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Current Awardees: Brandon, Jasmin, Nekichwey

Current Awardee: Stacey

Current Awardees: Ariel, Avery, Destini, Jennifer, Jeremy, Jonas, Keegan, Onyinyechi, Red, Thomas, Zarina

Current Awardees: Anthony, Bella, CK, Evan, Evelyn, Hector, Jaquel, Lucille, Madisson, PJ, Rin, Roberto

Current Awardees: Isabella, Emma, Jared

Current Awardees: Benjamin, Bren, Johanna, Lucia, Marcus, Richie, Ruby, Somiyah, Valeria, Aria, Bahar, Cao Nhan, Ceres, Dylan, Hannah, Isabella Victoria, Jon, Marin, Moxxie, Zakaria

Current Awardee: Quinn

The Elliott Mitchell and Clark West Scholarship is endowed at Point Foundation to support students studying medicine at the University of South Carolina Medical School. Longtime supporters of Point, Elliott and Clark established this scholarship because they believe in shaping the future of medicine to include LGBTQ+ people and our allies to create a healthcare system that works for everyone.

Current Awardee: Marcos

Ernesto Lopez Molina, Jr lived his life with boundless enthusiasm and joyous conviction, taking the first breath of his inquisitive and occasionally mischievous pursuit of knowledge and adventure on 15 April 1954 in Tucson, AZ. Amidst the rugged beauty and diverse wildlife of the saguaro-blessed desert, he grew in his love of nature, history, music, and friendship.

Ernesto graduated cum laude in History from Yale University in 1976. After completing an MA at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, he served six years in the US Department of State, developing life-long attachments to Peru.

Encountering resistance as an openly gay man within the state department during the start of the Reagan Administration, Ernesto resigned from the agency in 1984 and relocated to San Francisco.

There, he found employment with the Contra Costa County Probation Department as a probation officer, developing rich friendships with his colleagues and, over time, receiving numerous commendations for his endeavors within the community. He volunteered as a mediator with California Community Dispute Services and sat on the city of El Cerrito Human Rights Commission.

These community involvements around Law and Social Justice led him to pursue a program of studies at Golden Gate University School of Law, while also continuing work as a probation officer. He thrived in both arenas.

Several years before this, Ernesto experienced sporadic bouts of fever, fatigue, and infections, leading to an AIDS diagnosis in 1992. He made the difficult decision to step away from his academic pursuits to focus on his health and livelihood.

Within a year, another impactful cycle of infections and hospitalizations occurred, followed by several healthy rebounds. As a result, Ernesto chose to retire from the work he greatly loved to focus exclusively on his health and well-being.

As throughout his life, during these periods of health stability, Ernesto continued to sing with The SF Gay and Lesbian Chorus; to bond with other gay men through drumming and healing practices in Gay Spirit; and to nurture his soul through meditation in Zen Wind, finding much whimsy in the chant, “Gone, Gone, Gone Beyond; Gone Beyond Beyond, Supreme Awakening, Svaha!”

Above all, Ernesto immersed himself in nature, by day and by night. He particularly took delight in hiking trails at Lake Sonoma, the East Bay Regional Parks, and Point Reyes.

National Seashores, and Tucson’s Saguaro National Park, where he enthralled himself in the massive lightning and thunder clashes of the summer monsoon.

He worked his passion for the night sky into a kind of magic, employing his portable telescope to lure his companions into the wonders of the vast cosmos. Ernesto particularly favored the constellation Orion with the middle star in its belt, Alnilam, as a treasure, to which he teased that his spirit would one day travel.

In the calm and quiet of the deep night, on Friday, 27 January 1995, Ernesto exhaled his final breath in his home in El Cerrito, surrounded by a vast engendered love of a uniquely formed family who cherished walking together on this journey at his side. Through this scholarship, may Ernesto Molina’s delight in learning, friendship, and discovery live anew in the hearts and minds of fellow Queer adventurers, questioning, inquiring, and expanding in pursuit of knowledge, understanding, and wisdom.

The Hernan Lopez Family Foundation was set up in 2020 by Wondery founder, Hernan Lopez, to help advance diversity in leadership from the demand side as well as the supply side. For more information, please visit hernanlopezfoundation.org.

Current Awardee: Jessica

Kevin Hummer was a Libra, born October 13, 1962. He grew up mostly in Arizona and Palm Springs, and spent his adult life in Los Angeles. He made his living as a print designer and was seen by many as an arbiter of taste, but his most creative creation was himself, as he was a true self creation. Like so many gay boys growing up in suburbia Kevin felt he was not seen as a kid. Kevin knew early that he was gay and neither he, nor his family, had the ability acknowledge it or to embrace it.

