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

opportunity

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

Providing opportunities for today and tomorrow.

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

YSU alum’s career focus of ‘AIR’

YSU Foundation hosts special pre-screening of movie Youngstown State University alum John Paul Vincent "Sonny" Vaccaro and his career at Nike are the focus of the new major motion picture “AIR” which will be released in theaters worldwide April 5. During his time at...

YSU alum’s career focus of ‘AIR’

Apr 3, 2023

YSU Foundation hosts special pre-screening of movie Youngstown State University alum John Paul Vincent "Sonny" Vaccaro and his career at Nike are the focus of the new major motion picture “AIR”...

New Multipurpose Classroom Named for DiBacco Family

A multi-purpose meeting and classroom in Stambaugh Stadium is being named in honor of Jim and Melissa DiBacco. The Jim and Melissa DiBacco Family Leadership Center is set to open this spring and will offer a dynamic venue for use by the Youngstown State University...

New Multipurpose Classroom Named for DiBacco Family

Dec 14, 2022

A multi-purpose meeting and classroom in Stambaugh Stadium is being named in honor of Jim and Melissa DiBacco. The Jim and Melissa DiBacco Family Leadership Center is set to open this spring and...

YSU opens Watson Team Center on campus

Youngstown State University today celebrated the official opening of the Frank and Norma Watson Team Center on Rayen Avenue, a new facility designed to better prepare YSU engineering teams for regional, national and international competitions. “This facility provides...

YSU opens Watson Team Center on campus

Dec 9, 2022

Youngstown State University today celebrated the official opening of the Frank and Norma Watson Team Center on Rayen Avenue, a new facility designed to better prepare YSU engineering teams for...