Complete Your Degree & Adult Student Scholarships
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
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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: Oceana County, Michigan
Purpose: Support for adult learners and non-traditional students continuing or completing their education
Target Population:
- Non-traditional students
- Adult learners
- Students who did not start college immediately after high school
- Students who dropped out and are returning
Context: The Foundation awards over $300,000 in scholarships to students each year and has evolved its scholarship program to support adult learners and students pursuing skilled trades in addition to traditional college students.
Contact Information:
- Tammy Carey, Oceana Foundation CEO
- Phone: 231-869-3377
- Address: P.O. Box 902, Pentwater, MI 49449
- Website: oceanafoundation.org
How to Apply
How to Apply for a Scholarship
- Complete One Online Application: Students complete a single online application to be considered for all available scholarship funds.
- Application Process:
- Submit the unified scholarship application
- Application reviewed by volunteer community committee members
- Committee helps match students with available awards
- Donors may participate in the selection process
- Foundation makes payments directly to the college or institution
- Foundation monitors student achievement
Foundation Services
- Handles all selection and administrative details
- Makes direct payments to institutions
- Tracks student progress and success
What Community Foundation for Oceana County actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 22
- Total given
- $2.43M
- Median grant
- $14K
- Range
- $5,308–$1.86M
- By dollars: Michigan 100%. Top recipient cities: Hart, MI; Shelby, MI; Pentwater, MI.
- 9% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 27% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
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