong learning, we have much
to celebrate as we close our 4th year of Launching New Dimensions
of Educational Excellence®! I am personally very proud of the strong
support of our dedicated members, community advocates and
sponsors in advancing the mission of the Educational Advancement
Foundation®. I am delighted to report that 2017 concluded a year of
continued growth as EAF® achieved targeted goals established over
the past 4 years.
Each year we have challenged ourselves to 1) Grow the assets of the
Foundation, 2) Increase the number of Corporate and Private Donors
to the Foundation, 3) Grow the Capitalized Endowment portfolio
and 4) Increase the number and amount of Scholarships Awarded.
Thanks to each of you – the Educational Advancement Foundation has
experienced a 47% increase in net assets and a 55% growth in revenues.
During this time we have been able to strengthen our platform and widen our impact. Over $600,000 in
scholarship and community assistance grants were awarded during 2017 to 320 students and 7 community
organizations. This brings our historical total to over $5 million awarded since our founding in 1980.
EAF’s impact is also measured by the number of fully capitalized endowments managed by the Foundation.
The endowment program encourages and supports leaving a lasting legacy with which to award scholarships
in perpetuity. These legacy endowments are the roots which will fuel the EAF mission well into the future. Our
total number of managed endowments were 342 with the number of endowments which consistently provide
financial assistance to college students reaching 222, which was a 9% increase over the 203 in 2016. Over the
past four years, the number of capitalized endowments increased from 160 to 222.
Our foundation also saw a significant increase in membership engagement. We ended 2017 with a membership
base of over 72,500 members which was an 8.3% increase over 2016. Chapters within Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Inc.® continued to strongly support EAF contributing over $367,000 during 2017, compared to
$300,000 the prior year.
We have been driven to diligent stewardship of Foundation resources, enhancing member and donor
engagement through new endowment initiatives, and sustaining impactful philanthropy to those pursuing
higher educational goals.
On behalf of the Board of Directors and staff of the Educational Advancement Foundation®, we offer our
deepest gratitude for your continued outstanding support as we continue Launching New Dimensions of
Educational Excellence.
Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson, President
Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Foundation, Inc.
Endowment Programs
The EAF® offers members, organizations and corporations an excellent opportunity to leave a lasting legacy
through our Endowment Program. Endowments are contributions of $20,000 or more placed into a restricted
fund, administered by EAF, and used solely for scholarship awards. Only the interest and dividends are used for
awards — the principal is never touched — to provide a continuous source of scholarship funds over the years.
Endowment funds may be established to honor the memory a loved one or friend … to support a personal
commitment … to support a specific profession … and other criteria the donor chooses. Through the specific
guidelines established for awarding scholarship funds, donors can reaffirm their own personal commitments
to lifelong learning.
2017 Capitalized Endowments Doris S. Parker Endowment Fund
Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson Endowment for Careers in Business
