WHAT WE DO

FCPSF partners with other entities that provide academic scholarship awards, specifically: The FCAC Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to African-American, District of Columbia high school (public, private, or charter) students pursuing a baccalaureate degree.

FCPSF partners with other entities that provide academic scholarship awards, specifically: The Dr. Jowava Morrow Book Scholarship.

Established by the Leggett Harrison family in memory of their matriarch, this scholarship awards (2) $500 book scholarships to graduating high school students from Washington, DC or Maryland to support their college education.

Applications are being accepted by the Federal City Public Service Foundation (FCPSF) via this link through Monday, March 24, 2025 at 11:59P.M.!

The award season for The Jowava Morrow Book Scholarship has ended.  Please check back in January 2026!

The Dorothy Mae Lee Williams Journalism, Media, Communications Scholarship provides financial assistance to African American women pursuing studies in the field of journalism, media, or communications. This $5,000 scholarship is dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Williams who was an elementary school educator in Detroit, Michigan.  This scholarship is being made available through a generous donation by Dr. J. C. Hayward, a notable journalist in Washington, DC. For many years she was at the same TV affiliate as current journalist Lesli Foster, the granddaughter of Dorothy Mae Lee Williams. These women share a common bond of membership in Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. The Dorothy Mae Lee .Williams Journalism, Media, Communications Scholarship is offered through The Federal City Public Service Foundation (FCPSF).

The applications are being accepted until Monday, March 24, 2025 at 11:59P.M.  Click here to apply.

Non-profit community-based organizations and agencies that implement projects directly benefiting young girls and teen women are encouraged to submit proposals.

Since 2019, the Celebrating Our Girls (COG) program awards a $1,000 grant to young girls and teen women in the Washington, DC metropolitan area who make exceptional contributions to SSTEEAM (Science, Service, Technology, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Arts, and Mathematics). Members of FCPSF board select the honorees.

To view photos from our past events, click here .

Join us for this year's Celebrating Our Girls Awards Program 2025! Click here for details!

The Federal City Public Service Foundation Community Grant cycle for 2024 has ended. Please check back for the next application period.

The Federal City Public Service Foundation Community Grant cycle for 2024 has ended. Please check back for the next application period.

FCPSF welcomes and seeks opportunities to promote causes that support its mission and sustain its programs.

Through partnerships with like minded organizations, FCPSF strives to strengthen its donor base of time, talent and monetary contributions.

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