The Greater Grand Island Community Foundation specializes in legacy philanthropy. Funds are established to impact the area of the community that means the most to donors, both during and after their lifetime, and provide the opportunity for children or other loved ones to participate in a family legacy. We exist because of the amazing individuals, businesses, organizations, and families who have a desire to give back to their community and leave a legacy that will impact lives for many years to come.

• A.M. Hargis Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating Seniors, current college students, non-traditional students
  • A resident of Adams, Blaine, Boone, Buffalo, Clay, Custer, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Garfield, Gosper, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Howard, Kearney, Loup, Merrick, Nance, Nuckolls, Phelps, Platte, Polk, Sherman, Valley, Webster or Wheeler county

  Requirements:

  • Field of Study: business, agri-business, health, or travel and tourism 
  • Attending community college or other technical institution in Nebraska       

• AOK Ladies Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Grand Island High School graduating senior     
  •  GPA of 2.7 or higher  

  Requirements:

  • Scholarship specific essay required in application    

  Preferences:

  • The Financial Need of the applicant is a consideration for this scholarship. 

• Alda J. Gunn Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • African American student
  • Grand Island High School graduating senior or mid-term high school graduate
  • Pursuing post-secondary education 

  Preferences:

  • Financial Need

• Alice Lewis Vetter Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating Seniors from Hall or Hamilton County High School

  Requirements:

  • GPA of 3.0 or higher
  • Field of Study: psychology, social work, or sociology
  • Attending a Nebraska college or university

• Amur-Maggie Larchick Memorial Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating high school senior 
  • Applicant is a child or dependent of an Amur Equipment Finance employee

  Requirements:

  • Must carry a B average or minimum GPA of 3.0
  • Pursuing a post-secondary education 
  • Scholarship specific essay required in the application

  Preferences:

  • Demonstrate volunteer/service involvement 
  • Demonstrate school involvement 

• Arthur Klinkacek Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating senior from a Hall County high school     
  • Certified high school transcript required to include ACT/SAT scores, class rank, and GPA.       
  •  Must demonstrate financial need 
  • Must show proof of extracurricular involvement
  • GPA of 2.5 - 3.5   

• Arthur Klinkacek Scholarship-Centura

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating senior from Centura high school     
  • Certified high school transcript required to include ACT/SAT scores, class rank, and GPA.       
  •  Must demonstrate financial need 
  • Must show proof of extracurricular involvement
  • GPA of 2.5 - 3.5   

• Associated Staffing Skilled Trades Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating Seniors, current college students, non-traditional students
  • Residents of Adams, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Cass, Clay, Colfax, Custer, Dawson, Douglas, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Kearney, Madison, Merrick, Phelps, Platte, Polk, Sarpy, Saunders, Sherman, Stanton, or Washington Counties

  Requirements:

  • Must be enrolled as a fulltime student pursuing a certificate (minimum 12 credit hour program), diploma (minimum 23 credit hour program), or associate’s degree in a skilled trade field from an accredited trade school or college in Nebraska
  • High school graduate or GED earner

  Preferences:

  • Preference is given to applicants who demonstrate a commitment to extracurricular school activities and/or community involvement 

• Bernard and JoAnn Kisner Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating Senior from a Hall County High School
  • GPA 2.5 or greater             
  • ACT 23 or greater
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  Betty J. and Jack B. Adams Memorial Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating senior from Grand Island Northwest High School
  • GPA of 3.5 or greater
  • Enrolled as a full-time student in any college and course of study in Nebraska or out of state

  Preferences:

  • Financial Need

• Betty Meedel/YWCA Memorial Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Hall County Graduating senior/class rank the top 25%
  • Female student     
  • ACT 25 or greater             
  • GPA 3.0 or greater 

  Requirements:

  • Field of Study: health-care of science-related field of study   

  Preferences:

  • Financial Need

• Bill Marshall Academic/Athletic Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Grand Island high school graduating senior

   

  Requirements:

  • Four-year participant in football, volleyball, basketball, track, tennis, or golf
  • 3.5 GPA minimum 
  • Demonstrate leadership skills throughout high school career
  • Plan to enroll as a full-time student at a Nebraska four year college 
  • Students who plan to major in Business, Finance, or Accounting 

  Preferences:

  • Demonstrate financial need

• Carl C. and Abbie Rebman Trust Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Hall County resident or parent/guardian a Hall County resident   
  • Traditional or Non-traditional students         
  • Attending: Central Community College in Grand Island, Hastings, or Columbus  

  Requirements:

  • Field of Study: Nursing, Automotive, Mechanics, or Diesel Technology

• CHI Health St. Francis Foundation Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • resident of Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, or Nance county          
  • GPA of 3.0 or greater   
  •  ACT 20 or greater or SAT 1000 or greater

  Requirements:

  • Attend an accredited university, college, vocational or community college in Nebraska     
  • Full-time student for the upcoming academic year 
  • volunteered, job shadowed, or parent or guardian who is  employed at CHI Health St. Francis
  • Majoring in: Nursing, Pre-Med, Health Occupations, Occupational Therapy, Pharmaceutical, Physical Therapy, Radiology Tech   

  Preferences:

  • high school graduating senior

• Edgar Barge Memorial Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating high school seniors                                                                       

  Requirements:

  • Certified high school transcript required to include ACT/SAT scores, class rank, and GPA  
  • Must be a registered parishioner at Blessed Sacrament Church in Grand Island, Nebraska, who has been confirmed and attends Mass regularly.   

