The Lawrence E. and Neva B. Fenstermaker Foundation
was created in 1996 to support and reward exceptional achievement
by students in instrumental music and science.It has been supporting
Musical Merit Foundation instrumental prize winners since 1998.
Musical Merit auditions winners receiving Fenstermaker Foundation
funds are designated as Fenstermaker Scholars. In addition,
the Fenstermaker Foundation supports outstanding students majoring
in the sciences at both the undergraduate and graduate levels
at the California State University, San Marcos.