Adrienne Pope-Kelly Washington Endowment Fund
Dorothy M. Hackney Endowed Fund
Alabama HBCU Scholarship Fund
Dorothy Reid Arnold Scholarship Fund
Alberta G. Jones Endowment Fund
Dorothy S. Johnson Endowment Fund
Alice Boyd Burton Alpha Rho Omega Merit Scholarship Fund
Dr. Mabel Bentley Perry & Dr. Claude Albert Perry Sr. Endowed
Alice S. Marriott Scholarship Fund
Education Scholarship
Alice Thomas Motts Trust Scholarship Fund
Dr. Rodelia A. Glasco Endowed Fund
Alpha Kappa Alpha Founders Fund
Dr. Shirley A. Jackson Scholarship Fund
Alpha Kappa Alpha Incorporators Fund
E. Alma Flagg-Caroline Williams Endowed Fund
Alpha Lambda Omega Endowment Fund
Edna Smoot Griffin Scholarship
Alpha Pi Wolfe Sisters: Nellie Gaylord, Ida Ross, Marjorie L. Ushery
Ella Springs Jones EAF Scholarship Fund
Ann Colbert Battles Endowment Fund
The ELO Foundation Scholarship Fund
Ann Elizabeth Laury Jones Scholarship Fund
Elsie Lavonne Lewis Scholarship Fund
Anne Mitchem Davis Endowment Fund
Epsilon Nu Omega Endowment Fund
The Barbara Denson Trotter Endowment
Erma W. Barron Endowment Fund
Barbara K. Phillips Endowment Fund
Ernestine B. Bivens and Dr. Mabel B. Perry Endowed Fund
Barbara W. Davis Endowed Fund
Ethel Hedgemon Lyle Leadership Fund
Barbara A. McKinzie/Naomi Moses Scholarship Fund
Ethel Jones Mowbray Endowed Fund
Bernice Gordon Greene Educational Leadership Endowment Fund
Eta Upsilon Omega Endowed Scholarship Fund
Bernice I. Sumlin EAF Scholarship Fund
Evelyn Sample-Oates H.O.P.E Scholarship Fund
Beta Epsilon Omega Scholarship Fund
Faye B. Bryant Excellence Scholarship Fund
Beta Kappa Omega Endowment Fund
Felicia Marianne Wright Endowed Scholarship Fund
C. Connor and O. Brown Endowment Fund
Flossie M. Dedmond Educational Fund
Dr. C. Edith Booker Endowed Scholarship Fund
Frankie E. Ledbetter Scholarship Fund
Capturing The Promise
Dr. Franzella W. Buchanan Scholarship Fund
Capture the Promise Fellowship
Freddie Groomes-McLendon Scholarship
Carmelita Caruth Smith Post Graduate Endowment For Women
Frederica Wilson Endowed Fund
Carmen E. Fowler Fair Scholarship Fund
Gamma Omega/Alberta Gantt/Mattie Harvey Scholarship
Carol R. and Otwa L. Dixon Scholarship Fund
Gamma Rho Omega Chapter Scholarship
Carolyn House Stewart Endowment Fund
Sorors of Gamma Theta Omega Chapter Scholarship Fund
Caroline L. Lattimore Endowment Fund
Georgia Gross Kirby Memorial Scholarship Fund
Central Beard Haley King Endowment Fund
Giselé M. Casanova Endowment Fund
Charlene Truitt Nelson Endowed Scholarship Fund
Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover Endowment Fund
Chelle Luper Wilson Endowment Fund
Gloria Harper Dickinson International Travel Endowment
Chi Alpha Omega Endowment Fund
Grace Strauther Endowment Fund
Clara McCrae Hines Scholarship Fund
Green-Alpha Beta-Communications Fund
Claronelle Smith Griffin Endowment Fund
Gwendolyn & Schylbea J. Hopkins Endowment Fund
Claudia Silas Scholarship Fund
Gwendolyn Gaston Brinkley Scholarship Fund
Constance K. Holland Endowment Fund
Gwendolyn Gilbert Shorter EAF Scholarship
Cynthia Duke Cox Hudley Endowment Fund
Gwendolyn J. Brinkley Endowment Fund
Cynthia J. Thomas Finch Endowment Fund
Harriet Josephine Terry Scholarship
Dansby Family Scholarship Fund
Hattie B. Wills Endowed Scholarship Fund
Dr. Christina R. Brown/Dr. Marva Mizell Price/Dr. LeShawndra N. Price
Helen Cromer Cooper Endowment Fund
Endowed Legacy Scholarship
Hilda Wilder Scholarship Fund
Anonymous Scholarship Fund
Ida L. Jackson Scholarship Fund
Deborah C. and Lindsey E. Brittain Endowment Fund
Ida K. Martin Endowed Scholarship Fund
