who we serve

Students with both great need and great promise
Over 300 students are selected each year to be Schmitt Leadership Scholars including high school students from Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund, High Sight and LINK Unlimited; college students from Arrupe College, Benedictine University, DePaul University, Dominican University, Lewis University, St. Xavier University and University of St. Francis; and graduate students from Loyola University-Chicago, Marquette University and University of Notre Dame. Schmitt Leadership Scholars are inspirational and imaginative, hard-working and resilient, students who envision more for themselves and their world. These students earn tuition scholarships and participate in thoughtful and intentional leadership training and develop projects that challenge them to grow, lead, and commit to making a positive difference now and in the future for themselves and others.
"It isn't about being seen as a leader but instead being defined as one."  2019 Schmitt Leadership Scholar
Schmitt Leadership Scholars actively study and explore leadership fundamentals and best practices, and then implement projects utilizing these leadership skills. By choosing and leading projects they care about, they both advance their communities, while advancing themselves. To read about Scholar projects, click here.

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Schmitt Leadership Scholars selected each year

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Community projects created and led by Schmitt Leadership Scholars each year

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Education Partners Implement Leadership Programming each year

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Experienced Professionals serve on the Board and Staff to manage daily operations
Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation
When you donate, 88% of every dollar goes straight to our mission.
501(c)3 not-for-profit private foundation. Registered charity with the state of IL.
Contact us: Carla Slawson, Executive Director
P.O. Box 2007 Northbrook, IL 60065-2007
schmittfoundation@gmail.com
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