Guyon Scholarship for Veterans Grant

Guyon Scholarship for Veterans Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Amount: US $1,000
Last Updated: December 02, 2025

Summary

The Guyon Scholarship for Veterans, established by Ann Guyon in memory of her husband Bill, supports U.S. military veterans from specific Wisconsin counties. It offers a non-renewable $1,000 scholarship for college costs during the first semester. Eligibility includes being a veteran and planning to attend an accredited institution. Financial need is considered, ensuring that the scholarship benefits those who require support for their educational pursuits.

Overview

About Us We’re about connecting people with the needs of the community. We do this by connecting individual gifts to nonprofits through grants. Our knowledge about important issues facing the Fox Valley Region is based on strong relationships with nonprofits and our unwavering pursuit of understanding our community needs. Individual gifts, when joined with others given through the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, ensure the impact lasts forever so that our community will always flourish. We are a tax-exempt, publicly supported nonprofit organization managing charitable funds — mostly permanent endowments — created by many families, businesses and organizations. These funds generate grants for the long-term benefit of the people of the Fox Valley region of Wisconsin. Guyon Scholarship for Veterans The Guyon Scholarship Fund For Veterans has been established by Ann Guyon in honor and memory of her husband Bill Guyon. Bill served two years in the Army Veterinary Corps, then received his degree from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater. Bill later went back to school and received an advanced degree from Thunderbird University in Arizona. Armed with new knowledge, he took a position in Appleton at Miller Electric in International Sales and had the opportunity to travel to sixty-seven countries in the 15 years he worked for the company. Award Amount: One $1,000 non-renewable scholarship award for cost of attendance, payable during the first semester of college.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Veterans of the United States military residing in one of the following counties: Calumet Outagamie Shawano Waupaca Winnebago Planning to pursue post-secondary education as a new or continuing student at an accredited 2- or 4-year college, university, or technical school as a full-time or part-time studentFinancial need will be considered

Ineligibility

Loss of Eligibility: Failure to register as a full-time or part-time student at an accredited 2- or 4-year college, university, or technical school for the first semester of college.