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FOUNDATION OVERVIEW The Foundation of the 1st Cavalry Division Association was established for the purpose of providing financial assistance in the form of scholarship grants toward the pursuit of an advanced education. These grants are reserved for children of those soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division who died, or were totally and permanently disabled as a result of wounds received or disease contracted while serving with the 1st Cavalry Division in any armed conflict. Additionally, children of members of the Association who die while serving with the 1st Cavalry Division in peacetime and active duty soldiers currently assigned or attached to the 1st Cavalry Division and their spouses and children are eligible to receive scholarship grants. The Foundation also administers a separate program for descendants of soldiers who served in designated qualifying units that were involved in the battles of the Ia Drang valley during the period 3 through 19 November 1965. The Foundation of the 1st Cavalry Division Association is a tax-exempt charitable organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and all donations are tax-deductible. The Foundation's tax identification number is 23-7016417. BACKGROUND A trust agreement was signed on 16 August 1968 establishing the Foundation.
Since that time, no child of a Trooper that has been killed or disabled has been turned away for lack of funds.
Between the generous donations of Association members and scholarship
drives within the Division, the Cavalry has taken care of its own.
In the 1970s, in response to a perceived downtrend in applications from
the aging children of the Division's Troopers that were killed in action from the Vietnam war, eligibility was
expanded to children of Association members killed or disabled while on active
duty with the Division. This
extension produced an unexpected response from Since its inception, the Foundation has provided:
Scholarships that began at $400 per year currently provide $1000 per year with a maximum of $4000 for four years of schooling. Funding for the program, less the Ia Drang element, derives primarily from the Foundation's primary investment portfolio, the annual Division fund drive and random donations from the membership and those interested in providing support for education. The Association annually provides $12,000 to satisfy projected shortfalls up to a predetermined maximum. All eligible candidates for grants who are children of deceased members of the Division are funded. Active Duty soldiers and their spouses and children compete for grants and selection is made annually by a board comprised of Command Sergeants Major of the Division acting in their private capacity as members of the Association. All requests for grants in this category were satisfied through school year 1996/1997, however the large number of active duty applications for school year 1997/1998 necessitated that grants be awarded in order of priority. Funding for the Ia Drang program comes from donations specifically earmarked for this category of grant. Ia Drang funds are separately invested in a fenced program to build up an investment corpus which will sustain additional grants from its proceeds. Please mail your tax-deductible donations to the Foundation of the 1st Cavalry Division Association, 302 N. Main St., Copperas Cove, TX 76522-1703. Donations in the amount of $25 or more will be acknowledged in the SABER. Donations of $250 or more will receive a tax certificate as required by the IRS. Donations intended for the Ia Drang Fund should be made out to the Ia Drang Scholarship Fund. APPLICATIONS For more information or an application to register for benefits send a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE) to the Foundation of the 1st Cavalry Division Association, 302 N. Main St., Copperas Cove, TX 76522-1703 or e-mail us at firstcav@1cda.org. You may also print the on-line Registration Form, fill it out completely, and mail it with all of the required supporting documentation to the Foundation of the 1st Cavalry Division Association. The application forms for Association members who are active duty Troopers currently serving with the First Team and their families are done once yearly. The window for the 2007-2008 school year is open from 14 March through 1 July 2008. Applications are currently available on-line and will be available in printed form by 1 April 2008 in Crossed Sabers Souvenir Shop in the 1st Cavalry Division Museum. FUND RAISING EVENTS The Dallas Chapter of the Finance Forum is conducting it Annual Charity Golf Tournament on 17 April 2008 to raise funds for the Foundation of the 1st Cavalry Division Association to support the Trooper of the 1st Cavalry Division and their families. The tournament will be held at the Golf Club of Castle Hills located at 699 Lady of the Lakes Boulevard in Lewisville, Texas. To obtain additional information and register to play and support the Foundation visit the Finance Forum web page. We greatly appreciate the support of the Dallas Chapter of the Finance Forum. Supporting
the Foundation The Finance Forum Dallas Chapter held its Annual Charity Golf Tournament to support the Foundation on 18 April 2007. This is the second year that they have held the tournament supporting the Foundation of the 1st Cavalry Division Association and they donated $14,554 from the tournament in 2006. |
