Our Mission:
The James B. Morris Scholarship Fund (MSF) provides financial assistance, motivation, and internship opportunities for minority students pursuing post-secondary and graduate degrees. The MSF provides this assistance to bright, talented, high-achieving individuals who demonstrate strong academic performance, dedicated community service and need financial aid. Our goal is to help provide young people an opportunity to learn, grow and become professionals in their chosen careers.

Our Management
The James B. Morris Scholarship Fund is administered by a Board of Directors comprised of Iowa business and education leaders. The Board contracts for administrative support with Diversified Management Services, a Des Moines-based firm specializing in association management.

Scholarships
The Morris Board of Directors administers three scholarships:

• The James B. Morris Scholarship Fund
• The Nelson Urban Scholarship for African American Teachers or education majors
• The Fred Johnson Youth Scholarship, aimed at African American High School Seniors Funding

The James B. Morris Scholarship Fund benefits from the support of individual and corporate donors. In addition, we have matching fund agreements with many Iowa colleges and universities who match dollar for dollar each scholarship we award