The MPB Fund has committed over $900,000 to Nursing School emergency funds at community colleges since its inception in 2005, with zero (0) costs borne by the fund. MPB Fund volunteers absorb all costs of managing the DAF, marketing and reporting.

• Almost 90% of grant recipients to date graduate
• The average grant size is less than $2,000
• Hundreds of grants have been made over the last 14 years to nursing students in Rochester and Syracuse.
• Inception to date, 89% of requests have resulted in a faculty approved grant