“Paying it Forward by

Paying it Back”

We always encourage our scholarship recipients to stay in touch to let us know what they’re doing, and how their lives are going. It’s a double pleasure to hear from them with a donation.

We were especially pleased when two brothers, Charles and Billy Kim, contacted us last year wanting to give back to FCSF. They were both so grateful for the impetus the scholarships provided and wanted to be sure they showed their appreciation. From that wonderful gesture, FCSF started a donation program called “Paying it Forward by Paying it Back,” which has added several more past scholarship recipients.

Any past recipient wishing to donate to this program, can:

  1. Mail a check to: Foothills Community Scholarship Foundation “Pay it Forward” Program, 422 Foothill Boulevard, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011

  2. Use the Donate Button to the right.

  3. Contact the president at president@csflacanada.org

Please remember to include the name of your high school, graduating year, and a short message about what the FCSF scholarship has meant to you.

The impact of recipients donating back is immeasurable! Just imagine, FCSF began awarding scholarships 59 years ago in 1964, and since then FCSF has awarded more than 750 scholarships to deserving students. Imagine how many more scholarships FCSF could award with the participation of past recipients in the “Paying it Forward by Paying it Back” program. Just like “many hands make light work,” it can also be said “no donation is too small because they all add up for a huge impact.”

Meet the two students who started it all.

Charles Kim

With the help of an FCSF scholarship, Charles Kim began his college education in 2011 at Georgetown. He majored in Finance and graduated in 2015. Then it was on to Morgan Stanley in Investment Banking. Charles also worked at Warburg Pincus in their Technology Private Equity Investing Division.

Billy Kim

Billy began his college education in 2013 at John Hopkins with an FCSF scholarship. At John Hopkins, Billy majored in Biophysics and graduated in 2017. He then went to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) as a Research Assistant, and is now planning to attend Medical School.