Providing educational

opportunity

Providing educational

opportunity

Providing educational

opportunity

Providing educational

opportunity

Providing
educational

opportunity

Providing
educational

opportunity

Providing
educational

opportunity

Providing
educational

opportunity

Providing educational

opportunity

Providing educational

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Providing educational

opportunity

Providing educational

opportunity

About the
YSU
Foundation

The Youngstown State University Foundation is an independent, autonomous, private, nonprofit corporation that pursues, manages and distributes resources to support scholarships and student initiatives, as well as the growth and development of Youngstown State University.

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SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT TESTIMONIALS

“I look forward to the day I will be able to generously help students achieve their goals, just as this scholarship so generously helped me.”

-Monica Ellen Busser

“With the help of this scholarship I will receive my Bachelor’s degree in chemistry and hopefully my dream of attending medical school to become a doctor.”

-Kalliope Zembillas

“This scholarship will help me attain my goal of attending law school and pursue a career in public service.”

-Michael Marshall

“As a mother with one child in college and another ready to graduate, I cannot begin to convey exactly what this scholarship meant to me.”

-Anne Hassey

For over
fifty years,

countless students from all walks of life have been touched by some form of support from the YSU Foundation. Our mission and vision for the future have always remained to be a source of educational opportunity.

Your gift today can change someone’s future.

Group of graduate students at Spring 2021 Graduation

News

Eleanor Watanakunakorn receives YSU’s Friend of the University award

Eleanor Watanakunakorn, a longstanding philanthropic leader across the Mahoning Valley and beyond, received Youngstown State University’s prestigious Friend of the University award at an invitation-only dinner Saturday at the Pollock House on campus. “Eleanor’s...

Eleanor Watanakunakorn receives YSU’s Friend of the University award

Jul 26, 2021

Eleanor Watanakunakorn, a longstanding philanthropic leader across the Mahoning Valley and beyond, received Youngstown State University’s prestigious Friend of the University award at an...

Burdman Family Creates New Fellowship for the James P. Tressel Institute for Leadership and Teamwork at YSU

The YSU Foundation is pleased to announce that Lee and Bonnie Burdman, and their children, Korey, Taylor, and Lexi, have made a $250,000 gift to create a fellowship for the James P. Tressel Institute for Leadership and Teamwork at Youngstown State University. The...

Burdman Family Creates New Fellowship for the James P. Tressel Institute for Leadership and Teamwork at YSU

Jul 26, 2021

The YSU Foundation is pleased to announce that Lee and Bonnie Burdman, and their children, Korey, Taylor, and Lexi, have made a $250,000 gift to create a fellowship for the James P. Tressel...

$150K Youngstown Rotary Gift Establishes New Scholarship at YSU

The YSU Foundation is pleased to announce a $150,000 gift from The Youngstown Rotary Foundation to establish The Rotary Club of Youngstown Scholarship. The Youngstown Rotary Foundation Board of Directors and the Rotary Club of Youngstown have made the decision to...

$150K Youngstown Rotary Gift Establishes New Scholarship at YSU

Jun 24, 2021

The YSU Foundation is pleased to announce a $150,000 gift from The Youngstown Rotary Foundation to establish The Rotary Club of Youngstown Scholarship. The Youngstown Rotary Foundation Board of...