About the Clark Scholarship Fund and our Organization

Since 1952, the Clark Scholarship Fund has honored outstanding Clark, N.J. students. Only through the contributions from businesses and individuals are we able to assist these students in continuing their education. All donations go directly to scholarships for our Clark students. The Fund is a not-for-profit organization managed by board members. We are an entirely volunteer organization with board members giving their time and effort to keep administrative costs to a minimum. We do not rely on third party administrators or solicitors.

Applicants must be student residents of Clark, New Jersey for the same academic school year as the year the scholarships are awarded in.

Our Scholarships

$4,000 payable at $1000 each of 4 yrs.

Among the eldest of the awards, this scholarship has been been made every years since 1970.  Named for the fund’s co-founder and first president of the board beginning in 1953, Henry Staeger was an Electrical Engineer at the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company.  Mr. Staeger served on the Clark Board of Education and was a charter member of the Kiwanis Club of Clark.  According to his obituary, Mr. Staeger also served as president of the Clark Board of Education.  He died in 1966 and four years later, the president of the Clark Scholarship Fund, Charles E. Driesens, passed a motion to honor Staegar’s legacy with a scholarship in his name.

$4,000 payable at $1000 each of 4 yrs.

Charles Edward Driesens, Jr. served in the United States Navy until 1945.  He graduated from the Chemical and Materials Department at NJIT in 1956.  Mr. Driesens was a charter member and later, president of the Clark Historical Society in 1971.

$4,000 payable at $1000 each of 4 yrs.

$4,000 payable at $1000 each of 4 yrs. (alternate years)

$4,000 payable at $1000 each of 4 yrs. (alternate years with Toal Scholarship, beginning in 2026)

  • Henry C. Staeger Scholarship, $4,000 payable at $1000 each of 4 yrs.
  • Charles E. Driesens, Jr. Engineering Science Scholarship, $4,000 payable at $1000 each of 4 yrs.
  • William Sanguiliano Scholarship, $3,000 payable at $750 each of 4 yrs.
  • James Toal Scholarship, $4,000 payable at $1000 each of 4 yrs. (alternate years)
  • Dr. Patricia Quinlan Health Sciences Scholarship, $4,000 payable at $1000 each of 4 yrs. (alternate years, beginning in 2026)
  • Clark Jaycees Scholarship, $1300 payable at $650 each of 2 yrs. (2025 only)

An archive of previous winners can be viewed on this website.