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The Community Foundation of Grundy County stewards a number of donor-designed funds dedicated to providing scholarship monies so that young people can enter or complete their post-high school education. Details of each scholarship are listed below.
This scholarship is available to Grundy high school seniors participating in the GAVC Fire Science Program. Please visit the GAVC website to read more and apply.
This scholarship is available for a graduating senior at Morris High School who plans to pursue a degree in music and/or the performing arts, or a health and/or mental health related field such as nursing, psychiatry, or social work at an accredited two or four-year college or university. Consideration will also be given to a graduate of Morris High School who was a member of the high school boys' or girls' basketball team and plans to pursue a degree in another field at an accredited two or four-year college or university. Students who graduated from Saratoga School District will receive a slight advantage when determining the recipient of this scholarship.
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The McCormack-Hill Scholarship will provide a total of $4,000 in scholarships per year to a student(s) planning to attend a post-secondary institution majoring in education or the trades. Eligible students must:
1) Be graduating from Seneca High School and have been enrolled at SHS their Junior and Senior years.
2) Intend to continue their education at a 2-or 4-year college, university, trade or technical school, or be enrolled in an apprenticeship program.
**All applications are due no later than April 17**
The Grabowski/Olson Automotive Scholarship is available for currently enrolled at GAVC. Please click here to read more and apply.
College education majors who will be juniors or seniors in Fall 2025 are invited to apply for a $10,000 scholarship in memory of Char & Mike Farrell in order to complete their degree.
Please click here to access the application form. Please note that you can start an application then save and return if needed.
Journalism/communication major entering junior or senior year of college in Fall of 2025 are invited to apply for a $10,000 scholarship in memory of Mike & Char Farrell.
Please click here to access the application form. Please note that you can start, then save and return to the application if needed.
The Roy & Mardell Carter Music Foundation Scholarship is available for any high school senior graduating from one of the following high schools: Coal City, Dwight, GSW, Minooka, Morris, or Seneca. One $500 scholarship is available for students majoring in music. Theater majors and music minors will also be considered.
Applications are due no later than April 1st.
The Minooka Women's Club Scholarship is available any Minooka HS senior graduating in May 2025 planning to attend a 2-year junior college, 4-year college/university, or trade school. Applications due no later than March 1st.