Business & Accounting Scholarship Grant
Funding Amount
US $2,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Eligible organizations
- Fox Valley is defined as the Community Foundation’s service area: Calumet, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca and Neenah-Menasha area of Winnebago counties.
Other requirements
- Graduating high school seniors or continuing college students from the Fox Valley area and will be attending a 2-year or 4-year UW institution with a minimum of 9 credits per semester.
- Pursuing a degree in business, economics, or accounting
- Must have a minimum cumulative 2.75 GPA
- Financial need will be considered
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: Loss of Eligibility:Failure to enroll with a minimum of 9 credits per semester at a 2-year or 4-year UW institution with a minimum cumulative 2.75 GPA and majoring in business, economics or accounting.
Overview
The Business & Accounting Scholarship, established by anonymous donors through the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, aims to support high school seniors and college students from the Fox Valley area pursuing degrees in business, accounting, or economics. The scholarship offers one award of $2,000, distributed across two semesters, to students who demonstrate financial need and maintain a minimum GPA of 2.75. This initiative helps foster educational opportunities and community growth.
We do this by connecting individual gifts to nonprofits through grants.
These funds generate grants for the long-term benefit of the people of the Fox Valley region of Wisconsin.
The anonymous donors who established this scholarship fund wanted to make an impact on student’s lives who intend to make their impact in the world of business, accounting, economics or related fields.
Award Amount
One $2,000 award, payable at $1,000 each for fall and spring semester for one year.
Eligibility
Graduating high school seniors or continuing college students from the Fox Valley area and will be attending a 2-year or 4-year UW institution with a minimum of 9 credits per semesterFox Valley is defined as the Community Foundation’s service area: Calumet, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca and Neenah-Menasha area of Winnebago countiesPursuing a degree in business, economics, or accounting
Ineligibility
Loss of Eligibility:Failure to enroll with a minimum of 9 credits per semester at a 2-year or 4-year UW institution with a minimum cumulative 2.75 GPA and majoring in business, economics or accounting.
What Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 448
- Total given
- $32.37M
- Median grant
- $25K
- Range
- $5,073–$5.84M
- By dollars: Wisconsin 88%, Texas 3%, Illinois 2%. Top recipient cities: Appleton, WI; Neenah, WI; Menasha, WI.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 30% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
The Trout Museum of Art · Appleton, WI
Arts, culture & humanities
$5.84M
Pillars · Appleton, WI
Housing & shelter
$1.32M
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley · Appleton, WI
Housing & shelter, philanthropy, voluntarism, youth development
$1.05M
University of North Texas Foundation · Denton, TX
Education
$1M
Friends of Appleton Library Incorporated · Appleton, WI
Education
$734K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
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