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South Puget Sound Community College Scholarship

The Jernigan Foundation

Funding Amount

$5,000 (5 x $1,000)

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

Foundation

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  • Not eligible: Multi-year grants

Overview

Geographic Scope: Washington State

Focus: Educational scholarships for deserving students at South Puget Sound Community College

Eligibility: Students attending South Puget Sound Community College

Background

The Jernigan Foundation provides scholarships to support students pursuing higher education. Recent scholarship recipients have included individuals pursuing careers in nursing and medical assisting, including single parents and first-generation college students.

Grantmaking Philosophy

The foundation:

  • Focuses on prevention and upstream solutions
  • Invests in proven solutions
  • Supports smaller organizations to maximize impact
  • Requires grant reports outlining how funds were spent and impact made
  • Does not fund multi-year grants
  • Does not generally fund more than 50% of a particular project or program

What The Jernigan Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2021 — the most recent filing with itemized grants

The Jernigan Foundation reported $534K in grants for 2025 as a total without an itemized list; the grant details below are from 2021, its most recent itemized filing.

Grants in 2021
7
Total given
$108K
Median grant
$15K
Range
$9,074–$23K
  • By dollars: Washington 38%, North Carolina 21%, Kansas 18%. Top recipient cities: Seattle, WA; Lawrence, KS; Niwot, CO.
  • 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.

Example grants

  • Heart for Lebanon · Black Mountain, NC

    Support holistics

    $23K

  • National Christian Foundation · Seattle, WA

    Support capital campaign

    $21K

  • ATK International · Lawrence, KS

    Support construction cost

    $20K

  • Street Business School · Niwot, CO

    Prevent human trafficking

    $15K

  • Freedom Firm USA · E Wenatchee, WA

    To support the fight against human

    $10K

IRS Form 990, 2021. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Education

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