• C/JEF NEWS UPDATE

  • C/JEF NEWS UPDATE

2026 sCHOLARSHIP aWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED

The Crain/Jefferson Enrichment Foundation proudly announces awarding eleven different scholarships to students for the coming school year. We're excited to announce a new collaboration with Kumasi Technical University in Ghana, where we sponsored four students to attend college beginning in January of this year. We also added another scholarship recipient to our cohort of students we sponsor attending college at Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria. In addition, three students who attended our Young Kings and Queens Conference in December of 2025 were awarded scholarships, and most recently, the 2026 scholarship recipients for the Oleta Crain and Frances Jefferson Memorial Scholarships were selected. 2026 is an exciting year for the foundation and we are hopeful we will be able to sponsor a few more students in both Nigeria and Ghana in the coming months.

Memorial scholarship winners

This was an exceptionally competitive year for students seeking one of our memorial scholarships. While we received only a handful of applications for each award, every applicant demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, character, and potential. Any one of these students would have been an excellent ambassador for the Crain/Jefferson Enrichment Foundation. Among an impressive field of candidates, three students distinguished themselves by earning GPAs of 4.4 or higher. The competition for the Frances Jefferson Memorial Scholarship was particularly close. Two students, each with a 4.4 GPA, submitted exceptional essays and application packages that were virtually impossible to separate. As a result, and for the first time in our organization's history, the Crain/Jefferson Enrichment Foundation elected to award the Frances Jefferson Memorial Scholarship to both students. The third recipient, who earned an outstanding 4.5 GPA, was selected as the recipient of the Oleta Crain Memorial Scholarship. We congratulate all of our scholarship recipients and commend every applicant for their hard work, dedication, and commitment to academic excellence. These students exemplify the values of academic excellence, perseverance, and service that the Frances Jefferson and Oleta Crain Memorial Scholarships were established to honor.
Frances Jefferson Memorial Scolarship Recipient
Morgan Durant
To attend Howard University as a Psychology Major
Oleta Crain Memorial Scholarship recipient
Asia Harris
To attend Alabama State University as a Biology Major
frances Jefferson Memorial Scolarship Recipient
Jason R. BUllock
To attend the University of TN as an Environmental Engineering Major.
The Crain/Jefferson Enrichment Foundation is a non-profit organization created to educate, encourage and equip minority and/or disadvantaged youth with resources and skills they will need to achieve success and have a positive impact in the communities in which they live and serve.
Valentino Jefferson, Executive Director
Director's Note
Thank you for visiting our website. We invite you to explore the programs and initiatives we're putting forth to help educate and impact youth in our communities and across the world. C/JEF strives to motivate youth who have been underserved and/or underrepresented in our communities. Though we are a small organization, we offer scholarship opportunities and special programming where students can receive mentoring from well-accomplished professionals in various career fields. We have experienccd great success in providing guidance and wisdom to youth in multiple communities through our youth conferences that were recently established in 2022. We enjoy collaborating with other organizations that have similar missions and we're proud of the trajectory we are on. We invite you to join in our efforts as we set out to inspire and make a positive impact on youth who will be the future leaders in our communities.

LOOK WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED...

ThROUGH EACH OF OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS WE'VE AWARDED 29 STUDENTS WITH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE to SUPPORT THEIR COLLEGE ASPIRATIONS. WE ARE EXTREMEMLY PROUD OF EACH OF THE STUDENTS, BUT WE ARE MOST EXCITED ABOUT NEWS WE RECIEVED THAT TWO OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE COMPLETED CLASSES REQUIRED TO GRADUATE! one of those students is in Africa at Maryam abacha american univrsity of nigeria, and one attended Colorado State UniVERSITY. congratulations to both of them!

  • From the Mile high City...

  • To East Tennessee...

  • the Crain/Jefferson Enrichment Foundation is making moves to Inspire & impact as many disadvantaged & underrepresented Youth as possible.

  • Through our various scholarship programs,

  • through our youth conferences,

  • and through our Laptop give aways...

  • We aim to encourage and equip the youth today, in order to Improve and strengthen our communities tomorrow.

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