Kelly Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund Grant

Kelly Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Amount: US $5,000
Last Updated: December 30, 2025

Summary

Overview

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation is a nationally respected leader in charitable giving, dedicated to improving quality of life in Greater Kansas City by increasing philanthropy, educating and connecting donors to community needs, and leading on critical local issues. Founded in 1978 with a simple belief that charitable giving should be accessible to all, the Foundation has grown into one of the largest and most innovative public charities in the country, offering donor advised funds and other giving vehicles that make philanthropy convenient, efficient, and impactful. Today, it manages more than $7 billion in assets, administers over 7,000 charitable funds, and has distributed more than $8 billion in grants, consistently ranking among the top community foundations nationwide. Kelly Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund Kelly Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund provides scholarship support to children, nieces, nephews, and grandchildren of current Altec Industries employees who are pursuing an engineering degree at an accredited two year or four year college or university. Eligible applicants must be enrolled or planning to enroll as full time students in an engineering program and meet academic requirements, including a minimum 3.5 high school GPA and qualifying ACT or SAT scores for U.S. students, or an 80 percent honours average for Canadian students. The scholarship supports both U.S. and Canadian applicants who meet eligibility criteria and are preparing for careers in engineering.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. For US studentsbe a natural, adopted or step-child, niece, nephew or grandchild of a current Altec Industries employee (not an intern or contractor); andbe a high school graduate with a minimum cumulative high school GPA of 3.5; andhave an ACT composite score of 24 or above along with an ACT mathematics score of 28 or above; or the SAT equivalent andbe enrolled or planning to enroll as a full-time student at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university; andbe pursuing a degree in engineering;For Canadian studentsbe a natural, adopted or step-child, niece, nephew or grandchild of a current Altec Industries employee (not an intern or contractor); andbe a high school graduate with an 80% average (Honours)be enrolled or planning to enroll as a full-time student at an accredited two-year or four-year college or university; andbe pursuing a degree in engineeringprovide a document outlining your enrollment into an engineering program