Chifles Beyond the Bag Scholarship Grant

Chifles Beyond the Bag Scholarship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Coral Gables Community Foundation
Amount: Up to US $25,000
Last Updated: December 15, 2025

Summary

The Chifles Beyond the Bag Scholarship, established in 2024 by the Rivas Family, supports children of Plantain Products Company employees by providing educational assistance. Administered through the Coral Gables Community Foundation, this scholarship aims to empower students to overcome barriers and excel academically. Recipients must maintain full-time enrollment and reapply annually by April 1. With over $6.7 million awarded in the last decade, the Foundation continues to positively impact the Coral Gables community.

Overview

Led by community leaders, the Coral Gables Community Foundation provides the philanthropic conduit to connect individuals and corporations looking to positively impact the success of the community. Now in its 33rd year, the Foundation has been at the forefront of the evolving needs of Coral Gables while effectively bringing together beneficiaries and benefactors to fund programs with the greatest impact and benefit to “The City Beautiful.” Coral Gables Community Foundation’s Scholarships Program Coral Gables Community Foundation is honored to partner with our fundholders to administer generous scholarships as well as manage the Foundation’s own scholarship funds. The Foundation and its fundholders have proudly awarded over $6.7 million in scholarships in just the last decade. Chifles® Beyond The Bag Employee Scholarship The Beyond the Bag Scholarship Fund provides educational and tuition assistance to children or minor dependents of employees of Plantain Products Company (Chifles®). Established in 2024 by the Rivas Family, this scholarship honors the hard-working men and women at Chifles. The award aims to remove barriers and create new opportunities, helping students reach their full potential both in the classroom and beyond. Maintaining the Scholarship In order to maintain the scholarship, the recipient must reapply each year by April 1, maintain full-time enrollment in school and obtain the Step-Up for Students Scholarship if accepted by the institution. If the recipient uses the award to pay for qualified tuition and related expenses, the award monies should be excluded from tax under Section 117. However, expenses that are not required as a condition of enrollment in school are likely not excludable from income. It is the responsibility of the recipient to determine whether any amount received needs to be reported as taxable income and they should contact their tax preparer for this.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Beneficiary must be the child or minor dependent of a full-time Chifles® employee Applicant must apply for the Step Up for Students Scholarship program if it is accepted at their child or dependent’s school Employee must reapply by April 1st of each year Applicants must- Be living in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada Be graduating high school seniors (U.S., Puerto Rico and Guam), graduating from grade 12 or graduating from home school education in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada Plan to enroll full-time, without interruption, for the entire 2024-25 academic year at an accredited four-year college, university or vocational-technical school in the United States.