Women & Giving Scholarships
Funding Amount
$3,000 per scholarship
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Eligible organizations
- Non-traditional female students
- Attending Lake Area Technical College (LATC) or Mount Marty University (MMU)
- Students who are often young mothers or women returning to school
Other requirements
- Award Amount: $3,000 per scholarship
- Program History: Program began in 2004; first scholarships awarded in 2006; over 20 years of operation; $411,000+ awarded in total grants and scholarships
Overview
Program Focus: Scholarships for non-traditional female students
Mission: Help women overcome barriers, increase opportunities, and achieve goals
Geographic Scope: Watertown area, Wisconsin
Eligibility:
- Non-traditional female students
- Attending Lake Area Technical College (LATC) or Mount Marty University (MMU)
- Students who are often young mothers or women returning to school
Program History: Program began in 2004; first scholarships awarded in 2006; over 20 years of operation; $411,000+ awarded in total grants and scholarships
Key Information:
- Awards typically given to 5-6 recipients annually
- Advisory Committee reviews applications in early November
- Scholarships help reduce financial barriers for non-traditional students facing competing priorities (family, aging parents, young children, work responsibilities, rising cost of living)
Contact:
- Watertown Area Community Foundation
- 211 East Kemp Avenue, PO Box 116
- Watertown, SD 57201
- Phone: 605.882.3731
- Email: development@watertowncommunityfoundation.org
What Watertown Area Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 2
- Total given
- $293K
- Median grant
- $147K
- Range
- $50K–$243K
- By dollars: Wisconsin 100%. Top recipient cities: Watertown, WI.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Women
- Education
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