Aviation Comp 3.0
Congratulations, Guide Right Innovation Team, for winning First Prize!
MKYF New Scholarship Application
Applications are being accepted now until March 1, 2024.
The Guide Right Aviation Innovation Team Presents . . .
The Guide Right Aviation Innovation Team Presents . . .

Join us on Thursday, December 7th at 7 p.m. to view their prize-winning presentation.

NSBE Jr. Program

NSBE Jr. Program

The Pre-College Initiative (PCI) program is designed
to stimulate the interest in science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics fields, or STEM.
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A Computer
for Your Students!

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SCHOLARSHIPS

Providing assistance to aspiring scholars since 1973

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Since 1972 we have partnered with the MD/DC/VA communities.

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About MKYF

The Metropolitan Kappa Youth Foundation, Inc. exists as the philanthropic arm of the Silver Spring (MD) Alumni Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. The Foundation was incorporated July 23, 1999 and granted its 501© 3 status on May 30, 2000.

The Foundation is a full-functioning non-profit, public benefit charitable foundation. The Metropolitan Kappa Youth Foundation, Inc. was formulated and conceived as an outgrowth of Silver Spring Alumni Chapter’s Guide Right Program. The Foundation is located in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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Who We Are

A 501 (c) (3) non-profit charitable organization, the Foundation depends upon donations as well as its alliances with community and corporate sponsors to operate and fulfill its mission.

Mission

The MKYF’s mission is to provide scholarships and programs for minority and disadvantaged youth in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area.

Recent Foundation Highlights

Awarded 16 scholarships over the last 2 years
Conducts a minority youth golf program

Supports KA PSI book award in Montgomery County 25 High Schools

Promotes healthy living for youth

Featured News

Ivy Vine Charities – Scholarship Deadline Feb. 25th

Awards totaling more than $20,000 are available to qualifying applicants. To qualify for an award, the applicant must: Be a resident of Montgomery County, Maryland, Prince George’s County, Maryland, or Washington, D.C. or Be a senior attending an accredited high...

50th Charter Day

Happy 50th Charter Day to the Silver Spring Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

MKYF Scholarship Awards Luncheon

MKYF held its' annual meeting and scholarship awards luncheon on July 10, 2022 at the All Set Restarurant in Silver Spring, MD.  The foundations award $12,000 to eight students from various high schools in Montgomery, MD who will be matriculating to college fall...

2022 Scholarships Available

Silver Spring (MD) Alumni Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. A Chapter for Today … A Chapter for the Future  Led by the vision of Joseph F. Harris, a chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity was chartered in Montgomery County, MD on October 28, 1972. The...

MKYF SAYS, “VAX UP MONTGOMERY COUNTY”

Modeling the behavior – Lorenza Cooper, President of MKYF encourages everyone to get vaccinated. According to scientists. the vaccine is safe, reliable, and the only way toward herd immunity as the pathway to getting out of the pandemic and back to normalcy....

2021 Scholarship Application

The 2021 Lawrence Hamm, Sr. scholarship for minority and disadvantaged youth is now open. The Metropolitan Kappa Youth Foundation (MKYF), the charitable and philanthropic extension of the Silver Spring Alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, is...

2020 Scholarship Application

The 2020 Lawrence Hamm, Sr. scholarship for minority and disadvantaged youth is now open.