2025 Scholarships are now open

THE NICHOLAS FOUNDATION
Funding Scholarships & Mentoring Program
6 PM Food & Drinks Included Prizes Too!
Tuesday, March 4
Cedar Glade Brews
$150: TEAMS OF 1-4
$200: TEAMS OF 5-6
2025 Scholarship Winners

Eddie Brazzell
Rockvale High
Attending: University of Tennessee Chatanooga
I want to major in acting and minor in digital arts. The acting program I will be entering offers theatre education. I would love to be an actor but am considering being a theatre teacher as well. I’m not sure yet which direction I will go but I work with kids at my job now and I would really like to work with kids in the future too.

Noella Alcala
Rockvale High
Attending: Motlow State Community College
My planned major is Pre-Health. I plan on transferring to MTSU and majoring in physiology to finish Pre-Med requisites. This is connected to services for children and families because I want to be a pediatric surgeon to help children and give those them a better chance in life. I want to volunteer in helping families who are in need while in college through my major. All families deserve basic commodities like healthcare without having to worry about the cost. I aspire to go out of the country and help people who have low resources all of this through my major.

Mila Keen
Smyrna High
Attending: University of Tennessee Knoxville
I plan on majoring in Biological Sciences to eventually become a Pediatric Dentist. I want to be able work with children and I especially want to be able to offer my services to underprivileged children who aren’t able to normally pay for dentistry services.
THE NICHOLAS FOUNDATION
The mission of The Nicholas Foundation is to empower inspired youth with education and training to “Break Chains for Change.” Scholarships are funded by the generous donors of The Nicholas Foundation.

Scholarship
We encourage students to apply for help with tuition, books, laptops, organization fees.

Donation
We appreciate your partnership with us to change the lives of inspired youth in Murfreesboro. You donation will make a difference.

Sponsor
We would be honored to have you as a monthly sponsor of The Nicholas Foundation programs. Let's continue to support our youth for a brighter future.

Nicholas was the younger brother to my wife Nancy. Nicholas often regretted some of his life choices and came to a point in his life, where he was ready to make a change for the better.
Before he had a chance to make those changes, his life was cut short. Nicholas had lung cancer, but he didn’t know it until he went to the hospital complaining about chest pain and difficulty breathing. The night before he went on life support, we had a conversation about he and I meeting, talking and helping him with making those better choices. Not knowing that this would be my last time talking to him, we both agreed this would be a good thing.
About a week later Nicholas passed away quietly in the hospital with friends and family around him.
wife and I made the decision to honor him by creating this organization in his name to do just that. In his name to help young educate and assist our youth that we can.
The Nicholas Foundation will stand in the gap as a ministry that will fill these voids while sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. Our scholarships are designed to assist students with tuition, books, laptops, organization fees, and more.
We want to “Break Chains for Change” and help give our youth a different perspective on life by assisting them in education that will give them a different view of what success can be.

Michael Davis
Meet Our Founder
Michael created the Nicholas Foundation to bring excitement to young people in the areas of education and training. He's worked with the urban youth of Murfreesboro for over 20 years. During this time, he implemented several community programs such as the Lunch Buddy Program, Moving Forward Program (Single mother mentoring), Community Homework Help, summer basketball and flag football camps, summer educational camps, a youth community choir and a community center called "The Den".
Impacting Lives
Our passion is to help Murfreesboro Youth succeed in education and life.







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Past Scholarship Recipients
- Daniel Mullinix
- Vinadda Norasingh
- Junior Philippe
- Emma Jo Shamburger
- Madysson Tibbs