Joan Basgen Scholarship
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Can we apply?
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Eligible organizations
- High school and college students pursuing healthcare careers
Other requirements
- Current or previous volunteers with Essentia Health
Overview
Annual scholarship offered in memory of the late Joan Basgen to current or previous volunteers.
Geographic Scope: Duluth Area, Minnesota
Eligibility
- Current or previous volunteers with Essentia Health
- High school and college students pursuing healthcare careers
Contact Information
- Duluth Area Volunteer Service Organization
How to Apply
How to Apply
- Contact your school's financial aid office for participating institutions:
- College of St. Scholastica
- Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
- Lake Superior College
- University of Minnesota Duluth
- University of Minnesota Duluth Medical School
- For the Joan Basgen Scholarship specifically, submit application [WORD document format]
Required Materials
- Application form (Word document available)
What SMDC Medical Center actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 47
- Total given
- $1.5M
- Median grant
- $11K
- Range
- $5,100–$267K
- By dollars: Minnesota 96%, Wisconsin 3%, New York 1%. Top recipient cities: Duluth, MN; Brainerd, MN; Superior, WI.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 45% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
College of St Scholastica · Duluth, MN
Program support
$267K
City of Sandstone · Sandstone, MN
Program support
$189K
City of Duluth · Duluth, MN
Program support
$125K
Miller Dwan Foundation · Duluth, MN
Program support
$111K
Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank · Duluth, MN
Program support
$110K
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