Deadline: February 2, 2027
Status: Currently Closed
Award Amount: $1,500 - $3,500
Number of Awards: 1-2
Selection Criteria:
- Have graduated from a public high school located in the Connecticut towns of Hartford or West Hartford
- Attending or planning to attend a two- or four-year college/university, or graduate school
- High academic standing
- Demonstrated financial need
Walter S. Kapala, who died in 1995 at the age of 91, was a West Hartford resident who managed the shoe department at G. Fox & Co. department store in Hartford. For many years after his death, the trustees of Mr. Kapala’s estate offered a scholarship, which they publicized in the Foundation’s annual Scholarship Directory. In 2014, the trustees, noting the good reputation of the Foundation, transferred the estate assets to the Foundation when they could no longer manage the fund.