Anil and Neema Thakrar Family Fund Grant

Anil and Neema Thakrar Family Fund Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Foundation for Enhancing Communities
Last Updated: November 21, 2025

Summary

The Anil and Neema Thakrar Family Fund, part of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, aims to support graduating seniors and current college students from Cumberland, Dauphin, or Perry counties. This fund focuses on students pursuing math, science, engineering, or medical disciplines, fostering educational opportunities for those demonstrating leadership, community service, and academic potential. It emphasizes financial need, ensuring that deserving students can achieve their educational goals and contribute positively to their communities.

Overview

The Foundation for Enhancing Communities The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC) is a community foundation serving South Central Pennsylvania with a mission to inspire giving, partner with donors to achieve their charitable goals, and strengthen local communities for current and future generations. Guided by core values of inclusion, stewardship, endurance, and integrity, TFEC invests in a broad range of community needs through grantmaking, donor-advised funds, nonprofit services, and regional initiatives. Its funding priorities include early childhood education, women and girls’ well-being, arts and culture, community development, health and human services, and other programs that advance equity and long-term community impact. Anil and Neema Thakrar Family Fund The Anil and Neema Thakrar Family Fund will be used to assist graduating seniors from any high school in Cumberland, Dauphin, or Perry County, or current college students with permanent residences in Cumberland, Dauphin, or Perry counties, for the study of math, science, and engineering, or a medical related discipline.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Graduating seniors from any high school in Cumberland, Dauphin, or Perry counties OR current college students with permanent residences in Cumberland, Dauphin, or Perry countyPlans to attend college for the study of math, science, or engineeringLeadership/community serviceAcademic performance, including a GPA between a 2.5 and 3.5 (this scholarship is not intended for the student with the highest GPA, but rather to the student with average grades who demonstrates motivation, character, ability, and potential)Financial need