MCPS Ed Foundation Receives $10 Million Gift from the Rales Foundation

The Norman R. Rales and Ruth Rales Foundation has committed the largest ever donation to the Montgomery County Public Schools Educational Foundation. The five-year gift, totaling $10 million, will support the newly created Ruth and Norman Rales – Patricia Baier O’Neill Scholarship Recognizing Academic Excellence. Launching in the spring of 2023, this significant scholarship program will award $10,000 each to 200 of the highest-achieving graduating seniors annually from low-to-moderate income households in Montgomery County to help ease the financial burden of attending college. Eligible students will have a weighted GPA of at least 4.0 and will need to submit an essay that will be reviewed by a committee established by the Educational Foundation.

This commitment honors the legacies of Ruth and Norman Rales, whose generosity and spirit of giving lives on through the Rales Foundation and the public service of the late Patricia Baier O’Neill, the longest-serving member of the Montgomery County Board of Education. Recipients of the award will be known as Rales-O’Neill Scholars.

MCPS Educational Foundation https://www.mcpsfoundation.org/

About Patricia O’Neill https://www.mcpsfoundation.org/refresh/campaigns/patricia-oneill