John C. Ensslin Memorial Scholarship Fund (UA1)
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Eligible organizations
- Be enrolled in one of the eligible schools for the Fall 2025/Spring 2026 academic year
- [Colorado College](https://www.coloradocollege.edu/)
- [Colorado Mesa University](https://www.coloradomesa.edu/)
- [Colorado State University – Fort Collins](https://www.colostate.edu/)
- [Colorado State University – Pueblo](https://www.csupueblo.edu/)
- [Metropolitan State University of Denver](https://www.msudenver.edu/)
- [University of Colorado Boulder](https://www.colorado.edu/)
- [University of Colorado Colorado Springs](https://www.uccs.edu/)
Other requirements
- _You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's [website](https://denverfoundation.org/scholarship/john-c-ensslin-memorial-scholarship/)._
- Maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher
- Demonstrate engagement in their academic field of journalism
- The amounts awarded to a selected recipient may be used for tuition, fees, room, board, books, supplies, and any additional cost of attendance expenses
Overview
_NOTE: By applying for the John C. Ensslin Memorial Scholarship, you are also being considered for one of the eight available Damon Runyon Scholarship awards of $1,500. The top applicant selected will be awarded the John C. Ensslin Memorial Scholarship of $3,000._
Supporting students committed to journalism
The purpose of the Denver Press Club‘s John C. Ensslin Memorial Scholarship program is to support students who are committed and engaged in the field of journalism. An additional scholarship is dedicated each year to a promising photojournalism student under the Walter Baas Scholarship Program.
Selection
Scholarships will be awarded once each year through a competitive process based on:
- vision for the future
- commitment to the field/passion for their work in journalism
- quality of work
- scholastic potential
Additional information
Scholarship awards are one-time awards. The Denver Press Club awards eight scholarships at $1,500, and one scholarship at $3,000.
Eligibility
_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._
- Be enrolled in one of the eligible schools for the Fall 2025/Spring 2026 academic year:
- Maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher.
- Demonstrate engagement in their academic field of journalism.
- Plan to use their major to work in journalism after college graduation.
- The amounts awarded to a selected recipient may be used for tuition, fees, room, board, books, supplies, and any additional cost of attendance expenses.
- All scholarships will be paid directly to a recipient’s school and must be used for the upcoming 2025/2026 academic year.
- Awards must be used during this upcoming academic year.
What The Denver Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 1,184
- Total given
- $131.69M
- Median grant
- $27K
- Range
- $5,100–$25M
- By dollars: Colorado 58%, Pennsylvania 19%, California 6%. Top recipient cities: Denver, CO; Aurora, CO; Boulder, CO.
- <1% 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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