Named Scholarships through the Washington CPA Foundation

The Washington CPA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit foundation committed to ensuring that Washington’s diverse communities have awareness of and access to both high quality accounting education and the resources required to make sound financial decisions. In order to make our vision a reality, the Foundation funds education and research in the field of accountancy, scholarships for accounting students, programs designed to improve accounting education and expand knowledge within the profession, and initiatives designed to improve the public’s skills in personal financial management.

Donors to the Washington CPA Foundation are primarily CPAs in Washington State, their employers and families.

The Foundation is seeking to significantly expand accounting scholarships for undergraduates by offering donors the opportunity to name their own scholarship.

Current Named Scholarships

There are currently a number of named scholarships in the Washington CPA Foundation scholarship program.  They are as follows:

Ernst & Young LLP Accounting Scholarship

Moss Adams LLP Accounting Scholarship 

Sambataro Family Foundation Accounting Scholarship

Shimer Family Scholarship

KPMG, LLP Accounting Scholarship

True Blue Accounting Scholarship

Wells Fargo Accounting Scholarship

View current recipients of these scholarships on the student site, DiscoverCPA.org.

Add to the List of Named Scholarships

The Washington CPA Foundation is looking for individuals, firms or companies to help finance a deserving student’s education by contributing $3,000, to be granted as a Named Scholarship.  Your contribution may be done annually or, should you desire, as a multi-year commitment.

Named Scholarships Benefits

When you make a difference for the future of the accounting profession, you will find many personal benefits: 

• You may have the scholarship named as you choose. (It may be an individual’s name, in memory of a special person, foundation, firm or company name.)
• You can create a connection with the student (in person at time of award, an event or by email).
• You will enjoy the satisfaction of knowing that you are assisting a future accounting professional pursue a meaningful career.
• You will be recognized on the WSCPA website for your named scholarship.
• You will be recognized at the annual Circle event in print and by announcement.
• You will be recognized in the WashingtonCPA magazine (with a circulation of 9,000).

For more information about this opportunity, contact Kimberly Scott, at the Washington Society of CPAs: kscott@wscpa.org or call (425) 586-1108.

Want to make an even bigger difference?  Learn about how to set up an endowment with the Washington CPA Foundaiton.