Delta Epsilon Omega Chapter Endowed Fund
Idell S. Pugh Endowment Fund
Delta Phi Omega Bea Bailey Scholarship Fund
Imani Pearls Community Development Foundation Scholarship
Delta Tau Omega-Dorothy Kennedy and L. Margaret Groves Keepers
Irene Westbrooks McCollom Endowment Fund
of the Dream Scholarship Fund
Iota Zeta Omega Scholarship
Denise Foster-Williams Fund
J. Marjory Jackson Performing Arts Scholarship
Deralyn Riles Davis Endowment Fund
Jacqueline O. Dansby Endowment Fund
Diana G. Shipley Endowment Fund
Jacqueline & Philip Kane Endowed Fund
Doris (Dee) Kemp Endowed Scholarship Fund
Jameseva Marshall Webb Endowment Fund
Doris R. Asbury Endowment Fund
Janet Jones Ballard Endowed Fund
Jenell Ross Entrepreneurial Fund Pearl L. Harrison Fine Arts Endowed Funds
Jessie Reasor Zander Endowment Fund Peggy Lewis LeCompte Endowment Fund
Jo Celeste Pettway Endowment Fund Phi Kappa Omega Chapter EAF Scholarship Fund
John and Bella Russell Honorarium Endowment Phi Phi Omega Scholarship
Johnella H. Martin Educational Endowment Fund Pi Alpha Omega Chapter EAF Endowed Scholarship Fund
Jones/Holloway/Rigsby Endowment Fund Dr. Polly Sparks Turner Health Professions Endowment Fund
Joy Elaine Daley Endowment Fund Rachel Ashburn Mallory Undergraduate Leadership Development
Joyce Henderson Endowment Fund Scholarship Fund
Joyce V. Austin Scholarship Fund Rho Pi Omega Sisterhood of Service Endowment Fund
Juanita Sims Doty Endowed Fund Rho Zeta Omega Chapter Endowed Fund
Kathleen Hill Dyer Fellowship Fund Rita White Roberts Scholarship Fund
Kappa Omega Endowment Fund Rose Butler Brown Endowed Fund
Katina Semien Political Science & Pre-Law Scholarship Ruby Batts Archie Endowment Fund
Kathy Walker Steele Endowment Fund Ruth Coleman Endowed Scholarship
Lambda Alpha Omega Endowed Fund Ruth C. Easley Gerontology Scholarship Fund
Larry & Carolyn Suarez Fund for Business and Entrepreneurship Sadie Sermon Mickle
Larzette G. Hale Wilson/Eva L. Evans Endowment Fund Hortense Caldwell-Harvey Endowment Scholarship Fund
LaVern S. Tarkington Endowment Fund Sarah R. Simmons EAF Endowment in Memory of Jayne Doctor
Laverna Williams Johnson Endowed Scholarship Fund Dr. Savanah C. Jones Scholarship Endowment Fund
Legacy of Pearls Endowment Fund Sharon Brown Harriott Community College Access & Equity
Lehia Anderson Bradby Memorial Endowment Fund Endowment
Linda Henry Gilliam Endowment Fund Shirley R. Fisher Endowment Fund
Linda Marie White Endowed Scholarship Fund Sigma Lambda Omega Endowed Scholarship Fund
Lorraine R. Green Endowed Fund Solomon White Beta Alpha Leadership Fund
Lucille Ellis Floyd and Zeta Xi Omega Chapter Endowed Scholarship Sorors of South Carolina Endowment Fund
Fund South Atlantic Regional Conference Endowed Fund
Lucille Johnson Piggott Endowed Scholarship Sonja W. Garcia / Stella J. Lett Undergraduate Leadership
Lucille M. Brown Endowment Fund Endowment
Lucretia Payton Stewart Endowment Fund Taahsela K. Holton Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Mae C. Jemison Science & Technology Award Tari T. Bradford Endowment Fund
Maggieann Whatley Green Scholarship Fund Tau Beta Omega Endowed Scholarship Fund
Mamie McKnight / Ginger McKnight Chavers Graduate Scholarship The Cultured Pearls of Tau Pi Omega
Marilyn Glenn Blackmon Endowment Fund Theta Mu Omega Eugenia Dean Scott Memorial Fund
Marjorie H. Parker Endowment for Careers in Archives Tondalaire Deon Ray Ashford Scholarship
Marjorie H. & Franka H. Young Scholarship Fund Toni S. Kendrick Educational Endowment Fund
Marsha Lewis Brown Endowment Fund Undergraduate Centennial Endowment
