SFM FOUNDATION

Our mission is to ease the burdens on families affected by workplace accidents. To achieve this, the Foundation provides post-secondary education scholarships to children of parents fatally or seriously injured on the job.

We would like to be able to offer a scholarship to every qualified applicant we receive. Our current scholarship amounts range from $1000 - $15,000 per year, automatically renewable through graduation, and includes graduate school.

While we have grown each year, we are seeking additional funds to assist more deserving students.

We have two primary strategies:

1. Reach all students who would be eligible for our scholarship. Since our scholarship is unique, we work hard at communicating through various channels including contacting high schools, reaching out to injured workers we are aware of, and networking within the Workers' Compensation industry.

2. Continue to increase donations through our existing fundraising events, Golfing for Scholarships and Fall Fundraiser, plus our Friends of the Foundation program. We add new sponsors each year to the Foundation and are looking to broaden our reach.

Our Board of Directors and volunteers are well connected in the Workers' Compensation Insurance industry. We have been able to leverage that to assist with fundraising and increasing awareness of our scholarship.

We are fortunate to have many passionate sponsors who believe in our mission and continue to support us each year.

Our volunteer team has strong talents in marketing, communications, people development, education, and technology. Those skills have helped with our rapid growth.

We continue to see marked growth in fundraising that has stayed in line with the scholarship awards.

We continue to look for ways to find qualified additional scholarship applicants to help this unique need. We have recently started to reach out directly to families that have suffered significant work injuries.