Southeast
Asia Scholarship Fund
Welcome
to the home page of the Southeast Asia Scholarship Fund. We are an IRS
Section 501(c)(3) exempt private foundation, registered with the State
of Oregon. We provide scholarships to select public schools in
Southeast Asia. All contributions are fully tax deductible. Our contact
address is
Southeast
Asia Scholarship Fund
Attn: Dr Tran Thong
8780 SW
Pacer Drive
Beaverton
OR 97008
e-mail :
seasf@comcast.net
web:
http://seasf.systolicvn.com
The board of directors of the Southeast Asia Scholarship fund is headed
by Dr. Tran Thong, Director, SEASF.
Southeast Asia Scholarship Fund was established in 1993 as
an Oregon (USA) non-profit organization following a visit to Vietnam by
one of our founders. SEASF was recognized by
the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization in 1995. The first set of 5
scholarships was awarded to students of Hochiminh City Medical Training
School (now Pham Ngoc Thach Medical University) in October 1995. In
1996 we
started a long term scholarship program with the University of Hue, in
central Vietnam that lasted until 2002. In 2003 we switched our
scholarship program to the Phu Xuan Community College, also in Hue,
until 2008.
In November 2009, we
awarded 9 scholarships to the University
of Tra Vinh (Dai Hoc Tra
Vinh), a university in the province
of Tra
Vinh in
the
Mekong delta, south of
Saigon. We chose the university since it is in one of the poorer
provinces in the South. We were introduced to the University through
the Vietnam Heritage Institute (http://www.thevhi.org)
that has an ongoing agricultural research program at the University.
Tra Vinh University has 3 schools. There is a Truong Trung Cap (academy
for the lack of a better description) for technical education at the
high school level. Then there is the Truong Cao Dang (first 2 years of
university, equivalent to US Community College) and finally the Truong
Dai Hoc (the last 2 years of
university). We chose to award 3 levels of scholarship to
provide
full tuition at each of the 3 levels: 1.6 MVND (USD 54), 2 MVND (USD
108), 2.4 MVND (USD 130). Since this is our
first year with Tra Vinh University,
we awarded only a total of 9 scholarships to
needy students, 3 at each of the levels. The
University was asked to select the students for the
awards.
In
2010 we started a cooperation with Ms Ly Thu Linh from Choice
Humanitarian to expand our scholarship program to high
school, middle school, primary school in
the provinces of Long An (Tan An), Dong Thap (Cao Lanh), Dong Nai (Dinh
Quan, the northernmost arrow), in addition
to our on going scholarship program at Tra Vinh University.
In 2012 in addition to our
cooperation with Choice Humanitarian at the Primary/Middle/High school
level, we provided scholarships to female college students in support
of the Room-To-Read Vietnam (based in San Francisco) program. We
stopped our program with the University of Tra Vinh.
In 2013, following the lead of Choice
Humanitarian we supported scholarships in Central Vietnam in Thua Thien
and Quang Nam provinces following major flooding due to the hurricane.
In 2014 we decided to concentrate on
supporting students at Primary/Middle/High schools. We returned to Long
An province in the South with Choice Humanitarian and awarded
scholarships to P/M/H schools in My Thanh and Thu Thua districts.
In 2015-2017 we awarded scholarships
in Thu Thua, Long An province working together with Choice Humanitarian.
2018 was an inactive year.
In 2019, due to the declining health
of the principal of Choice Humanitarian, we struck out on our own and
worked directly with the Scholarship Fund (Hội khuyến học) of Long An
province, Thu Thua district to award 21 scholarships on November 4,
2019 at the headquarter of the Scholarship Fund located at the school
board of Thu Thua district. We have worked with them through Choice Humanitarian since 2010.
Dr Tran Thong at the ceremony to
award the scholarships.
The message on the red poster: Award
of scholarships, "Support for the schools" for financially challenged
student from the Southeast Asia Scholarship Fund. Thu Thua, November 4,
2019.
With the 2019 scholarship recipients. One is missing due to illness.
The middle school students are in front. The high school students are
in the back.
The 2 ladies in the last row, on the extreme left, and on the
right are the principals in the Scholarship Foundation of Long An
province, Thu Thua district. The other lady on the right, front row, is our
assistant.
Tax
returns
Our
income tax returns are public. The .pdf document of the edited (certain
confidential information such as Federal ID and addresses of directors
have been deleted, all the accounting information are fully disclosed
and accurate) 2019
Federal and Oregon tax returns
(9.2MB) is available from the link
shown. However it is password
protected. If
you want to review it please e-mail us your name, street address and e-mail
for our records and we will send you back by US Mail (to validate the
street addess) the password to
open it. If you would like to receive the full set of information,
please send us a
request by US Mail.
Tran Thong - SEASF Director
Last
updated: June 12, 2020
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