A Boost on Your Path Through College

Our General Application Scholarships

ONE APPLICATION, 400+ NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarship applications for the 2024-2025 academic year are now closed.

Completing one online application enters you in the selection process for more than 80 need-based scholarship funds.

These are the materials you'll need for the application:

  • List of awards and volunteer/employment/extracurricular activities/family responsibilities
  • An statement about your reasons for your choice of college, chosen course of study, career goals, plans for financing your education, and information on past activities benefiting your community
  • Your financial information including family income. You can self report this if your ineligible to file a FAFSA

Easy as 1-2-3 (or 5)

Application Process

  1. 1 Gather Your Information

    Awards + employment/volunteer/extracurricular activities/family responsibilities

    Cumulative grade point average

    An statement about your choice of college, chosen course of study, career goals and information on past activities benefiting your community

    Financial information from FAFSA or other resource

  2. 2 Find Scholarships

    Review the list of scholarships available through Grand Rapids Community Foundation. We award scholarships annually primarily to Kent County students bound for or in college, or those pursuing a technical career. We have scholarships that benefit students of many ages, academic abilities and areas of interest, and we hope you'll take a moment to review which ones you may qualify for.

  3. 3 Submit Application

    By submitting a general application, we'll take the information you entered and see which Community Foundation scholarships you qualify for. With one application, you'll be in the running for the $1+ million we award every year.

    Pro tip: File your FAFSA. Information from the FAFSA is important.

  4. 4 Check Additional Scholarships

    We have several scholarships that require an additional application. Are you a Meijer team member? A Theatre Arts major? Attend Lowell High School? Pursuing a career in the legal field? These are just a few examples of separate application scholarships you may qualify for.

  5. 5 Check Your Email

    Scholarship committees comprised of volunteers from all over Kent County will review applications. If you have an address change, please email Angela Reyna Perez, scholarship coordinator, at AReyna@grfoundation.org

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