Donald L. Jones Scholarship Fund
Academic Year 2021-2022
About Donald L. Jones
For the 21st year, NLC Mutual is pleased to sponsor the Donald L. Jones Scholarship for the 2021-2022 academic year. Don Jones served as secretary/treasurer of the Company since its inception and retired in December of 1999 as Director of the Center for Member Programs of the National League of Cities. The Scholarship commemorates Don Jones’s outstanding service over his career to NLC Mutual and to state league pooling. The Company has made available a total $17,900 for this academic year, to be awarded to selected applicants who are involved in state league services or risk pooling within the membership of NLC Mutual. Both employees and their children may apply. There may be multiple recipients awarded a portion of the available funds.
Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible for a scholarship award, applicants must:
Board members and officers of NLC Mutual, executive directors of state municipal leagues, pool administrators and their children are not eligible.
- Be a full-time employee of a state municipal league or its sponsored pool in a state where the pool is a member of NLC Mutual (children of individuals so employed are also eligible) and that employment status must be maintained as a condition of disbursement of the scholarship funds;
- Be accepted to, or currently enrolled in, an accredited college or university;
- Be a student during the academic term for which the scholarship will be received; and,
- Be pursuing an academic course of study with emphasis in public administration, insurance, risk management, finance and accounting, information technology, loss control or industrial hygiene.
Board members and officers of NLC Mutual, executive directors of state municipal leagues, pool administrators and their children are not eligible.
Scholarship Award Criteria
The Scholarship Committee, at its discretion, may award all or any part of the funds available in the calendar year. The Committee will determine the amount to be awarded to individual applicants. Any funds awarded will be used for tuition and fees only and payment will be made directly to the recipient’s educational institution. Scholarship recipients are expected to maintain at a minimum a course grade of “C” or equivalent.
Scholarship awards will be based on:
Scholarship awards will be based on:
- The relevance of applicant’s educational and career goals to state league and/or risk pooling work.
- The applicant’s academic standing.
- The applicant’s financial need.
- Amounts available to recipients of Donald L. Jones Scholarship funds will be capped cumulatively at $5000 from NLC Mutual.
Application Procedures
Applicants for the 2021-2022 academic year commencing with the fall semester should return a completed application to the Scholarship Committee not later than February 1, 2021 via email or mailed to address below.
Scholarship Fund Committee
NLC Mutual Insurance Company
660 N. Capitol Street, NW, Suite 450
Washington, D.C. 20001
Email applications are acceptable and encouraged, provided all documentation is included. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered. Scholarship recipients will be notified by March 1, 2021.
Application Requirements:
Scholarship Fund Committee
NLC Mutual Insurance Company
660 N. Capitol Street, NW, Suite 450
Washington, D.C. 20001
Email applications are acceptable and encouraged, provided all documentation is included. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered. Scholarship recipients will be notified by March 1, 2021.
Application Requirements:
- Scholarship Application (link)
- A letter of recommendation from the executive director of the state municipal league or pool administrator where applicant or parent is employed.
- A copy of the transcript of grades from college where enrolled (secondary school if entering college).
- A description of your academic and career goals, particularly as related to the emphasized areas of public administration, insurance, risk management, finance and accounting, information technology, loss control, or industrial hygiene. Please limit to one typed sheet.