Scholarships

a. The World Junior Golf Series was established to help put all juniors on the same playing field regardless of financial position, race, creed, sex or ranking. The ultimate goal of the series is not just to produce championship athletes, but rather to assist juniors in becoming well rounded, well educated leaders of tomorrow, whether on or off the golf course.

The World Junior Golf Series (hereinafter “Series”) recognizes that many young athletes never reach their full potential due to financial inability, and seeks to help forward their cause in golf as well as academically, and though enhanced life skills.

The culmination of all Series programs will make it possible for the Series to not only to provide support to those seeking help, but it will also have a self-generated venue to identify top young talent. Such young talent may in turn seek the assistance of the Series. This ability to observe the top juniors in the world in competitive situations as well as in socially formal and informal settings, is an inherent synergy that exists from within the Series. It is this special synergy that will perpetuate the organization and market its cause and effect.

b. A Full Scholarship will pay all related costs and fees associated with a year ’s tuition to an approved golf academy, an approved academic institution, meals, boarding, a small stipend, social activities, transportation, tournament t ravel, and tournament fees and costs. Partial scholarships may also be awarded on a case -by- case basis where the combined annual income may exceed the level necessary for a full scholarship. These applicants will be required to provide balance sheets detailing their inability to provide such training within their current income level. Combined household incomes exceeding $275,000 annually is not eligible for any percentage of a Series scholarship.

c. Funds will be solicited from a number of sources including but not limited to corporations, foundations, and individuals in the form of gifts, grants, stocks, bonds, land, asset donations, endowments, and planned gifts.

d. Series Scholarship recipients will receive a maximum amount of $ 52,000 per year to be applied towards academic tuition, golf academy tuition, meals, boarding, planned social activities recreation, tournament travel expenses, and tournament entry fees. Please note that scholarship recipients may not receive equipment as part of their scholarship and must make arrangements to obtain the proper equipment prior to their arrival at the golf academy.

Tournament sanctioning, a World Junior Golf Series world ranking system data collect ion, administration and marketing shall constitute a percentage of the funds raised by the organization and are not designated for scholarship use only. A percentage of funds not specifically designated for scholarships shall be designated to scholarships nonetheless. Tournaments and sanctioned events will also conduct their own fundraising for the general costs and administration of an event commiserate with that of like events. Series funds shall go to the promotion of character enriching activities, transportation and boarding for those who are in need, and for the forwarding of the mission of the Series.

e. The procedure for determining the amount of a full Series Scholarship is taken from the “published rate card” of possible pending Board of Trustee (Hereinafter “Board”) approved organizations that will provide full-time golf instruction, physical and mental training, accredited academic instruction, room and board, meals, and social activities.

Partial scholarships shall be awarded based on need as a percentage against the rate established above.

f. The will be a select ion committee that consists of two members of the Board, three advisory seats, that will also be selected by the Board all for an initial term of two years.

Donors who give a restricted grant or an endowment, i .e., for Italian Americans, that donor shall have a vote with respect to the recipient of such scholarship only, in the event of a tie that cannot be resolved, the vote of the Executive Director of the World Junior Golf Series shall prevail.
Each applicant who meets the criterion will be reviewed and considered. After such review, the Board shall select a list of applicants to interview (25%) twenty-five percent larger than the number of scholarships to be awarded. It will be the decision of the Board to interview these candidates in person or via teleconference.

g. In such case an applicant is related to a member of the Board, the staff, or the staff of one of the vendor institutions providing services to scholarship recipients or Series, such relative may not be part of the select ion committee, nor make at tempts to influence such process. Further, if such applicant is selected, the board must submit for public record an explanation of why such applicant was selected over other applicants within the pool who also met the required qualifications.

Because the terms of the Selection Committee are limited to two years, selected by an unbiased Board, and family members must stand a strict test of scrutiny, it is our assumption that there will not be biased select ions. In the event a bias is suspected, the Executive Director of the Series should investigate such suspicion. In the event a bias is discovered that member of the Selection Committee shall be asked to step down and the Board shall immediately vote to replace the removed member.

Development or Fundraising

a. Our anticipated fundraising activities will include:

• Direct large donor solicitation;
• Solicitation of monies from other like -minded foundations which may either give grants, or direct solicitation of foundation board members of such foundations;
• Through benefits such as: auctions; dinners; benefit golf tournaments; Title Sponsorships; tournament sponsor fees; ranking affiliate sponsors; sanctioning of tournaments; advertising space in programs, web pages, ranking annuals, newsletters;
• General Appeals that would be direct-mailed solicitations for funds for scholarships and general funds that may be in conjunct ion with marketing materials;
• Solicitation of funds through our web site, and other web sites;
• Named endowments which will be par t of an initial capital campaign program; and
• Title Sponsorship of World Junior Golf Championships.

b. Al l Development activities shall be done with extreme respect and caution to the benefactor or potential benefactor. The highest standards and ethics of the non-profit fundraising industry will be observed at all times.

c. Development and Communications will make all effort to keep the integrity of the name and logo in the tightest control possible.

d. Fundraising will occur throughout the world, as we are an International organization; nonetheless, the majority of activities will more likely than not take place within the United States. And, within the United States, we hope and anticipate raising monies from individuals and entities within all 50 states.

Oversight of Grants

The Series will install a number of financial safeguards including but not limited to annual reviews of financial statements, strict adherence to policies and procedures. Quality assurance surveys will be administered for each of the Series' vendors and suppliers to ensure the services and quality are commiserate with the charged rates.

Sponsors Board