AWS Foundation Scholarship Fund Grant
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
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Eligible organizations
- Eligible applicants must be enrolled in accredited continuing education programs at colleges or universities, enhancing their qualifications to better serve students with special needs.
- Applicants must be a teacher in a public school in Northeast Indiana and plan to enroll part-time or full-time in an accredited continuing education college or university for the purpose of obtaining additional special education certification.
Overview
The AWS Foundation Scholarship Fund, managed by the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne, offers financial assistance to licensed special education teachers in Northeast Indiana. This program aims to support educators seeking additional special education certifications while fostering organizational excellence as part of the Let’s Rise! Vision Plan. Eligible applicants must be enrolled in accredited continuing education programs at colleges or universities, enhancing their qualifications to better serve students with special needs.
This scholarship provides financial assistance for licensed special education teachers in Northeast Indiana (Allen, DeKalb, Adams, Wells, Huntington, Steuben, LaGrange, Noble, Whitley, Wabash, Miami, Kosciusko, Elkhart, Fulton, and Marshall counties) who are seeking additional special education certifications.
Eligibility
Applicants must be a teacher in a public school in Northeast Indiana and plan to enroll part-time or full-time in an accredited continuing education college or university for the purpose of obtaining additional special education certification.What Community Foundation of Greater actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 299
- Total given
- $12.95M
- Median grant
- $17K
- Range
- $5,066–$1.24M
- By dollars: Indiana 78%, Ohio 7%, Tennessee 5%. Top recipient cities: Fort Wayne, IN; Indianapolis, IN; Huntertown, IN.
- 28% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Teachers
- Special education
- Education
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