The 2025 Scholarship Program

As a part of our charitable giving each year, we offer educational scholarships to eligible students. This year the SIAB had seven scholarships available totaling $28,750 rewarding local students for their achievements.

• Mark A. Dardozzi Founder Award – $6,000 (Must attend Harford Community College)
• Tony Palumbo Past President Award – $5,000 (Open Scholarship)
• (4) General Scholarship Awards – $4,000 (Open Scholarship)
• Patricia Belcastro Award – $1000 (Must be pursuing a teaching or childhood development degree)
  
  * SIAB donates $750 to the William J. Sacco Foundation for its Community Scholarship.

If you are interested in applying to receive a scholarship from SIAB there is one of three ways to apply.

• Fill out the application and upload any required documents to our website.
• Download the application, then email the application and other required documents to [email protected].
• Download then send the application and other required documents to:
  • The SIAB
    PO Box 1844
    Bel Air, MD 21014

We look forward to continuing our support of local students this spring with our 2025 scholarship awards. Our SIAB Scholarship Awards Banquet will be held on Monday, May 12, 2025, at the Evolved Catering and Event Center in Fallston, MD.

Scholarship Criteria

To be considered for a SIAB scholarship a student must meet the minimum following criteria.

• Scholarship applications will be accepted starting on March 1, 2025, and must be received or postmarked on or before 11:59 pm March 28, 2025.
• The student must be enrolled in a U.S. accredited institution of higher learning and be enrolled for the Fall of 2025.
• The student must be a United States citizen or permanent resident alien.
• The scholarship applicants will be reviewed for:
  1. Accuracy of the application
  2. Academic performance. A transcript is required for GPA verification
  3. Leadership qualities and community service.
  4. Extracurricular activities and organizational involvement (sports, clubs, etc.).
  5. Career objectives
  6. Essay. “In what ways would you use your education to influence and effect positive change in your chosen field“.

SIAB is a 501c3 charitable nonprofit entity, and subject to stringent IRS regulation. In accordance with IRS Section 4946, Treasury Reg. Sec. 53.4946-1, SIAB members and substantial contributors to SIAB, as well as members of their families (including spouses, domestic partners, siblings, children, grandchildren, and lineal descendants) are “Disqualified Persons” within the meaning of the regulation and not eligible for scholarship consideration

Our 2024 Scholarship Recipients

The Society of Italian American Businessmen would like to congratulate our 2024 scholarship winners. Each winner exemplified our scholarship’s core values of academics, leadership, and community involvement.

• Liam McGann: Mark A Dardozzi scholarship winner
• Alex Trillini: Tony Palumbo Past President scholarship winner
• Peter Buttarazzi: General scholarship winner
• Logan Rusko: General scholarship winner
• Madeline Spigler: General scholarship winner
• Alex Martinelli: General scholarship winner
• Christian Baltimore: Patricia Belcastro Education scholarship winner

William J Sacco Foundation Community Scholarship

Thank you for hosting our 2025 Scholarship Awards dinner

The Society of Italian American Businessmen would like to thank Harford Community College for their many years of support and partnership in helping us manage our scholarship process. Their expertise in evaluating the applications received by SIAB has been invaluable. We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to Denise Dregier and her team and wish her a very happy retirement! In 2025, SIAB will be evaluating the student applications and again will offer the “Mark A Dardozzi” Scholarship Award in honor of our founder. This prestigious a one-year scholarship to HCC underscores our commitment to supporting the next generation of learners and to our community.

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The Society of Italian American Businessmen is a 501c3 charitable organization. Tax ID#: 46-2965362.