Gail & Hilda Oster Scholarship Fund Grant
Funding Amount
More than US $1,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Eligible organizations
- Student Types: Current graduate students, Current undergrads, High school seniors
Geography
- Within Van Buren County
Other requirements
- Eligible Enrollments: Full-time, Part-timeDegrees/Programs: Bachelor’s degree (4-year), Graduate degree.
- Have a minimum 2.75 GPA.
- Demonstrate financial need.
Overview
For All Levels of Education After High School
Kalamazoo Community Foundation is dedicated to creating pathways to higher education so students can thrive in their academic pursuits and for a lifetime. We oversee more than 60 scholarships and education grants (many of which are multiyear awards) for college, graduate school, career training and more.
This scholarship was established through a bequest from the estate of Gail and Hilda Oster for the purpose of providing meaningful support to graduating high school seniors or graduates, who are residents of Van Buren County or graduating high school seniors or graduates of high schools within Van Buren County, who are planning to pursue or are pursuing bachelor's degrees in the fields of education, mathematics or science; or enrolling or enrolled in a Veterinary Technologist or Doctor of Veterinary Medicine programs. Additional application materials are required for this scholarship.
Eligibility
Eligible Enrollments: Full-time, Part-timeDegrees/Programs: Bachelor’s degree (4-year), Graduate degreeStudent Types: Current graduate students, Current undergrads, High school seniors
Be a Van Buren County resident or graduated from a high school within Van Buren County.
Have a minimum 2.75 GPA.
Demonstrate financial need.
What Kalamazoo Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 282
- Total given
- $21.44M
- Median grant
- $32K
- Range
- $5,150–$1.28M
- By dollars: Michigan 94%, California 3%, New York <1%. Top recipient cities: Kalamazoo, MI; Portage, MI; Detroit, MI.
- 3% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 25% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
YWCA of Kalamazoo · Kalamazoo, MI
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$1.28M
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre · Kalamazoo, MI
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Kalamazoo Area Math & Science Center · Kalamazoo, MI
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$736K
Tides Center · San Francisco, CA
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$597K
Pretty Lake Camp · Mattawan, MI
Youth development
$507K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
- STEM education
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