South Puget Sound Community College Scholarship
Funding Amount
$5,000 (5 x $1,000)
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
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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.
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$15K
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$10K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Education
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