Societe Des Professeurs Francais Et Francophones Damerique
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About Societe Des Professeurs Francais Et Francophones Damerique
The Société des Professeurs Français et Francophones d'Amérique concentrates its philanthropy on individual fellowship awards for scholars or practitioners in French and Francophone studies. All recent grants are equal $25,000 fellowships (DuFrenoy and Marandon), indicating a programmatic commitment to supporting individual research, scholarship, or teaching projects rather than institutions or broad program grants.
Focus Areas
DuFrenoy Fellowship — individual support for French/Francophone scholarshipMarandon Fellowship — individual research/teaching fellowships in French studiesIndividual fellowships for early-career and mid-career Francophone scholars
Who They Fund
individual fellows / scholarssummer fellows / short-term participantsinternational exchange participants
Giving Approach
Small, highly concentrated portfolio: a few equal-sized ($25,000) awards per cycle directed to individual fellows rather than organizations, suggesting an annual or periodic fellowship program with repeat, standardized grants.
About Societe Des Professeurs Francais Et Francophones Damerique
Societe des Professeurs Francais et Francophones dAmerique centers its grantmaking on named fellowships for individuals working in French and Francophone studies. The recent record shows a steady stream of $25,000 awards through the Marandon and Dufrenoy tracks, including repeated support for scholars such as Kylene Flynn and Katherin Solange Barreto Castro across multiple years. That pattern points to a funder built around sustained individual scholarship rather than institutional program grants. The foundation’s fellowship structure supports American students and researchers pursuing study or research in France or Québec, with some awards aimed at teaching French in primary and secondary schools. It also includes a summer study scholarship at Université Laval in Québec and a science-focused year of study in France under the Dufrenoy track. Recent recipients span literature, history, social sciences, and related fields, reflecting the breadth of the fellowship portfolio within French and Francophone work.
What Societe Des Professeurs Francais Et Francophones Damerique Funds
French and Francophone scholarship is the clearest throughline. Under the Marandon track, the foundation awarded $25,000 to Jordan Hilman for fellowship support and $25,000 to Loren Easterday Lee for the same track, both tied to study or research in France or Québec. A second emphasis is preparation for teaching French. The pedagogical scholarship program is designed for university candidates preparing to teach French in primary and secondary schools, showing that the foundation supports the pipeline into classroom instruction as well as research. The summer study program at Université Laval adds another dimension. In 2024, Rachael Finke received $4,000 through the Québec summer scholarship, and that award is structured to cover tuition and most living expenses for American students studying in Québec. The Dufrenoy fellowship further broadens the portfolio by supporting science students and, if needed, bachelor’s graduates pursuing teaching or diplomacy.
How Societe Des Professeurs Francais Et Francophones Damerique Gives
Grant sizes are tightly clustered at the top end: the median recent grant is $1,000, with a p25 of $1,000 and a p75 of $25,000. That wide spread reflects a mix of small awards and recurring fellowship stipends, including multiple $25,000 grants. The pattern is cohort-based and repeatable. Several recipients appear across more than one year, including Claire Pritchard, Kylene Flynn, and Katherin Solange Barreto Castro, which suggests ongoing fellowship support rather than one-off giving only. The foundation funds individuals, not organizations, and accepts unsolicited applications across its active fellowship programs. It also makes no program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$222K
Total Assets
$3M
Total Revenue
$285K
Total Expenses
$283K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1K and $25K, with a median of $1K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$1K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
National31 states funded
About 7% of grants go to recipients in VA.
Funding intensity
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