FKSI Scholarship Fund Grant

The FKSI Scholarship Fund, managed by the Southern Illinois Community Foundation, aims to support high school graduates from Southern Illinois with $2,500 scholarships. This initiative focuses on empowering students who have faced significant hardships, such as losing parents or being in the foster care system. The fund encourages those pursuing careers in trades or technical fields and maintains a GPA requirement of 2.0 or higher, promoting educational opportunities for deserving youth.

The Mission
These scholarships are provided to Southern Illinois high school graduates who have lost one or both parents and are pursuing a career in the trades, vocational or technical fields.
Our Scholarships
We represent scholarships all across Southern Illinois with a variety of different missions, goals, and dreams.
FKSI Mission: To support, educate, and empower children, orphans, students, and families with the basic necessities of food, clothing, shelter, healthcare, and education.In alignment with our mission, we will now provide scholarships to Southern Illinois high school graduates with $2,500 scholarships.

Eligibility

Must be a Southern Illinois graduating High School Senior or completed GED credential, or a post-high school graduate or GED credential holder, up to two years after completion.
Lost one or both parents (due to death, incarceration, abandonment)
Not currently in the foster care system
Pursuing a career in the trades, vocational or technical fieldsMust enroll in an accredited program (i.e., community college, apprenticeship, certification program, technical institute, 4-year college or university)