Founding Forward

Scholarships - founding forward administers two scholarship programs. The union league scholarship program provides scholarships to deserving young men and women from the greater philadelphia region who previously were awarded the good citizenship award. The abele scholarship program provides scholarships for post-secondary education to children/dependents of union league employees. Scholarships range from $750 to $15,000 per annum.

Preservation and collections - founding forward helps preserve the historic properties of the union league of philadelphia - the league house in center city and guard house in gladwyne. It is also the steward of an extensive civil war collection that includes the archives of the military order of the loyal legion of the united states, the civil war museum of philadelphia and the union league of philadelphia. The collection is open to the public for research. It has been used for dozens of scholarly publications over the past several years.

Honoring acts of civic virtue