High School Seniors and Current College Students Scholarships
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Deadline
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Grant Type
foundation
Overview
High School Seniors and Current College Students Scholarships
Funder: Community Foundation for Oceana County
Total Scholarship Program: The Foundation awards over $300,000 in scholarships to students each year across more than 50 scholarship funds.
Geographic Scope: Oceana County, Michigan
Purpose: Making higher education more accessible for area students as an investment in the future of youth and the community.
Eligibility:
Priority Student Populations: The Foundation is focused on growing resources for:
Acceptable Institutions: Trade/union schools, community colleges, universities, and apprenticeships
Contact Information:
How to Apply
How to Apply for a Scholarship
1. Complete One Online Application: Students complete a single online application to be considered for all available scholarship funds.
2. 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, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 30
- Total given
- $3.56M
- Median grant
- $11K
- Range
- $5,100–$2.44M
- By dollars: Michigan 100%. Top recipient cities: Hart, MI; Shelby, MI; Muskegon, MI.
- 50% 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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$37K
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