Joan Basgen Scholarship
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
Joan Basgen Scholarship
Funder: Essentia Health - Duluth Area Volunteer Service Organization
Overview: Annual scholarship offered in memory of the late Joan Basgen to current or previous volunteers.
Geographic Scope: Duluth Area, Minnesota
- Current or previous volunteers with Essentia Health
- High school and college students pursuing healthcare careers
Eligibility
- Duluth Area Volunteer Service Organization
Contact Information
How to Apply
How to Apply
1. 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
2. For the Joan Basgen Scholarship specifically, submit application [WORD document format]
- Application form (Word document available)
Required Materials
What SMDC Medical Center actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 45
- Total given
- $2.77M
- Median grant
- $13K
- Range
- $5,200–$966K
- By dollars: Minnesota 98%, Wisconsin 2%. Top recipient cities: Duluth, MN; Brainerd, MN; Virginia, MN.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 42% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
College of St Scholastica · Duluth, MN
Program support
$966K
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN
Program support
$792K
One Roof Community Housing · Duluth, MN
Program support
$150K
Miller Dwan Foundation · Duluth, MN
Program support
$78K
Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank · Duluth, MN
Program support
$75K
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