Swarthmore Foundation Grant The Swarthmore Foundation seeks to promote within the College a sense of social responsibility and an understanding of community service by providing funds to faculty, staff, and students to undertake com-munity service projects. Grant recipients may use their awards to create new projects, to purchase mater-ials for projects in which they participate, and to cover basic living expenses while working with social service organizations.
The John W. Nason Community Service Fellowship, established in 1992 by the Class of 1945 in anticipation of its 50th reunion, honors John Nason, president of Swarthmore College from 1940 to 1953. As administrator of the Nason Fellowship, the Swarthmore Foundation awards this fellowship to students who wish to conduct off-campus community service projects related to their academic program prior to graduation.
Past recipients have worked with children in urban and tribal communities; created a community literacy project; worked on homesteading, construction, and farming projects; fed the homeless; worked in low-income health centers and legal aid offices; counseled survivors of rape and domestic abuse; tutored high school students; participated as facilitators/performers in race awareness workshops; assisted refugees; and interned with public interest organizations.