Bonita Compton Scholarship
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Geographic Scope: Floyd County, Kentucky
Purpose: Honors the legacy of Bonita Compton—a devoted educator, coach, community leader, and lifelong advocate for students in Eastern Kentucky.
Administering Organization: Floyd County Community Foundation (an affiliate of the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky)
Contact:
- Floyd County Community Foundation
- Phone: (606) 439-1357
- Email: info@appalachianky.org
What Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 90
- Total given
- $3.5M
- Median grant
- $13K
- Range
- $5,250–$1.54M
- By dollars: Kentucky 84%, Tennessee 7%, West Virginia 2%. Top recipient cities: Hazard, KY; Pikeville, KY; Prestonsburg, KY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 54% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Appalachian Community Development Core Inc · Hazard, KY
To further the exempt purpose of the organization
$1.54M
Appalachia Service Project · Johnson City, TN
to further the exempt of purpose of the organization
$202K
Frontier Housing Inc · Morehead, KY
to further the exempt of purpose of the organization
$158K
Oakdale Christian Academy · Jackson, KY
to further the exempt of purpose of the organization
$60K
Teach for America Appalachia · Chicago, IL
to further the exempt of purpose of the organization
$51K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
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