David C. Weber Foundation
"Expanding the Horizons of Education"
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David C. Weber Foundation "Expanding the Horizons of Education"
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Trustees Alix Palo Jon Remijas Mark Weber Phil Weber David Witz |
Welcome to the David C. Weber Foundation Website. We would like to thank all who have supported us in our efforts to "Expand the Horizons of Education".
Our MissionThe David C. Weber Foundation has applied for tax-exempt status, seeking to be a private foundation created within the parameters of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, committed to international understanding, cross-cultural exchange and the study of foreign language and culture. The Foundation supports the educational goals of students whom have chosen to study language, foreign or indigenous cultures, abroad or domestically. The Foundation also seeks to promote learning among driven, open-minded young Americans, with a focus on facilitating those students’ abilities to attend academic and cultural programs in foreign countries. This support will be given directly to students chosen by the trustees and/or to establish nonprofit organizations that support such students. Individual beneficiaries. Students are selected by the trustees of the David C. Weber Foundation for annual grants, by written application and personal interview, and based upon the following criteria: 1. Academic achievement, including previous study in a foreign language; 2. A desire to study language and culture distinct from the Applicant’s native language, country of citizenship, or culture; and 3. Acceptance by a foreign language or cultural program that has been approved or endorsed by the language faculty of the school in which the Applicant is currently enrolled. We have filed for tax-exempt status, Federal EIN: 20-6073071
Foundation ProfileDavid Weber passed away in August 2001 at the age of 33. He left behind his wife and three children, his parents, six adult brothers and their families, and many close friends. In 2003, David's friends and family decided to establish a foundation in his name that would benefit others. We chose to focus on assisting students studying abroad because that was an important part of David's life when he was growing up. David studied Spanish throughout his school years and ultimately obtained a Master's Degree in Spanish Literature at Tulane University. On completing his master's program he taught a short course in Spanish to graduate students who needed to be proficient in a second language to receive their Master's degrees. He first went abroad with his parents to during spring break his freshman year in high school. That trip fueled his interest in the Spanish language and the different cultures that spoke Spanish, so the summer after his junior year in high school he lived with a family in Spain. He became life-long friends with his host family, whose children in turn studied in the the United States and returned at various times to visit with David and his family, and he even traveled to Spain later to attend their second daughter's wedding. He also spent his junior year in college abroad at the University in Madrid. During one trip when the host family's son was visiting David and his family in Chicago, they talked about how their relationships had all come about because of the student exchange programs and how grateful they were for having been a part of that. David's family and friends intend that the Foundation will give that same opportunity to young people to foster good relations with other families abroad by expanding their use of a foreign language and learning more about each other cultures. Of all of David's friends he was one of the few that became so involved with a foreign language and kept such close contact with his host family, which is why we started this Foundation and want to remember him in this way.
Contact InformationFeel free to contact David Witz for more information regarding the foundation
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