Ed's Trust Fund

Yah, Ed’s got rules. Sure, they’re boring, but please read them closely and make sure before you apply that you meet every single requirement—and, who knows, maybe you’ll be able to afford a little chicken for your ramen while you’re here!

Congratulations to Kourtney Jason, the Spring 2008 recipient of Ed’s tri-annual Trust Fund—and a cool $1,000! (Okay, so Ed was lying about the “millionaire” part…but only because he’s still waiting for his shot at Deal or No Deal). Kourtney is currently interning—for free!—in the features department at Seventeen. She received the offer on her last day of classes at California State University, Chico (where she graduated with a degree in news-editorial journalism and woman’s studies in December 2007) and immediately hopped on a red-eye flight from California to New York to pursue her lifelong dream of working for a magazine.

Ed’s Trust Fund in Spring 2007 went to Maghan McDowell, an incredibly worthy intern at Marie Claire. A while back he heard from the young whippersnapper—who’s now gainfully employed as the managing editor (!) of a few local magazines in Florida—and she couldn’t say enough about how much getting the cool grand helped her land a job—get this—before graduation. Read on to hear what she had to say.

Ed’s Trust fund made all the difference in the world—in fact, I think it directly resulted in my receiving and actual job offer before graduation. Here’s how Ed’s Trust Fund got me a job in three easy steps:

Step 1: Because of Ed’s Trust Fund, I was able to fly down to Florida to visit my boyfriend one long weekend. What? Sound silly? This was just the beginning of how it helped.