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MCF donation underwrites student scholarship
Wednesday, August 03, 2011

CANTON, Mo. – Select students attending Missouri Colleges Fund member schools will receive scholarship funding as a result of a generous donation from MasterCard Worldwide.
MasterCard Worldwide contributed $16,000 to the Missouri Colleges Fund. The donation underwrites the MasterCard Math Teacher Scholars Program by providing 16/$1,000 scholarships at each of our 16 member schools. The scholarships will be awarded by the member schools on the basis of financial need to outstanding qualified students.

"The Missouri Colleges Fund is very grateful for this gift from MasterCard Worldwide," said Mike Backer, MCF president. "MasterCardion recognizes the importance of education and significant impact that an educated workforce has on Missouri's economy."

MCF member schools are independent baccalaureate degree-granting liberal arts and comprehensive colleges and universities in the state of Missouri. Their income is derived primarily from private sources.

Missouri Colleges Fund member schools include Avila University, Kansas City; Central Methodist University, Fayette; Columbia College, Columbia; Culver-Stockton College, Canton; Drury University, Springfield; Evangel University, Springfield; Fontbonne University, St. Louis; Hannibal – LaGrange University, Hannibal; Maryville University, St. Louis; Missouri Baptist University, St. Louis; Park University, Parkville; Rockhurst University, Kansas City; Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar; Westminster College, Fulton; William Jewell College, Liberty and William Woods University, Fulton.

The MCF was incorporated in 1952 as a partnership of private enterprise and the member independent colleges and universities in the Show-Me State. The Fund is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt corporation; therefore, all contributions to the Fund are tax-deductible up to the limits prescribed by the law.

More information about MCF can be found online at www.mocollegesfund.org.