Smith Scholarship
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Eligible organizations
- High school seniors planning to attend college or post-secondary institutions
- Diverse student populations (scholarship demonstrates commitment to supporting underrepresented groups)
- Focus Areas: All academic majors and career paths (scholars have pursued education, engineering, pre-med, nursing, business, cybersecurity, physics, dentistry, culinary arts, hospitality management, and more)
- Contact Information: Reference scholarship page at onelfs.org/sds/smith-diversity-scholarship-current-and-past-scholars/
Other requirements
- Award Recipients: The program has been awarding scholarships annually, with documented recipients from 2021-2025 cohorts
Overview
Lutheran Family Services offers the Smith Scholarship to support diverse students pursuing higher education.
Geographic Scope: Nebraska and surrounding areas (based on high schools listed: Omaha, Elkhorn, South Sioux City, Lincoln, Crete, Grand Island, Sutton, Madison, Scottsbluff, and Council Bluffs, Iowa area)
Eligibility:
- High school seniors planning to attend college or post-secondary institutions
- Diverse student populations (scholarship demonstrates commitment to supporting underrepresented groups)
Focus Areas: All academic majors and career paths (scholars have pursued education, engineering, pre-med, nursing, business, cybersecurity, physics, dentistry, culinary arts, hospitality management, and more)
Award Recipients: The program has been awarding scholarships annually, with documented recipients from 2021-2025 cohorts
Contact Information: Reference scholarship page at onelfs.org/sds/smith-diversity-scholarship-current-and-past-scholars/
What Lutheran Family Services of NE Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2020 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
- Grants in 2020
- 1
- Total given
- $879K
- Median grant
- $879K
- By dollars: Nebraska 100%. Top recipient cities: Omaha, NE.
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