Love Where You Live: Scholarship Fund Grant

Love Where You Live: Scholarship Fund Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Last Updated: February 23, 2026

Summary

The Love Where You Live: Scholarship Fund, administered by the Kalamazoo Community Foundation, provides financial support to local high school seniors and undergraduate students from Kalamazoo County. This multiyear scholarship covers tuition, fees, and other educational costs for various post-secondary programs. It aims to enhance educational equity and opportunity, fostering community well-being and long-term impact. Eligible applicants must demonstrate financial need and be residents or graduates from a high school within Kalamazoo County.

Overview

Kalamazoo Community Foundation The Kalamazoo Community Foundation mobilizes people, resources, and expertise to advance racial, social, and economic justice in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, with a vision of making the community the most equitable place to live. Established in 1925, the Foundation pools philanthropic gifts into endowed funds that generate sustained support for local needs and priorities, ensuring longtime impact across the region. Its funding priorities focus on enhancing equity and education by investing in nonprofit initiatives that address systemic disparities, improve access to opportunities, and strengthen community well-being. This includes grants for nonprofit operations and projects, capital improvements, responsive funding to emerging community needs, and scholarships and emergency educational support for learners at all levels. The Foundation also supports collaborations that expand economic inclusion, promote health and housing stability, and build vibrant neighborhoods, all through an equity-centered approach that prioritizes long-term solutions and community transformation. Love Where You Live: Scholarship Fund The Kalamazoo Community Foundation administers the Love Where You Live: Scholarship Fund, a multiyear award designed to support high school seniors and current undergraduate students who are residents of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, or graduates of a high school within the county and demonstrate financial need. The scholarship can be applied to a range of post-secondary educational pursuits, including associate degrees, bachelor’s degrees, and vocational/trade certification programs, and may be used toward any component of the student’s cost of attendance such as tuition, fees, housing, transportation, and related expenses. Awards are disbursed directly to the student’s institution, and recipients may be eligible for renewal annually for up to four years. Applications are submitted through the Foundation’s all-in-one scholarship application.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Be a resident of Kalamazoo County or graduating/graduated from a high school within Kalamazoo CountyDemonstrate financial need