Kathi Joy Wiley Scholarship Grant

Community Foundation for Southwest Washington
The Community Foundation for Southwest Washington is a public charitable organization dedicated to strengthening communities across Southwest Washington by connecting people, resources, and philanthropic goals. The Foundation works to inspire giving, steward charitable funds, and invest in programs and initiatives that address local needs and opportunities. Through donor-advised funds, scholarships, grants, and community partnerships, the Foundation supports education, economic opportunity, health, and quality of life throughout the region. Guided by values of integrity, collaboration, equity, and long-term impact, the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington serves as a trusted partner for donors and nonprofits committed to building resilient and thriving communities.
This scholarship fund has a strong interest in supporting the most marginalized populations of students that are pursing any post-secondary education pathway, including all the following: degrees, certificates, proficiencies, or hands-on career skill building. Career pursuits can be anything from Pre-Medicine or Welder, to Certified Truck Driver, or Tattoo Artist, AND the list of career pursuits is endless. The scholarship intent is to provide the potential to lift a student out of the circumstances they are in…if they so desire.

Eligibility

be residents of southwest Washington who are or have been affected by any of, but not limited to, the following circumstances:being a single parent or a widowbeing a foster youth or young adult who have aged out of the foster care system (formal or informal)incarceration of self or parentsbeing an immigrant or refugee, or second-generation immigrant or refugeeliving in povertyhave experienced instability in housing and/or being unhousedliving with a disability (developmental, intellectual neurodivergent, physical) or have behavioral issuesrecovery from addiction or affected by addictionidentify as LGBTQ2S+being a survivor of domestic violence, gender violence, and/or child abusePlan to pursue any post-secondary education at an accredited public or private nonprofit college, university, vocational/trade school or training program, or apprenticeship in the United StatesDemonstrate Financial Need