A dark green monogram of "PRW" with decorative flourishes sits above the word "FUND" in a lighter green, all on a white background.

For check payments, please make payable to Community Initiatives and list "PRW Fund" in the memo and send to :

Community Initiatives
PO Box 45515
San Francisco, CA 94145-0515

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{lastname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip " fr-original-style style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">Last name, Thank you for your generous support. Your donation greatly helps our mission to inspire, support and celebrate the next generation of architects.  If you would like to contact us about becoming a mentor or volunteer, please send an email to: <a href="mailto:info@thepaulrwilliamscollection.com" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">info@thepaulrwilliamscollection.com</a>.  Sincerely, Paul R. Williams Scholarship & Education Fund

Thank you for fundraising with us this year again! Here is more information...

<p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%">Your support will make a difference in the trajectory of a future architect. We hope you will join us.<p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%"> <p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%">The Paul R. Williams Scholarship &amp; Education Fund was created to inspire, support, and celebrate young people pursuing careers in architecture. The fund is named for trailblazing architect Paul R. Williams, FAIA, who designed more than 3,000 structures across his five-decade career that began in the 1920s, including some 2,000 designs in his native Southern California. Even with the racist practices of the era, including those that barred him from living in many of the neighborhoods where he built homes, Williams became favored by affluent business leaders and celebrities, earning renown as “architect to the stars,” while also building affordable housing and public projects. <p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%"> <p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%">To inspire future generations through the legacy of Mr. Williams and other trailblazing figures in the field, the Fund will introduce K-12 students to career paths within the field of architecture. The Fund will also provide financial support and mentoring to students of color on their journey to professional licensing, with scholarships for fourth and fifth-year architecture students attending one of the seven Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) offering an accredited architecture program, as well as at the University of Southern California, Mr. Williams’ alma mater.<p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%"> <p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%">All contributors of $102 or more will become Members of the PRW Inspiration Circle, the founding donors to the Fund’s primary mission: to influence and inspire the creativity of young people who will be the innovative thinkers of tomorrow.  Why is $102 significant? It represents more than 100 years since Paul R. Williams became the first Black member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the 2% of African American licensed architects today…a number we cannot afford to forget. <p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%"> <p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%">Checks can be mailed to:<p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%">Community Initiatives / Paul R. Williams Scholarship &amp; Education Fund<p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%">PO Box 45515 San Francisco, CA 94145-0515<p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%">*Please make check payable to Community Initiatives and note "PRW Fund" on the memo line. <p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%"> <p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%">To Donate by Donor Advised Fund: <p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%">Please provide your fund administrator with EIN# 94-3255070 and our address:<p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%">Community Initiatives / Paul R. Williams Scholarship &amp; Education Fund<p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%">PO Box 45515 San Francisco, CA 94145-0515<p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%"> <p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.467em;margin:9px 0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.225px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;max-width:100%"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1718997418/awpmc3eejwf1vcpif1oh.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" />

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Inspire, Support, and Celebrate the Next Generation of Architects

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