Legacy Foundation: Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Grant

Legacy Foundation: Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Legacy Foundation: Lake County's Community Foundation
Amount: Up to US $900
Last Updated: January 01, 2026

Summary

Overview

About Legacy Foundation Legacy Foundation is the community foundation for Lake County, Indiana. We connect people, knowledge, and funding to build an equitable, accessible, and inclusive Lake County, now and for generations to come. Legacy Foundation is supported by a broad base of individuals, families, and businesses connected by the desire to improve Lake County, Indiana. With a growing portfolio of over 300 funds and approximately $80 million in assets, Legacy Foundation is a trusted source for philanthropic giving in the region. For over 30 years, Legacy Foundation has been empowering people, providing strategic leadership, and impactful philanthropic support to create an equitable Lake County where all people thrive. Mission Statement Transforming Lake County by providing strategic leadership and impactful philanthropic support to ensure equitable opportunity for all communities that we serve. Vision Statement Create an equitable Lake County where all people thrive. Legacy Foundation: Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Each Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship provides for full tuition, required fees and a special allocation of up to $900 per year for required books and required equipment for four years of undergraduate study on a full-time basis leading to a baccalaureate degree at any eligible Indiana public or private nonprofit college or university. Lilly Endowment Community Scholars may also participate in the Lilly Scholars Network (LSN), which connects scholars with resources and opportunities to be active leaders on their campuses and in their communities. Both the scholarship program and LSN are supported by grants from Lilly Endowment to Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI). 2026 Award Details Six (6) students from Lake County, Indiana will receive the scholarship. Covers four (4) years of full tuition to ANY accredited 4-year private or public college in Indiana. The students will also receive a $900 per year stipend for books.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Graduating senior from an accredited high school in Lake County, Indiana Resident of Lake County, Indiana Plan to attend a full-time baccalaureate course of study in the fall of 2026 at an accredited Indiana college/university Unweighted GPA of 3.25 Student MUST reside in Lake County, Indiana AND attend high school in Lake County, Indiana