PBS NewsHour reported that Melania Trump and LSU announced a scholarship program for students who were in foster care. The report, written by Darlene Superville of The Associated Press, said the announcement includes the creation of an endowment fund for the scholarships.
According to the report, Trump and LSU secured more than $7 million in private donations to create the fund. The report attributed that figure to the White House, which said it. The summary does not say whether the donations have been independently verified, and it does not name the donors.
The report does not provide several details that readers may look for. It does not say how many students will receive scholarships, what eligibility requirements apply, how much each scholarship is worth, or when the program will begin accepting students. Those points were not addressed in the material available for this story.
The White House is the source for the funding figure. The program's basic structure rests on the joint announcement by Trump and LSU, as described in the report. The report's title and summary both describe the initiative as a scholarship program for students who were in foster care, and the summary identifies the endowment as the vehicle for funding the awards.
No other reporting was consulted for this account, so the facts above rest on that single report and on the White House statement it relays.