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Thomson Leadership & Innovation Award

Lyford Cay Foundation Inc

Foundation Annual Grants for Education

Funding Amount

Up to CAD $30,000 annually

Deadline

Rolling / Open

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.

Overview

Number of Awards: One award valued up to CAD $30,000 annually

Geographic Scope: For study in Canada at the graduate or technical level

Focus Areas: The award is designed to recruit and support students who are driven to improve The Bahamas in areas including but not limited to:

  • Entrepreneurial studies
  • Emerging technologies
  • Design
  • Creative arts
  • Sciences

Eligibility Requirements: To become a Thomson Leadership Scholar, you must possess the following attributes:

  • You are a creative thinker and innovator
  • You have created, lead and/or inspired others to make a measurable impact of change in a community project or in a business
  • You are passionate and driven to succeed in an emerging field that is underrepresented or wholly not represented in The Bahamas; OR you desire to bring a completely new perspective to a traditional and longstanding field or industry and require further education to do so

Category: Specialty Awards

Contact Information: 242.362.4910

What Lyford Cay Foundation Inc actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990 filing, 2024

Grants in 2024
27
Total given
$432K
Median grant
$15K
Range
$7,500–$40K
  • By dollars: Rhode Island 12%, Florida 10%, Mississippi 8%. Top recipient cities: Providence, RI; Washington, DC; Berkeley, CA.
  • 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 30% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • Johnson & Wales University · Providence, RI

    Scholarship assistance for post-secondary education

    $40K

  • Howard University · Washington, DC

    Scholarship assistance for post-secondary education

    $30K

  • University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA

    Scholarship assistance for post-secondary education

    $30K

  • North Dakota State University · Fargo, ND

    Scholarship assistance for post-secondary education

    $25K

  • University of Southern Mississippi · Hattiesburg, MS

    Scholarship assistance for post-secondary education

    $20K

IRS Form 990 filing, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Education

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