It was in college that Kevin began to recreate himself and begin pursuing a life in the creative arts. He graduated in 1983 from Arizona State University, took his MFA and went directly to Los Angeles. By then, he had embraced New Wave (and with it the Flock of Seagulls hairdo) and all the self expression the 80’s had to offer. He was quick-witted, sharp, funny and loved a good time. His sense of style was impeccable and as he achieved more success, it became his signature. He would eventually open his own print design shop, beginning in his Hollywood apartment, then move into the historic art deco Wiltern Theatre and Pellissier building in Los Angeles.

He named his company Bold Face Design and delighted in the pun and in the abbreviation: BFD. He was known for his bright, explosive color palette, his favorite color was certainly lime green. He also loved museums, going out, Popeye’s chicken, cocktails at Neiman’s, flea markets, music, travel, gardening, his dog, DuPont, and his friends.

He rarely entertained but was the most sought after of dinner guests, always arriving with some variation of champagne, vodka, orchids and Godiva Chocolates. His classically modern home in the Hollywood Hills was a pure distillation of his aesthetic — everything beautiful and just so — chosen to be part of part of one of his collections or to shock, amuse or give comfort. Whatever the reason, it all had to meet his exceptionally high design criteria.
He collected friends much the same way: each person in his life had something special to offer Kevin and in turn, he offered his friends something truly unique. Kevin died in the final days of 2006, at 43, after fighting cancer for two and a half years. He had spent much time contemplating what to do at the end of his life with all he had accumulated. He wanted to create something to leave behind — something that could have helped someone like him growing up.

Current Awardee: Robyn

Current Awardees: Gemima, Victoria

PA is supporting our Community College and Access programs.

Current Awardees: Briana, Sarah

Rand’s passion was people. Whether it was family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances or people in need that he never met, Rand was always looking to better the lives of others. Throughout his life, Rand generously affected people’s lives with a style and grace that came effortlessly from his heart.

From an early age, Rand worked diligently helping to build the family business, Solgar Vitamins and Herb Company, into a household name for those who demanded integrity and high quality in nutraceuticals. After years of working alongside his father and successfully expanding the company across the United States, Rand became the youngest CEO in the natural products industry. Within 10 years, Rand opened operations in over 42 countries, and Solgar Vitamin and Herb became the number one supplement brand in the United Kingdom.

Beginning in 2002, together with his partner Terrence Meck, Rand helped revitalize the diverse community of New Hope, PA by restoring such institutions as The Raven and creating new destinations like The Nevermore Hotel.

Both The Raven and The Nevermore quickly became a tourist destination for LGBT travelers from around the globe and also served as a Community Center for Bucks County, helping to raise awareness and funds for dozens of local and national charities.

In March of 2008, Rand was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and died 4 months later on the morning of July 4th. Although he passed away at the young age of 50, his legacy lives on through the work of The Palette Fund, a foundation dedicated to his memory that has a large focus on LGBTQ+ Youth. Rand believed in the potential of our youth to help lead us toward a more compassionate and just future. The Palette Fund, like Rand, supports young people as they explore careers in philanthropy and service to the LGBTQ+ community and we are very excited to honor Rand’s commitment to education with the Rand Skolnick Point Scholarship.

Current Awardee: Tracey

Current Awardee: Eric 

Learn more about The Richard W. Kadel and Carl F. Gerhardt, Jr. Scholarship.

Current Awardees: Andrew, Colin, Noah, AJ, Diana, Emerson, Harry, Jahn, Jamal, Marvin, Roberto

Current Awardee: Joe

Current Awardee: Sarah, Tabitha

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To honor his legacy of academic and philanthropic excellence, Point Foundation has created the Walter M. Decker Point Scholarship to support annually, an outstanding student.

Dr. Decker, an accomplished radiologist, was a fine example of an individual who lived simply, but wanted others to benefit from his success. He was compelled and inspired by the example of Point Scholars who, in the face of challenges, have had the courage to honestly present themselves to the world. Until late in his life, Dr. Decker did not feel he had the freedom to do the same. In supporting Point Foundation, he felt strongly that he could help young people overcome the challenging circumstances that he feared at the same age in his life. In his experience, education was transformative, and he believed that his support of Point Foundation would help improve the lives of others by providing access to education and other opportunities.

“A lot of (gay and lesbian) people who are in their late 50s or 60s had traumatic experiences personally. As they were growing up, the world was a different place, with very few roles models or support systems. There is a very direct connection for (these) people to give back to young people today so that they can have more resources and support.”
— Nancy Cunningham, executive director of Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues in New York City.

Current Awardee: Caitlin

Wells Fargo strives to be a leader in workplace equality and philanthropic endeavors supporting education. 

Current Awardees: Aristotle, Ava, Cara, Charlie, Zeina, Lotus, Angel, Arye, Dahlia, Elizabeth, Eric, Jasmine, Juan, Sierra, Tukwot Hamalu Momt Naka, David, Juan Julio, Patrick Angelo, Zelan Eroz, Adolfo, David, Dereyon, Dillon, Emersen, Eric, Geneva, Isabel, Kayla, Rachael, Rafael