Mel Brown Memorial Golf Scholarship Fund Grant

Mel Brown Memorial Golf Scholarship Fund Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Amount: US $1,000
Last Updated: December 28, 2025

Summary

Overview

Our Mission The Community Foundation’s mission is to improve the quality of life in Greater Kansas City by increasing charitable giving, educating and connecting donors to community needs they care about, and leading on critical community issues. Scholarships We offer hundreds of different scholarships for students in and around Kansas City. Mel Brown Memorial Golf Scholarship Fund The purpose of the Fund shall be to provide post-secondary scholarships to graduating seniors from Chillicothe High School, in Chillicothe, Missouri, or Gardner Edgerton High School, in Gardner Kansas, who were members of the golf team and who plan to continue their education at a two-year or four-year college or university or at a technical school. The type and amount of aid may include, but is not necessarily limited to a non-renewable $1,000 scholarship for a female student and a non-renewable $1,000 scholarship for a male student meeting the criteria above to be used for tuition, fees, room and board, textbooks and/or required course-related materials. Scholarship assistance will generally be disbursed in equal payments (e.g., one-half in the fall semester and one-half in the spring semester), as long as the recipient provides proof of full-time enrollment.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. From Chillicothe High School or Gardner Edgerton High School; Have been a member of the High School’s golf team for at least their senior year; Have a cumulative high school grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale; and Be enrolled or planning to enroll in a two-year or four-year college or university or technical school.