Guiding America’s youth to recognize the qualities of empathy and compassion they possess and to embrace those qualities in achieving meaningful fulfillment in life.
Grant & Award Programs
The purpose of the Middle School Music Grant is to provide a remarkable venue and experience for students where their emotional senses are awakened and they are inspired to advance musically, scholastically and socially. It also familiarizes students with the necessity of personal relationships and the harmony of an interrelated community through performances and visitations with local senior citizens.
The Silent Servant Scholarship Award rewards students for benevolence, a behavior and set of values that will sustain their families and communities for decades to come. The presentation of the award, combined with testimony by the recipient, offers a teachable-moment for their peers to be inspired by their empathetic and compassionate example.
The Pathways Club joins trauma-impacted students in their journey to recognize their strengths, celebrate their worth, and pursue a life of meaningful purpose. Through community service activities, public recognition and service awards, students with unrecognized potential learn that their circumstances do not define them and they have the power to choose a life with a higher purpose.
About the Peter R. Marsh Foundation
The Peter R. Marsh Foundation, established in 2003, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit headquartered in Camas, Washington. Each year, the Foundation awards over 1,000 Scholarships and Grants to students, teachers and schools across the country.
OUR PHILANTHROPIC MISSION
We know from the science of childhood development that empathy and compassion are not so much characterological traits as learned behaviors. They must be taught while children are still young and gently reinforced over time. The benefits of empathy and compassion begin with the grace and peace of mind they offer to anyone who embodies them, but they extend far beyond that, to the broader community. Supporting empathy and compassion among students is the foundation of a safe school environment. Only when students feel secure can they take the risks that learning requires. The core of our mission is to support public school administrators in fostering empathy and compassion among their students.
HIGH SCHOOL SILENT SERVANT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Each year, the Foundation awards scholarships to public high school students for engaging in selfless, voluntary service to their communities. The students are nominated by school staff members and recognized in a public award ceremony. Unlike scholarships that recognize athletic or academic achievements, the Silent Servant Scholarship Award rewards students for benevolence, a behavior and set of values that will sustain their families and communities for decades to come. The presentation of the award, combined with testimony by the recipient, offers a teachable-moment for their peers to be inspired by their empathetic and compassionate example. Please read "Reviews" from educators, counselors and students.
HIGH SCHOOL PATHWAYS CLUB GRANT
The annual High School Pathways Club Grant is available to eligible high schools, nationwide. This Grant compensates a member of a school’s education staff chosen as the Pathways Club leader. Through community service activities, public recognition and service awards, students with unrecognized potential learn that their circumstances do not define them and they have the power to choose a life with a higher purpose.
MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSIC GRANT
The Foundation offers hundreds of grants each year to music teachers in public middle schools across the US. Teachers propose how the grant funds will be used for music education in their classrooms to benefit current and future students. The Music Grant also familiarizes students with the necessity of personal relationships and the harmony of an interrelated community through performances and visitations with the local senior citizens. Please read "Reviews" from educators.
FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP
The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors which includes Barbara Marsh, Jack B. Schwartz, Cindy Robert, Josh York, Linda Dean, Merril Keane.
Executive Director: Matt Wetzel
Director Emeritus: Peter R. Marsh
FOUNDATION LOGO
The PRMF logo is an earlobe pierced by an awl. In ancient times, a commitment to a life of service began with the ceremonial insertion of an awl through one’s earlobe and into the doorpost of the home where one would serve. The Foundation logo symbolizes a lifetime commitment of service to others.
The Peter R. Marsh Foundation recognizes that private citizens who selflessly and quietly serve others are indeed the most valuable citizens of their communities.