Marva J. Lee Endowment Fund Undergraduate Global Leadership Endowment Fund
Mary B. Conner Educational Endowment Undergraduates Launching New Dimensions Endowment Fund
Mary Shy Scott Arts Endowment Fund Upsilon Alpha Omega Chapter/Beauty P. Baldwin Endowed
Mary F.Williams Teacher Education Scholarship Fund Scholarship Fund
Marye Jeffries Endowment Fund Upsilon Tau Omega Scholarship Fund
Mary Louise Williams Scholarship Endowment Fund Vanessa Rogers Long Endowment Fund
Mattelia Grays-Julia Purnell Endowment Fund Velma Lois Jones EAF Endowment Fund
M. L. Matthew Legacy Fund For Excellent Scholarly Performance Vera Forte McCain Endowed Funds
Maxine L. Black Endowed Scholarship Fund Vertelle and James Middleton / Delores Ham Oliver Human Service
Melanie C. Jones South Eastern Region Undergraduate Endowment Scholarship
Meredith L. Henderson Endowment Fund Vicki Miles LaGrange Endowment Fund
Mid-Atlantic Region Scholarship Fund Virginia F. Hightower Endowment Fund
Mikayla C. Fishburne Scholarship Endowment Fund Wendye D. Mingo Information Technology Endowed Scholarship
Mildred Logan Taylor Endowed Scholarship Fund Fund
Monarch Awards Foundation Wilhelmina R. Delco Endowment Scholarship
of Xi Nu Omega Chapter Wilma Allison Moore Endowed Scholarship Fund
Mu Kappa Omega / Julia F. Thompson, Inc. Scholarship Fund William Lewis Dawson Memorial Scholarship Fund for Theta
Mu Lambda Omega Endowment Fund Omicron Omega
Nadine C. Bonds Endowment Fund Wilma H. Tootle Scholarship Fund
Nancy Gardner Sewell Endowed Fund Women in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM)
Norma S. White Music Endowment Fund Scholarship
Norman Jack Hayes Scholarship Fund Xi Alpha Omega - ILECF Lasting Legacy Fund
Norma Jean Tucker Endowment Fund Yvonne Perkins Endowment Fund
Nu Lambda Omega Scholarship Fund
Octavia Florence Michelle Legacy Fund
Ootsie, Lillian Dunn Thomas Endowment Fund
Pamela Bates Porch Endowed Scholarship Fund
Pamela Lynne Redden, MD, Great Lakes Wellness Fund
Patricia and Theresa Massey Endowment Fund
Patricia Ann Dawson Lee Scholarship Fund
Patricia Petty Wilson Scholarship Fund
Please Consider A Legacy Gift To EAF
To make a gift in your Will or Living Trust that will
benefit our mission for years to come, please contact
our Executive Director Erika V. Everett at 773-947-0026.
Youth P.A.C. Program
The “Youth Partners Accessing Capital”
program, known as Youth P.A.C., involves
young people in the philanthropic process.
Since 1997, it has provided awards and
scholarships that support the healing,
nurturing, learning and uplifting of youth
through development of lifelong learning
skills. The program pays large dividends by DeMariah Koger Ashantia Collins Jade Clark
developing trained, capable future leaders. Alabama A&M University Miami University The University of Alabama
Youth P.A.C. is structured for undergraduate
members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and
chaired by the Foundation’s Second Vice
President.
Jazmine Adams Khadejah Kelly Staci Shelby
Austin Peay State University Edward Waters College Louisiana State University
Community Assistance Awards
These awards assist individuals and organizations for specific civic, educational or human service projects.
The Pink Tea Rose Foundation
Los Angeles, California
The Pink Tea Rose Foundation is a program that
provides an annual fiscal health seminar and resource
fair. This program includes a wellness component which
promotes healthy living habits among youth and women
of color. The objective is to equip seminar attendees
with tools and resources to improve their health both
mentally and physically.

