Maisin Scholar Award

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The Maisin Scholar Award is funded by the Alexander M. and June L. Maisin Foundation.

Alexander Maisin was of Russian Jewish descent and grew up in Harbin, China, where his family had moved to escape discrimination and violence. He fled China before the beginning of World War II, and moved to San Francisco, coming as a new immigrant without any funds, and worked as a longshoreman, loading and unloading ships in the San Francisco harbor. He invested his savings into a house, then another building, eventually owning commercial and residential properties throughout San Francisco.

When Mr. Maisin died in 1995 he left a significant portion of his estate to establish the Alexander M. and June L. Maisin Foundation, to support needs in the community to make a difference in the lives of people in the San Francisco Bay area. The Alexander M. and June L. Maisin Foundation is a supporting foundation of the Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund.

The Alexander M. and June L. Maisin Foundation launched the Maisin Scholars program in 2000, with the first 50 scholarships of $4,000 each, for the Class of 2001. The program has expanded to now offer 75 scholarships of up to $16,000 (depending on scholarship level) to students graduating from any San Francisco Unified School District high school who have financial need and the ambition to continue their education.payday loansThese scholarships are awarded over the course of four years.