About the Vantagepoint Public Employee Memorial Scholarship Fund
ICMA-RC founded the Vantagepoint Public Employee Memorial Scholarship Fund in 2001 to honor the lives of our Nation's police officers, firefighters, and other local and state government employees who have died in the line of duty.
The Fund provides the surviving spouses and children of these employees who have given so much to their communities financial assistance in education as they move forward with their lives.
Scholarships in amounts of up to $10,000 are awarded to students who plan to attend a two- or four-year accredited college, university, or vocational school full-time.
The Scholarship Fund is a Section 501(c)(3) public charity. The Fund's Board of Directors manages and oversees the eligibility and award selection process. Scholarships are managed and administered through three partnering organizations: Scholarship America, Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc. (COPS), and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF).