SUPPORT
Each year, organizations and individuals join The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Trust Fund by supporting and sponsoring a four-year scholarship for each MLK student scholar attending a college or university.
We are incredibly grateful to our past and present sponsors. In 2024, we were able to award 12 well-deserved scholarships for $25,000 each.
SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORS
The following organizations and individuals are currently supporting a scholar in their educational journey.
Neal Bobruff & Jane Lassen Bobruff
Chelsea Groton Bank
ForGood Fund
General Dynamics Electric Boat
Backus Hospital | Hartford Healthcare
The Kitchings Family Foundation
Lawrence + Memorial Hospital | Yale New Haven Health
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
MLK Scholarship Trust Fund and the Community of Friends
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Williams
Mr. Rayshawn Whitford
Mrs. Jane McLane
Mystic Congregational Church
Niantic Community Church
Scruggs Memorial Fund
The Grube Family
The Lowe Family (in memory of Mrs. Marion Lowe)
DINNER SPONSORS
The following organizations and individuals generously sponsor the 2026 scholarship awards dinner.
Platinum Sponsors
Pfizer's purpose is breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. We pursue that goal relentlessly and innovate every day to make the world a healthier place. It was Charles Pfizer’s vision at the beginning and it holds true today. Pfizer’s purpose fuels everything we do and reflects our passion for building on our legacy as one of the greatest contributors of good to the world.
The Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribal Nation is a federally recognized Indian tribe located at one of America’s oldest Indian reservations, Mashantucket, in Southeastern Connecticut. As pioneers of the Indian gaming casino industry, the history of the Mashantucket Pequot people reveals one of America’s greatest come-back stories.
Silver Sponsors
All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church
Community Sponsors
Andrew McKillop
Attorney Bart Sayet & Linda Lindfors
Backus Hospital | Hartford Healthcare
General Dynamics Electric Boat
Nicholas Fortson
Bronze Sponsors
Eastern CT State University
Support Sponsors
Chandra Waring
Cornish Contracting and Real Estate LLC
Emily Maltz
Holly and Damian Rubino
Oscar Perez
Friend Sponsors
Byles-MacDougall Funeral Service
Michael and Anne Louise Shapiro
SUPPORT A SCHOLARSHIP
Individuals and/or organizations interested in contributing to a student scholarship or sponsoring the annual awards dinner are encouraged contact the Trust Fund directly via the button below.
Individual donations of any amount are welcome via PayPal at the "DONATE" button below, or via check to:
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Trust Fund
P.O. Box 1308
New London, CT 06320
Contributions to the Trust Fund, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.