Thursday, February 22, 2024

2024-2025 Karl A Spahlinger, Jr Scholarship Applications (and Renewals) now OPEN

PURPOSE:  The Karl A Spahlinger, Jr. Scholarship Fund was established in 2015. Our mission is to provide financial assistance (up to $2500 per person per year) to individuals from College Point enrolled for undergraduate or graduate study in community colleges, colleges, trade schools and universities in New York City. 

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: Scholarships are awarded on the basis of a comprehensive process, distributed annually.  Scholarship funds are sent directly to the recipient’s school. The Karl A Spahlinger, Jr. Scholarships are awarded without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation. Scholarships may be renewed provided funds are available and the award recipient meets the conditions outlined in Scholarship Renewal Application. Scholarships may be renewed no more than three times.

The Karl A Spahlinger, Jr Scholarship Committee will only respond to inquiries from the applicants themselves. 

The 2024-2025 Karl A Spahlinger, Jr Scholarship Application


Please do not email the applications or renewals. They must be mailed to (or dropped off at) the address listed in the application and be RECEIVED by 5pm Eastern on April 19, 2024.

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

2023-2024 Scholarship Recipients

 2023-2024 Karl A Spahlinger, Jr Scholarship Recipients

The following eight students received a Scholarship Renewal:

Kevin Jiang

Amanda Lin

Christian O'Hagan

Casey Petzolt

Hailey Petzolt

Angelica Rizzo

Mansi Sinha

Kenny Tang

The following two students applied for, and received, a Scholarship for the first time:

Maggie Lin

Amanda Waldron

Monday, February 20, 2023

2023-2024 Karl A Spahlinger, Jr Scholarship Applications (and Renewals) now OPEN

 PURPOSE:  The Karl A Spahlinger, Jr. Scholarship Fund was established in 2015. Our mission is to provide financial assistance (up to $2500 per person per year) to individuals from College Point enrolled for undergraduate or graduate study in community colleges, colleges, trade schools and universities in New York City. 

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: Scholarships are awarded on the basis of a comprehensive process, distributed annually.  Scholarship funds are sent directly to the recipient’s school. The Karl A Spahlinger, Jr. Scholarships are awarded without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation. Scholarships may be renewed provided funds are available and the award recipient meets the conditions outlined in Scholarship Renewal Application. Scholarships may be renewed no more than three times.

The Karl A Spahlinger, Jr Scholarship Committee will only respond to inquiries from the applicants themselves. 

The 2023-2024 Scholarship Application.


Please do not email the applications or renewals. They must be mailed to the address listed in the application and be RECEIVED by 5pm Eastern on April 21, 2023.

Monday, June 27, 2022

2022-2023 Karl A Spahlinger, Jr Scholarship Recipients

 2022-2023 Karl A Spahlinger, Jr Scholarship Recipients

The following eight students received a Scholarship Renewal:

Laura Arestin

Gabriella Demauro

Amanda Lin

Casey Petzolt

Hailey Petzolt

Nicole Provenza

Angelica Rizzo

Thomas Waldron

The following five students applied for, and received, a Scholarship for the first time:

Kevin Jiang

Christian O'Hagan

Mansi Sinha

Kenny Tang

Franklin Torres

Thursday, February 24, 2022

2022-2023 Karl A Spahlinger, Jr Scholarship Applications and Renewal Applications now OPEN

 PURPOSE:  The Karl A Spahlinger, Jr. Scholarship Fund was established in 2015. Our mission is to provide financial assistance (up to $2500 per person per year) to individuals from College Point enrolled for undergraduate or graduate study in community colleges, colleges, trade schools and universities in New York City. 

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: Scholarships are awarded on the basis of a comprehensive process, distributed annually.  Scholarship funds are sent directly to the recipient’s school. The Karl A Spahlinger, Jr. Scholarships are awarded without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation. Scholarships may be renewed provided funds are available and the award recipient meets the conditions outlined in Scholarship Renewal . Scholarships may be renewed no more than three times.

The Karl A Spahlinger, Jr Scholarship Committee will only respond to inquiries from the applicants themselves. 

The 2022-2023 Scholarship Application can be found here.

The 2022-2023 Scholarship Renewal Application can be found here.

Please do not email the applications or renewals. They must be mailed to the address listed in the application and be RECEIVED by 5pm Eastern on April 28, 2022.

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Scholarship Recipients for 2021-2022 School Year

The Board of the One Point of Light Foundation is pleased to announce that we renewed scholarships for the following students, for the 2021-2022 school year:


Gabriella DeMauro
Amanda Lin
Hailey Petzolt
Nicole Provenza
Cassandra Renart
Amanda Urso
Thomas Waldron

The Board also approved scholarships for three new students:

Laura Arestin
Casey Petzolt
Angelica Rizzo


Wednesday, February 10, 2021

2021-2022 Karl A Spahlinger, Jr Scholarship Applications & Renewals now OPEN

PURPOSE:  The Karl A Spahlinger, Jr. Scholarship Fund was established in 2015. Our mission is to provide financial assistance (up to $2500 per person per year) to individuals enrolled for undergraduate or graduate study in community colleges, colleges, trade schools and universities in New York City. 

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: Scholarships are awarded on the basis of a comprehensive process, distributed annually.  Scholarship funds are sent directly to the recipient’s school. The Karl A Spahlinger, Jr. Scholarships are awarded without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation. Scholarships may be renewed provided funds are available and the award recipient meets the conditions outlined below in Scholarship Renewal . Scholarships may be renewed no more than three times.

The Karl A Spahlinger, Jr Scholarship Committee will only respond to inquiries from the applicants themselves. 

The 2021-2022 Scholarship Application can be found here.

The 2021-2022 Scholarship Renewal Application can be found here.

Please do not email the applications or renewals. They must be mailed to the address listed in the application and be RECEIVED by 5pm Eastern on April 16, 2021.

2024-2025 Karl A Spahlinger, Jr Scholarship Applications (and Renewals) now OPEN

PURPOSE:  The Karl A Spahlinger, Jr. Scholarship Fund was established in 2015. Our mission is to provide financial assistance (up to $2500 p...