PVRC Members should encourage their eligible family members and friends and members of their local clubs to apply for PVRC Scholarships. The Scholarship is administered by the ARRL Foundation, a 501(c)3 tax-exempt entity which is separate from the ARRL League.

These scholarships are funded by contributions made through the end of the current year.

The Potomac Valley Radio Club Scholarship

  • Amount: $3000.00
  • Number of Awards: 2 per year
  • License Requirement: any current, valid FCC-issued amateur radio license
  • Region: Preference given to applicants who are residents of, or attending a post secondary institution located in – the District of Columbia or any of the states comprising the main territory of PVRC: Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
  • Field of Study: Any
  • Other: Applicant must be a US citizen

Our club administrator for the scholarship program is Frank Donovan W3LPL.

Contributions may be made in a number of ways:

If you are required by the IRS to make annual RMD (Required Minimum Distribution) withdrawals from your IRA(s), you can shelter your RMDs from taxes and possible increases in Medicare premiums by making donations direct from your financial institution to qualified charities such as the PVRC Scholarship Fund administered by the ARRL Foundation. RMD distributions to such qualified organizations as the ARRL Foundation are called Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs), and these must be made directly from the financial institution to the charity (e.g., ARRL Foundation PVRC Scholarship). Otherwise, there are several ways to make your contribution to the PVRC Scholarship Fund: (in each case specify that you are donating to the PVRC Scholarship)

  1. Complete the ARRL online form by downloading it and mailing it with your check to ARRL;
  2. Use the new PVRC donation linkhttps://home.arrl.org/action/Donate/Donate-Now/CashProductId/2001472017 (RECOMMENDED); or
  3. Call the ARRL Fund Director, Kevin Beal, and give him your credit card number.

For Option 1, the link to the ARRL Web page with the downloadable donation form: http://www.arrl.org/arrl-foundation-donation-form

For Option 3, here is Kevin’s contact information: Kevin Beal, K8EAL

PVRC thanks you for your donation to the PVRC Scholarship Fund. A benefit is that the scholarships help young Hams with their education expenses and they may well become PVRC contesters to perpetuate PVRC’s future.