Fort Cavazos Family Scholarship Fund

The Fort Cavazos Scholarship Fund is a 501c3 nonprofit organization EIN 75-2162523 started in 1985 with the mission of providing academic scholarships to family members of military members stationed at Fort Cavazos. Military families face multiple challenges such as frequent moves and deployments which can impact higher educational attainment. Military spouses in particular face unemployment rates of approximately 24%, with the Pentagon stating that the military spouse unemployment rate is a threat to national security and the readiness of military members. At the FCFSF, we feel passionately that education is a way to help decrease military spouse unemployment rates and increase the quality of life for military families. Military children also face greater academic challenges because of frequent moves and emotional stress. The FCFSF seeks to help remove barriers to higher educational attainment and increase the quality of life of military families by providing academic scho...