Baltimore City College Alumni Association (BCCAA)

The Trustees exists to enable the students of the Baltimore City College to make the best use of their education at the Baltimore City College or at an institution of higher education after graduation from the Baltimore City College, Baltimore, Maryland. The Trustees is a non-profit 501(c)(3) State of Maryland corporation, IRS Employer Identification Number 52-1294473.

In 1983, the Trustees began with five endowments valued at approximately $85,000 that had been transferred to it by dormant alumni corporations. One of the transferred endowments had originated in 1911. Now the Trustees manages the numerous endowments listed in the concluding paragraph. Most of the endowments provide annual scholarships to graduating seniors based on criteria stipulated by donors. One of the endowments provides annual support for co-curricular activities at the Baltimore City College. The Baltimore City College Alumni Association Life Membership Fund endowment provides annual support for the operation of the organization.

The Trustees has a board of 15 voting members. All must be graduates of the Baltimore City College. Board members are elected for a five-year term. From the board, four officers are elected for one-year terms: President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. The two ex-officio and non-voting members of the board are the Principal of the Baltimore City College and the President of the Baltimore City College Alumni Association. Also, the board has emeritus members.

When an interested alumni or friend indicates the intention to create an endowment, the Trustees of the Baltimore City College Scholarship Funds will process the implementation of the endowed fund. Contact by a prospective donor should be directed to the President of the Trustees.

Every endowment is documented by a memorandum of understanding that specifies the terms and conditions for management of the investment of the endowment principal and annual income as well as the disbursement of the annual income.

In the Fall of each school year, the President of the Trustees distributes a scholarship status report. The report announces recipients in the previous Baltimore City College graduating class. The report announces the scholarship amounts available for the next graduating class. Each November at the annual meeting of the board, the Treasurer issues a financial report for the past year.

To guide the operation of the Trustees, the board and officers have established certain policies.

The Trustees will not conduct fundraising.

Unless otherwise stipulated in a memorandum of understanding, a predetermined portion of an endowment's annual income will be reinvested to become part of the endowment's principal.

Annual income disbursed from any scholarship fund to an institution of higher education will carry the following notice:
This check is transmitted on the condition that it will be applied solely to the tuition obligation of the above named scholarship recipient. We expect that as a result of the application of the check any unpaid balance of the scholarship recipient's tuition will be reduced or the amount of any loan which has been applied to the tuition bill will be reduced. If your institution cannot honor the terms and conditions which accompany acceptance of the enclosed check, we would appreciate the immediate return of check.

The endowment assets for the Mary R. Dudley Memorial Scholarship must remain in an African-American controlled financial institution.

To recognize the custodianship provided by the Trustees, the Baltimore City College Alumni Association has placed an imposing bronze plaque in the main hall of the Baltimore City College school building. The plaque carries an individually cast nameplate for each permanent endowment held by the Trustees. Annually, acknowledgment text appears in the commencement program for the Baltimore City College graduating senior class.

The latest reported combined asset value for the endowments was nearly one and one-quarter million dollars. In chronological order of origination, what follows is a list of existing endowments managed by the Trustees of the Balitmore City College Scholarship Funds.

Douglas H. Rose Scholarship (1911)

Edward L. Torsch/Class of 1868 Scholarship (1928)

Israel Krieger Scholarship (1929)

Aaron Straus Scholarship (1958)

Mary R. Dudley Memorial Scholarship to Morgan State University (1972)

Baltimore City College Alumni Association Life Membership (1984)

Joseph Meyerhoff Memorial Scholarship (1984)

Henry C. Wentz Memorial Prize Scholarship (1984)

John C. Wentz, Jr. Memorial Prize Scholarship (1984)

Royce Diener Co-Curricular Support (1984)

Baltimore City College Alumni Prize Scholarship (1987)

Sylvan Shane Scholarship Prize (1987)

Alfred H. Moses Scholarship (1988)

Hyman "Lefty" Stern Athletic Achievement Scholarship (1988)

Dr. Edgar P. Berman & Pheobe R. Berman Memorial Scholarship (1989)

Corbin Gwaltney Scholarship Prize for Class Valedictorian (1990)

Andre S. Wickham Memorial Scholarship (1993)

Dr. Ephraim T. Lisansky Memorial Scholarship (1994)

Hyman Cohen Memorial Scholarship (1994)

S. Peter Lebowitz Scholarship (1994)

Alan B. Snyder & Susan R. Katz-Snyder Scholarship (1997)

Robert E. Seney Excellence in English Scholarship (1999)

John F. Steadman Memorial Scholarship (2000)

Class of February, 1943 Memorial Scholarship (2001)

Calvin E. Tyler, Jr., Scholarship (2005)

Campbell Bernstein Slusky Scholarship (2005)

Harold Greenwald Memorial Scholarship (2006)

Judge Robert I. H. Hammerman Memorial Scholarship (2006)

Lemuel C. Dunbar & William M. Dunbar Scholarship (2007)

Deana & Gerald Stempler Scholarship (2007)