Kojelis Family Fund

The Kojelis Family Fund was created in 2005 as the first donor advised fund in USBF’s history.  The charitable gift of $250,000 from Elena and Juozas Kojelis, Lithuanian-American immigrants and the parents of USBF Co-Founder Linas Kojelis, is the largest private donation in USBF’s history.  Investment proceeds from the Kojelis Family Fund are used to make grants and scholarships to students in Lithuania who are dedicated to careers in education, public affairs and public service and committed to the principles of honest, ethical government.  The grants are given out annually.

 

Scholarship Recipients

2007

Dr. Kestutis Kasparas:  The author, a historian, currently heads the resistance fighters' archive in Kaunas, which is supported by the political prisoners' union, and the book's title page carries the imprint of the Institute of Lithuanian History in Kaunas, where the author also works.

Dr. Ieva Akstineviciute:  Study of development of Lithuanian heritage schools in the diaspora, 1945-1990.

2005

Name	Degree	Institution
Arunas Antanaitis	Master’s	Vytautas Magnus University
Ilona Bucinskyte	Doctorate	Vytautas Magnus University
Toma Butrimaite	Master’s	Vilnius University
Ernesta  Juknyte	Doctorate	Vilnius University
Tomas Kaulius	Master’s	Vysk. V. Boriseviciaus Seminary
Milda Mendeleviciute	Master’s	Vilnius University
Mindaugas Segzda	Master’s	Vytautas Magnus University

 

Kojelis Family Fund Press Releases

 

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