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 dedicates Daniel H. Becker Family Fountain Commons

Pictured above from left to right: YSU President Tressel, members of Daniel Becker's family, Dottie Melody, Daniel H. Becker, continued members of Mr. Becker's family, and YSU Foundation President Paul McFadden. The fountain area at the core of the Youngstown State...

YSU dedicates Daniel H. Becker Family Fountain Commons

Sep 15, 2022

Pictured above from left to right: YSU President Tressel, members of Daniel Becker's family, Dottie Melody, Daniel H. Becker, continued members of Mr. Becker's family, and YSU Foundation President...

Marion G. Resch Foundation Reaches a Total of $5 Million in Gifts to YSU

Pictured above: Members of the Resch Foundation, YSU Foundation Senior Development Officer Brian Nord, YSU Provost Brien Smith, and YSU President Tressel. The Marion G. Resch Foundation is now a Penguin Pinnacle Society member at Youngstown State University. The...

Marion G. Resch Foundation Reaches a Total of $5 Million in Gifts to YSU

Aug 8, 2022

Pictured above: Members of the Resch Foundation, YSU Foundation Senior Development Officer Brian Nord, YSU Provost Brien Smith, and YSU President Tressel. The Marion G. Resch Foundation is now a...

YSU and YSUF hit record $24.1 million fundraising mark

Youngstown State University and the YSU Foundation received a record $24.1 million in gifts in the 2021-22 fiscal year, the largest one-year total in the university’s 114-year history. “Our donors are among the most generous and supportive anywhere in the nation,” YSU...

YSU and YSUF hit record $24.1 million fundraising mark

Jul 14, 2022

Youngstown State University and the YSU Foundation received a record $24.1 million in gifts in the 2021-22 fiscal year, the largest one-year total in the university’s 114-year history. “Our donors...