Scholarship Funds

Investing in Deserving Students

In creating a scholarship, you invest in your community's future and show students you care.  Your community foundation provides the expertise to help you meet your personal goals and awards scholarships to deserving students.  Your gift can help students to achieve their lifetime dreams.

You can create a scholarship as a memorial to someone special, selecting eligibility criteria that exemplofy that person's goals and values.  Or, you may use it to express your educational values--or those of your family or business.  Depending on your preferences, the scholarship you establish can support graduating high school seniors, current college students, postgraduate students, adult and nontraditional students, or can focus on a certain college or university, residents of a certain county, etc.  Our program staff ensures that students meet the terms for scholarship support. 

We provide an annual scholarship awards event, which allows you to meet the students receiving your scholarship if you wish--many donors find this to be a rewarding experience.

Example Donor Story

Valuing Education

A couple of years into a comfortable retirement, Mr. and Mrs. DiAngelo, both retired teachers, realized how much they missed making a difference in the lives of students.  "For both of us, education was not only a profession--it was a calling," said John DiAngelo.  Looking for a way to stay involved, the DiAngelos started a Scholarship Fund with their local community foundation.  They wanted scholarships made in their name to benefit students interested in becoming teachers.  "The community foundation helped us create our legacy.  It's a wonderful feeling to let students know we still care," said John. 

Rose was pleased with the easy upkeep of the Fund.  "The community foundation does all the administrative work involved in determining the most deserving students," said Rose DiAngelo.  Over the past three years, The DiAngelo Education Fund has provided six scholarships to the next generation of teachers.

Watch Sharon Brady's story about creating a scholarship fund at the Midland Area Community Foundation.

There is So Much More We'd Like You to Know

For more information and ideas on ways to integrate your financial planning with charitable giving, ask your financial advisor or estate planner or contact the Foundation at info@midlandfoundation.org.