Original Creativity
Detroit, Michigan
Original Creativity brings economic and artistic investments into the community. Creating an enjoyable
space for neighborhoods to experience peace and tranquility. The park will include walk paths, plants,
seating areas and three art murals. This corner lot will be a place of solace for residents to retreat while
promoting a sense of pride.
Rewhudijm Enterprises
Machakos, Kenya
Rewhudijm Enterprises is a five person organization
that partners within local regions. The main goal of this
organization is to fight poverty by providing knowledge to
people through research, field experience and community
development. Projects such as chicken keeping assist
hundreds of households to improve health through use of
eggs. Small dams are dug as reliable sources of water for
farming, their major revenue. Most residents in the region
are impoverished and live on less than a dollar in a day.
Rewhudijm Enterprises encourages residents to use these
skills and others to free themselves from poverty.
Community Assistance Awards
These awards assist individuals and organizations for specific civic, educational or human service projects.
I Will Listen
Baltimore, Maryland
I Will Listen is a week-long campus-based mental health
education program. Meetings are held at 6 campuses during
Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 1st-7th). Students
and faculty participants are encouraged to show empathy and support
individuals experiencing mental health conditions. The program’s goal is
to increase mental health awareness in the African American community
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Loving Hands
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Loving Hands provides alternative care
for mentally and physically challenged adults.
Participates receive socialization, interaction, Leadership Houston-Class XXXVI
and recreation activities. Family members and Houston, Texas
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concerns for a few hours, knowing their loved empower, and engage leaders in the Houston community.
ones are in a safe caring environment. Loving This year Leadership Houston will send a representative
Hands goal is to give individuals independence to participate in an intensive leadership development
without being placed in a nursing home. experience. The ten-month journey will chronical
Houston’s economy, history, and growth. Through two
overnights and a monthly class, the program provides
exposure to Houston’s
key industries (energy,
healthcare, education, and
government). Leadership
Houston employs a highly
competitive application and
nontraditional interview
process each year to create
classes of leaders that truly
reflect the diversity of the city
of Houston.
Evolution Academy Education Step

Forward Project
Richardson, Texas
Evolution Academy Education Step Forward Project
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students who do not succeed in a traditional classroom
environment. Students who have dropped out of
high school and need to make up credits are the
target audience. Evolution Academy Education Step
Forward Project assist students by preparing them
for graduation, using individualized learning credit
recovery and non-traditional instructional methods.
Matching Gift Companies
EAF is grateful to those companies and organizations with matching gift programs that help to maximize our
impact. Listed below are the companies currently providing matching gifts to employee donations.
Company Matching Gifts Can Double Your EAF Donation
Please check with your company’s Human Resources Department to determine if this option is available,
and for the required documentation.
AARP Medimmune, LLC
Allstate Giving Campaign Microsoft Giving Campaign
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) Mondelez International
Amgen Norfolk Southern
Amica Mutual Insurance Co Obligo Investment Management
Assurant Matching Gifts Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
AstraZeneca PJM Interconnection, LLC
AT&T Higher Education/Cultural Matching Gift Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Program (Chevron Your Cause)
Atlassian Starr Companies
Boeing Company State Farm Companies Foundation
BP Foundation, Inc. State Street
Cengage Learning SunTrust Bank
Cisco Systems The Boeing Company
Clorox Company Foundation The GE Foundation
CSAA Insurance Group The P & G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
Cummins Inc The Washington Post Company
DaVinci Mode Designs Thomson Reuters My Community Program
Discover Financial Services Truist
Eli Lilly and Company Turner Broadcsting
Express Scripts (Acredo) U.S. Bancorp Foundation
ExxonMobil Foundation United Student Aid Funds, Inc.
Gallagher Bassett Services Inc. Verizon Foundation
GE Foundation Wachovia Foundation,Inc.
General Electric Wells Fargo Bank
GlaxoSmithKline Wrigley Company Foundation
Graham Holdings Matching Gifts Program
Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NJ
Hubbell Incorporated
IBM Corporation
JP Morgan Chase
Lockheed Martin
Markel Corporation
McDonald’s Corporation
McKesson
2017 ANNUAL EAF SCHOLARSHIP AND AWARDS EVENT