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 2025 scholarship award 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
General Dynamics Electric Boat
The Day​
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Community Sponsors
Backus Hospital | Hartford Healthcare
Clark McSparren, Jr.
K. Michael and Catherine Talbot
Nicholas Fortson
​​Bronze Sponsors
Dr. Karen Walters​
Dr. James and Marguerite Mitchell
Groton Rotary Club​
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Support Sponsors
Duncklee Cooling & Heating, Inc.
Ulysses B. Hammond
Oscar Perez
Chandra Waring
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Friend Sponsors
Deborah Johnson
Leeland Cole-Chu
​Peggy and Jim Flood
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
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Contributions to the Trust Fund, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.