Sacramento lost a great community leader last year with the passing of Raymond Nelson, who served many organizations in this region both philanthropically and with his great talent. He was a past chair of the Sacramento Metro Chamber board of directors and a principal at Wilcox Miller & Nelson executive search consultants.

Recently, leaders of organizations where Nelson served formed a committee to help raise a scholarship fund in his memory, and we would like to ask you to contribute whatever you can to this endeavor. The scholarship will be awarded each year to an outstanding business student at one of our local Universities. This student will be qualified based on freshmen grades, an essay, and a personal interview; and will exemplify several of the key traits Nelson valued: personal integrity, commitment to family, entrepreneurship and why giving back to the community is so important.

The committee hopes to raise enough money to fund a perpetual endowment. Alternatively, the scholarship will be in place for as long as funds areavailable. His wife, Marilyn Nelson, has agreed to sit on the SRCF committee that will administer the fund and decide which worthy student will receive the scholarship each year. Members of the Raymond Nelson Scholarship Committee will support her in every effort. The three finalists will write a 1,000 word essay will participate in a short interview to be conducted by Marilyn Nelson and/or her designee.

The Sacramento Region Community Foundation has agreed to support this effort and will accept, manage and distribute funds as advised by Marilyn Nelson and the SRCF committee. A contribution to the fund will be tax deductible and a receipt with appropriate tax ID information will be provided when your donation is received (include your mailing address with response).
Contributions may be sent to:

The Raymond Nelson Scholarship Fund
c/o Sacramento Region Community Foundation
740 University Ave. Suite 110
Sacramento, CA 95825

For more information, contact the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, 916-921-7723 or info@sacregcf.org.