Cdb Scholarship Foundation Inc

The CDB Scholarship Foundation was established in January 2020 to honor the life of Craig D. Butler, for whom the scholarship is named, and to continue his legacy of integrity, generosity and service after Butler was shot and murdered at the hands of a 14-year-old in 1999.  

CDB Scholarship Foundation applicants are required to meet specific criteria, complete an application and submit specific documents. To qualify, a student must be a resident of Philadelphia County at the time of application; must be of African American decent; must have a scholastic grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale; and must be entering a two- or four-year college or university as a full-time freshman student in the fall of the year the announcement or must be entering an accredited vocational-technical school as a full-time freshman in the fall of the year of the announcement of the scholarship award. The disbursement of funds goes directly to the college, university or vocational-technical school.