Fostering Education Scholarship Fund Grant

The Fostering Education Scholarship Fund, established by Village Connection and Innovative Fitness, provides scholarships of $2,000-$3,000 to eligible students who have aged out of Georgia's foster care system. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or legal residents, high school seniors or recent graduates, and have a minimum GPA of 2.5. This initiative aims to empower these students with the financial support they need to pursue higher education, fostering a brighter future for the community.

In 2017 alone, we made $1.4 million in grants, $900,000 of which were distributed to charitable organizations right here in Cobb County.
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Each Cobb Community Foundation Scholarship Fund was created by a donor or group of donors with a specific objective in mind. In some cases, scholarships were created to honor someone’s memory, and in others, they were created to ensure opportunities would be available to certain groups of people.
The Fostering Education Scholarship Fund was established by Village Connection, a former nonprofit serving children in foster care, and Innovative Fitness for the purpose of providing scholarships to students who have aged out of the Georgia Department of Family & Children Services System (“Foster Care”) who are in their senior year of high school or no more than 12 months past high school graduation and lack the funds needed to attend college.
The estimated scholarship award will be $2,000-$3,000 with an estimated number of 2-3 scholarships available.

Eligibility

U.S. citizen or legal resident Resident of the State of Georgia for at least 12 months prior to application High school senior or high school graduate within the past 12 months who has been in the Foster Care system in the State of Georgia Applicants must have been in foster care in Georgia after the age of 14 for at least 6 months Minimum unweighted 2.5 GPA Enrollment in or acceptance to a college or university within the United States