Sapienza Scholarship- Block Grant Applicants

The Sapienza Scholarship supports New Canaan students through need-based awards, helping residents of all ages continue their education. This program not only provides individual scholarships but also funds local nonprofit organizations' scholarship programs. With approximately $20,000 awarded per cycle, the grants assist students with tuition, books, and other educational expenses. The Foundation emphasizes a thorough selection process to ensure funds reach deserving students who demonstrate high academic motivation and potential.

Our Scholarship and Award Funds
The Foundation supports New Canaan students continuing their education through a variety of scholarships and awards.
Sapienza Scholarship:
Our largest scholarship program, which is named after the donor who established the fund. The Sapienza Scholarship is a need-based award that helps New Canaan residents of all ages who require financial assistance to continue their education.
Block Grant Applicants:
In addition to Individual Scholarships, part of the Sapienza Scholarship’s mission is to fund the existing or planned scholarship programs of local nonprofit organizations that serve students or clients who demonstrate significant financial need.
Approximately $20,000 is awarded per cycle with an average grant size of $2,000. Awards are paid to the organization, not the student.
Based on the donor’s intentions, the Foundation makes block grants that enable nonprofit organizations to provide scholarship funds to students or clients with high academic motivation, who show great promise in their field of study, and who may not otherwise be able to afford to continue their education.
A great deal of attention will be paid to your organization’s procedure for identifying and evaluating eligible students. Scholarship funds are intended to be used for worthy students to cover their tuition expenses, books, lab fees, tutoring costs, and other related educational expenses and fees paid to the school. Scholarship recipients should be selected by the grant recipient organization in a manner consistent with its scholarship qualification criteria.

Eligibility

Nonprofit Organizations who manage scholarship programs of their own are eligible to apply for a Sapienza Scholarship Block Grant. Recipients of scholarships from block grants are not limited to New Canaan residents; therefore,residency does not need to be considered in the selection criteria.

Ineligibility

Block grants are not available to organizations that pass through Sapienza funds directly to their selected scholarship recipient(s). Rather, the fund supports existing planned scholarship programs – programs that fundraise from multiple sources, establish formal eligibility requirements, and have an established selection process.