Emma Nylen Charitable Trust Scholarship Program
Thank you for applying for the 2025-2026 Emma Nylen Scholarship!
Applications are officially closed and in the process of selection.
If you have applied, you will receive notification via email letting you know you were
selected as a recipient of the Emma Nylen Scholarship. Please assure you have added the coordinator's
email (Ashleyh@bgclubventura.org) to your contacts to avoid it going to SPAM
In the meantime, if you have any questions regarding your application or the process, please email your questions to
Ashley Hofer at Ashleyh@bgclubventura.org.
Thank you, and good luck!
Award letters will be sent out prior to the start of the school year.
Introduction
The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura has the honor of being chosen by the late Emma Nylen to be the distributor of the funds in the Emma Nylen Charitable Trust. The purpose of the Charitable Trust, in the words of the Trust, is:
"…to aid motivated and needy students, at any level of
higher education or training, who find it difficult to defray
the expenses of attending a school of higher-education
or a school of technical or trade training, were it not for
some outside means of financial assistance.”
The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura is charged with identifying and assisting these individuals.
It is the hope of the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura that the funds distributed from this charitable trust
will serve to aid those who would otherwise not receive assistance. It is also the hope that the funds will go towards helping one
Achieve a higher education to be used in a field that will benefit children in some way.
Eligibility
The Charitable Trust is prohibited and will not discriminate with regard to sex, age, race, national origin, religion, residence,
or political affiliation. It was the preference of Mrs. Nylen, though not a requirement, that the recipients be young men or
women who have completed high school and are under the age of thirty (30) years. It is also required that the recipients
have been residents of Ventura County at one time.
The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura has established a Scholarship Committee to review applications and identify
those eligible individuals. Final decisions will be made by the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura.
Other Requirements
Scholarship funds may be used for tuition, books, supplies, and housing. Exceptions can be made at the discretion of the coordinator.
The recipient must maintain at least a "C” grade point average. Any grades received below a "C” may subject the recipient to disqualification, at the discretion of the coordinator. Recipients may apply for funding in subsequent years.
The amount of scholarship awarded to each individual recipient is at the discretion of the Emma Nylen Committee.
It will be the policy to pay funds directly to the provider of services rather than the recipient.
