Beistle Company Scholarship Grant

Beistle Company Scholarship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Foundation for Enhancing Communities
Last Updated: November 15, 2025

Summary

The Beistle Company Scholarship, managed by The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, provides financial support for legal dependents of full-time Beistle Company employees. If no eligible dependents apply, it extends to Shippensburg High School graduates and other local students. Applicants must demonstrate academic promise, financial need, and be accepted into an accredited institution. This scholarship aims to enhance educational opportunities for deserving students in the community.

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. Beistle Company Scholarship The Beistle Scholarship Fund of the Franklin County Community Foundation, a regional foundation of TFEC, is a scholarship for legal dependents (natural or adopted) of full-time employees of the Beistle Company. If there are no eligible children, or if funds are available beyond those needed; second preference may be given to students graduating from Shippensburg High School, if there are no such students, third preference may be given to children graduating from other high schools within a 30 mile radius of Shippensburg.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicants must be accepted for admission to an accredited college or university or graduate school. Applicants must demonstrate academic promise and financial need as determined by the Advisory Committee. Academic achievement in high school, community involvement, and citizenship will serve as determining factors in the selection process. Applicants must note the full name of the parent employed by the Beistle Company.