The John Gloucester Memorial

The Organization awards educational scholarships in an objective and nondiscriminatory manner. Its governing instrument directs that preference be given to persons possessing one or more of the following characteristics: (i) status as a member, or descendent from a member, of the congregation of the John Gloucester Memorial Presbyterian Church, one of the oldest Black Presbyterian congregations in New England; (ii) being a person of color; (iii) residence in Mission Hill, an inner-city neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts; (iv) demonstrated academic ability; (v) demonstrated leadership and citizenship; (vi) membership in the Presbyterian Church;(vii) a desire to attend a Presbyterian educational institution; and (viii) knowledge of the history of the John Gloucester Memorial Presbyterian Church. No single factor is dispositive, and additional criteria may from time to time be articulated and applied.