The Metropolitan A.M.E. Church Scholarship Endowment Payne-Tanner Memorial is a 501(c)(3) charitable trust and educational outreach program established in 1983 to provide financial assistance and moral support to students who demonstrate scholastic achievement and financial need. On the second Saturday of June, the Scholarship Endowment Committee hosts an annual awards program to honor and celebrate our scholarship recipients. This year marks the Endowment's 31st awards program.