Protect & Serve Foundation Mission Statement     Protect & Serve Foundation has been developed to mobilize America, through scholarships and educational support - making postsecondary education possible for all students.   The Protect & Serve Foundation believes that all students deserve access to higher education. Developing the next generation of leaders requires supporting students who are driven to learn, yet may not have the financial resources to continue their studies. We are devoted to reducing financial barriers that prevent many deserving students from continuing their studies.     OUR CORE VALUES   Mandate   Our Foundation was created from the fruits of the free enterprise system, operating in a free and democratic society. We believe that the free market system is the best in the world, but we recognize that some people fail to benefit fully from the system through no fault of their own. It is these people that the Foundation seeks to assist. Particularly, our mandate is to serve the disabled and those people who are disadvantaged because of their social or economic circumstances.   Education   We have chosen education because we believe that it is the best means to empower people to become more independent and to participate more fully in the benefits of our society.     Strategy   Our responsibility is to execute the Foundation’s core education programs effectively and to develop new ones. We realize that our resources are limited and, in order to be most effective, we must concentrate our efforts. We must also constantly re-evaluate and improve our programming, and change or replace non-core programs when we find alternatives offering a better combination of value and effectiveness.   Programs   To maximize the impact of our programs, we feel an obligation to do more than provide scholarship aid to needy individuals. We also seek to identify niche areas which may have been overlooked or under funded by other educational foundations. We seek ways to amplify the impact of our programs through cooperation with other organizations.   Partnership   We realize that our programs are, at best, a catalyst. The people we seek to assist and the organizations that serve them do the real work of change and are usually the best source of ideas for new program initiatives. We look to them to help us understand how to make our work more effective and, whenever we can usefully do so, we engage them as partners.   Risk Taking   Just as the free market system fosters progress through innovation, the Foundation hopes to employ innovative programs to achieve its goals. Cognizant of the fact that innovation always carries with it the risk of failure, we will proceed only after careful evaluation and will monitor our programs closely as they progress.   Stewardship   The Foundation is intended to be a perpetual body and it is our responsibility to improve it with each succeeding generation. We attempt to do this by creative programming, vigilant oversight of existing programs, and careful nurturing of our organization and its financial assets. The Foundation seeks to grow its assets over the long term.