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Better World Scholarship Fund Grant

Columbus Foundation

Funding Amount

More than US $1,000

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

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Other requirements

  • Candidates must be a graduating high school senior or past graduate of a high school in Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Pickaway, or Union county.
  • Candidates must intend to pursue post-secondary education in a STEM field at a four-year college or university.
  • Candidates must be female.
  • Candidates must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average (GPA), and a B average in math classes, and any other classes related to their field of study.

Overview

The scholarship encourages women to acquire a degree in a science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) field. The donor’s bachelor’s degree is in mathematics, followed 15 years later with a master’s degree in business administration. Her degree in mathematics provided opportunities for jobs in software development and application, medical research, technical documentation, organizational education and training, scientific research, and business. Her career was challenging, dynamic, encouraged creativity, never boring, offered schedule flexibility that allowed her to parent her four children, provided career choice independence, and was lucrative. Go STEM Girls!
Award Amount:

  • Minimum $1,000

Eligibility

Candidates must be a graduating high school senior or past graduate of a high school in Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Pickaway, or Union county.Candidates must intend to pursue post-secondary education in a STEM field at a four-year college or university.Candidates must be female.Candidates must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average (GPA), and a B average in math classes, and any other classes related to their field of study.Candidates must attend or plan to attend an educational institution in the U.S.

What Columbus Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024
1,747
Total given
$242.68M
Median grant
$21K
Range
$5,032–$21.85M
  • By dollars: Ohio 75%, Illinois 5%, Massachusetts 3%. Top recipient cities: Columbus, OH; New York, NY; Washington, DC.
  • 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 43% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

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IRS Form 990, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Women
  • STEM education

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