The scholarship was created in the name of Muriel Reed-Faulkner, who was born on February 2, 1939 in Champaign County, Ohio. She was a daughter of Donald and Esther (Rose) Reed and a 1957 graduate of Urbana High School. She also graduated from Capital University with a major in piano and oboe. Muriel was a first-grade teacher who began her teaching career at East Elementary in Urbana, Ohio, retiring from Upper Arlington Schools in Upper Arlington, Ohio.

Stephen and Nancy Van Heyde established this fund in memory of their son, Ian. Ian was a senior at Whetstone High School and a distinguished student in culinary arts at Northeast Career Center. The purpose of the fund is to preserve the memory of Ian, an ever-smiling teenager, and to perpetuate his reputation for helping others. As he was intensely interested in a career in culinary arts, the scholarship fund will award scholarships to students pursuing postsecondary studies in the culinary arts, food management, or restaurant management.

The scholarship provides post-secondary educational assistance to the outstanding scholar of each graduating class of Whitehall-Yearling High School, in Whitehall, Ohio.

The fund was established by John White, Sr., in memory of his late wife, Elsie Mae, who was concerned with improving the lives of disadvantaged children. Mrs. White was a self-taught woman with impeccable manners and style. The fund provides scholarship assistance in the form of tuition and fees to African-American students who are pursuing higher education or training at both the undergraduate and graduate levels to achieve specific goals. This scholarship is primarily for students attending, or planning to attend, land grant colleges and universities.

This fund will provide last dollar grants to graduates of Groveport-Madison High School (Ohio).

The scholarship is for students from the Hilltop area of Columbus who have a strong commitment to community service.

This scholarship fund was established in memory of Brian Muha, a 1998 graduate of St. Charles Preparatory School. The fund will provide financial assistance to enable an economically disadvantaged young man to attend St. Charles Preparatory School.

The Helen Martin Memorial Scholarship Fund is presented in the memory of Helen Martin by Nancy and Paul Martin. Helen Martin was a Mathematics teacher with twenty-five years of teaching experience in Ohio public schools. Promoting and assisting students obtain an education was of great importance to her and is the reason for the Scholarship Fund.

The fund provides financial assistance to graduating high school seniors or graduates from Mt. Sterling, Ohio who are pursuing a Bachelor's degree or higher.

This scholarship, established to honor Amos and Geraldine Lynch, is available to graduating African-American high school seniors within the Columbus City School system.