TY 2020 IRS 990 e-File Render
Name:
THE BERNER CHARITABLE AND SCHOLARSHIP
 
FOUNDATION
EIN:
36-3923844
Identifier Return Reference Explanation
APPLICATIN SUBMISSION FORM, DEADLINES AND ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS. FORM 990-PF, PART XV, LINE 2(B), (C) AND (D) 1. THE SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF RUBEN R. VERNOF, CO-TRUSTEE, JEFFREY TODD, ANGELO DE VIVO, JORDAN BERLIN, DAVID KLEINERMAN, MARTHA ANN TODD AND LINDA M. NEYLON, CO-TRUSTEE. A MAJORITY OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL ELECT THE PERSON OR PERSONS TO WHOM THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED.2. ONLY RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE RECIPIENTS OF THESE SCHOLARSHIPS. ELIGIB LE STUDENTS ARE THOSE WHO ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND OR ARE ATTENDING ANY ACCREDITED UNITED STATES COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY GRANTING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING DEGREES: BACHELORS, MASTERS, DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, DOCTOR OF MEDICINE, DOCTOR OF DENTISTRY, DOCTOR OF LAWS, DOCTOR OF VETERINARY MEDICINE OR OTHER COMMONLY ACCEPTED ACCREDITED ADVANCED DEGREES.3. PERSONS OF BOTH SEXES AND ALL AGES, RACES AND RELIGIONS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THESE SCHOLARSHIPS. SELECTION SHALL BE BASED ON SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT OR THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS, FINANCIAL NEED AND DEMONSTRATED QUALITY OF LEADERSHIP.4. THE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL RECIPIENTS WILL DEPEND ON THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE FUNDS, AND IT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE AT LEAST FOUR (4) PER YEAR.5. APPLICANTS MUST GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL WITH A "C" AVERAGE OR BETTER IF THE SCHOLARSHIP IS FOR AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE. IF THE STUDENT IS SEEKING A GRADUATE DEGREE, HE OR SHE MUST HAVE GRADUATED COLLEGE WITH A "C OR BETTER AVERAGE. APPLICANTS MUST ENROLL AS FULL-TIME STUDENTS AND CARRY A FULL-TIME COURSE LOAD.6. THE AVAILABILITY OF THE GRANT WILL BE PUBLICIZED THROUGH THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICES OF THE RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS.7. THE GRANT WILL BE PAID TO THE RECIPIENT, TO HIS OR HER FAMILY OR DIRECTLY TO THE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RECIPIENT.A) ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE TO RECEIVE REPORTS OF COURSES TAKEN AND GRADES IN EACH ACADEMIC PERIOD.B) IN THE EVENT THAT A RECIPIENT SHALL FAIL TO MAINTAIN AN AVERAGE OF "C OR BETTER, SHOULD ABANDON COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY ATTENDANCE, SHOULD DIE, OR SHOULD FAIL TO COMPLETE ONE ACADEMIC YEAR WITHIN TWELVE (12) MONTHS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOLASTIC YEAR NEXT FOLLOWING HIS OR HER AWARD, THE SCHOLARSHIP SHALL BE TERMINATED IN THE DISCRETION OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE AND THE UNUSED PORTION OF THE SCHOLARSHIP SHALL BE PROMPTLY REFUNDED TO THE TRUSTEE.C) THE SELECTION COMMITTEE SHALL SELECT ONE OR MORE ALTERNATES WHO SHALL BE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS PREVIOUSLY AWARDED TO PERSONS WHO, PRIOR TO BEGINING SUCH ACADEMIC YEAR, FAIL TO ENTER HIS OR HER COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.8. NO GRANTS WILL BE AWARDED TO ANY DISQUALIFIED PERSON AS DESCRIBED IN SEC. 4946(A) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.9. THE RECIPIENT WILL BE REQUIRED TO EXECUTE A PROMISSORY NOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE TRUST DOCUMENT AND NO SECURITY WILL BE REQUIRED.10. THE PROCEDURES IN MAKING AND MANAGING THE LOAN PORTION OF THE SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS WILL NOT DIFFER IN ANY MATERIAL WAY FROM THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 AND 7.11. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE TRUTEE ELECTS NOT TO DISTRIBUTE THE ENTIRE NET INCOME OF THE TRUST IN ANY YEAR FOR SCHOLARSHIP PURPOSES, THE TRUSTEE SHALL DISTRIBUTE THE BALANCE OF THE NET INCOME FOR ANY SUCH YEAR TO ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AS THE TRUSTEE SHALL DEEM APPROPRIATE.