We are the Negro Spiritual Scholarship Foundation! The “Negro Spiritual” Scholarship Foundation (Project GRADY-RAYAM) is a Central Florida nonprofit. The mission is to preserve America’s Negro spiritual songs from the slave era as part of our cultural heritage. The “Negro Spiritual" Scholarship Foundation is a Central Florida nonprofit established in 1996. The network of programs and services through which we impact the public is known as Project GRADY-RAYAM. Our agency's Our agency’s threefold mission is to preserve America’s Negro spiritual songs from the slave era as part of the nation’s cultural heritage, provide training, development and scholastic assistance grants for young artists, and inspire the American public to embrace spirituals as a shared cultural legacy.