Isabel Fowler Sewell Scholarship Grant

Isabel Fowler Sewell Scholarship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Community Foundation Santa Cruz County
Amount: Up to US $5,000
Last Updated: December 14, 2025

Summary

The Isabel Fowler Sewell Scholarship, offered by the Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, provides multiple one-time awards of $5,000 to graduating seniors from Pajaro Valley High School or any public high school in Santa Cruz County. Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 3.0, demonstrate financial need, and plan to attend college at Cabrillo or an accredited four-year institution full-time. This initiative aims to support local students in their pursuit of higher education.

Overview

What is a Community Foundation? A community foundation is a nonprofit organization that brings together the financial resources of families, individuals, and organizations who care about a specific place and then invests those resources back into the community and the people who live there. What does Community Foundation Santa Cruz County do? We provide: Philanthropic AdvisingExpert and personalized service to donors and their advisors about tax-wise charitable giving tools to achieve their charitable goals. Over 40 years of trusted knowledge of local nonprofits to help donors align their passions to meet our county’s needs.Support for Local NonprofitsThrough grants, low-interest loans, professional development workshops, offering our building as a community space, and hosting capital campaigns, nonprofit reserve funds, and endowments.Community LeadershipWe convene conversations on urgent community needs to inspire collective action around key local issues and rally resources in moments of crisis and opportunity.Creating Lasting ImpactBuild endowments to provide permanent resources for our community Invest in the next generation by awarding scholarships and fellowships to local students and artists.So we can:Give and rally timely, flexible resourcesGenerate wise and durable solutions to our community’s most pressing problemsRespond to crises togetherBuild trust across differences Isabel Fowler Sewell Scholarship Multiple one-time awards of $5,000 are available to graduating seniors from Pajaro Valley High School, or any public high school in Santa Cruz County, who has a minimum 3.0 GPA, demonstrates financial need, and will be attending college at Cabrillo or an accredited 4-year college or university full-time.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.