• Eleanore Brune Memorial Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Non-traditional students - returning adult students   
  • Residents of Hall county

• Faye & Jim Rasmussen Trade Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • traditional or non-traditional student

  Requirements:

  • attending Central Community College in Grand Island, Hastings, or Columbus
  • studying welding, carpentry, mechanics, electrical, or any industrial trade 
  • demonstrate a GPA of 2.5 or greater 

• George Cowton Rotary Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating Senior from a Grand Island high school             
  • GPA 3.0-3.7     
  • ACT 20-24

• George Wanitschke Family Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating seniors from Grand Island, Doniphan-Trumbull, and Loup City High School 

  Requirements:

  • Field of Study: Agriculture or Agri-business

• GRACE Cancer Foundation Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating high school seniors 
  • GPA of 2.5 or greater 
  • resident within 40 mile radius of Grand Island, NE 

  Requirements:

  • Scholarship specific essay required in the application
  • immediate family member (parent, sibling, or yourself) who has been affected by cancer 

• GI Area Retired School Personnel/Susan Wiese Educational Memorial Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating high school seniors from Aurora, Central City, Centura, Doniphan, Grand Island Central Catholic, Grand Island Heartland Lutheran, Grand Island Northwest, Grand Island Senior High, Palmer, Shelton, St. Paul, or Wood River
  • GPA 2.5 or greater
  • ACT 18 or greater
  • Field of study: education 

  Requirements:

  • Must be enrolled full-time
  • Eligible students may attend any 4-year college or university in Nebraska or out of state 

• Grand Island Board of Realtors Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating high school senior from a Hall or Howard County high school 
  • GPA of 3.5 or greater     
  • Top 50% of graduating class     
  • School and/or community involvement

  Requirements:

  • Certified high school transcript required to include ACT/SAT scores, class rank, and GPA 
  • Scholarship specific essay required in the application

• Habitat for Humanity Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating high school seniors or non-traditional students who currently reside in a Habitat Home in Hall, Hamilton, or Merrick County. 
  • Attending a trade school, community college, or university.

• Hall County Medical Society Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduate of a Hall County Nebraska high school
  • Current college or non-traditional student who is enrolled in medical career schooling, including phsician, dentists, nurses, technicians, and LPNs
  • Certified high school transcript required to include ACT/SAT score, class rank, and GPA
  • Certified college transcript required to indlude major. GPA, and MCAT/DAT or appropriate entrance exam if applicable
  • Certified post graduate transcript required to include field of study and GPA if applicable

  Requirements:

  • Online recommendation from an individual who has supervised the student in medical education or medical work environment 

• Henry and Maria Ahrens Charitable Trust Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduate of a Hall County Nebraska high school
  • Current college or non-traditional student who is enrolled in medical career schooling, including physician, dentists, nurses, technicians, and LPNs
  • Certified high school transcript required to include ACT/SAT score, class rank, and GPA
  • Certified college transcript required to include major. GPA, and MCAT/DAT or appropriate entrance exam if applicable     
  • Certified postgraduate transcript required to include the field of study and GPA if applicable

  Requirements:

  • Online recommendation from an individual who has supervised the student in medical education or medical work environment 

• Howard and Gladys Eakes Memorial Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Applicant is a child or stepchild of a current Eakes Office Solutions employee who has been employed a minimum of one year               
  • Graduating high school senior   
  • GPA of 3.0 or greater

• James P. and Joy Y. Zana Family Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Grand Island High School graduating senior   
  • Pursing a Fine Arts course of study as a major or minor 

  Requirements:

  • Scholarship specific essay required in application

• Jami Harper Nebraska Children's Groundwater Festival Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating high school seniors or current college students. 
  • Students enrolled full-time
  • Students can reapply in subsequent years   

  Requirements:

  • Water-related field of study

• Jami Harper Youth Leadership Tomorrow Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating high school senior   
  • Entering their first year of post-secondary education                                                                                                                                                                    

  Requirements:

  • Graduate of Youth Leadership Tomorrow program in Hall County who has stayed involved in their community after their program year

• Jim and Norma Merrick Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Traditional and non-traditional students attending Central Community College campuses  

  Requirements:

  • Majoring in: automotive technology, data processing, diesel technology, drafting technology, electrical technology, electronics technology, industrial technology, manufacturing technology, office technology, and welding technology

• Jim and Dee Price Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Grand Island graduating high school senior
  • Current college or non-traditional students who graduated from a Grand Island high school
  • GPA of 3.0 or greater

  Requirements:

  • Attending university/college/community college in Nebraska

  Preferences:

  • Students with a physical disability

• John M. McElroy Memorial Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Hall county graduating senior or current college student
  • GPA of 3.0 or greater

  Requirements:

  • Eligible students must be enrolled in a dental program (i.e. dentist, dental hygienist, dental assistant, dental lab)

  Preferences:

  • Financial need 

• Ken and Jalaine Leetch Trade Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating senior from Hall, Howard, Hamilton, or Merrick County 
  • Current student at Nebraska college or trade school (must have graduated high school from Hall, Hamilton, or Merrick County high school)

   

  Requirements:

  •  Attending a Nebraska trade school enrolled/enrolling full-time status 

  Preferences:

  • pursuing a degree in HVAC, refrigeration, or appliance repair 

   

• Lola Harnisch Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Hall County graduating high school senior

  Requirements:

  • Attended Lincoln Elementary School, Grand Island, NE

  Preferences:

  • Pursuing a degree in business, finance, OR accounting 

• Marilyn M. Fischer Nursing School Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • traditional or non-traditional students
  • students attending school Hall, Hamilton, Adams, Howard, Merrick, or Buffalo counties

  Requirements:

  • pursuing a post-secondary degree in nursing  
  • GPA of 3.0 or greater
  • scholarship specific essay required in the application 

  Preferences:

  • financial need

• Mark and Wanda Stelk Family Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating senior from Grand Island High School 
  • Non-traditional student who has graduated in the last 3 years 

  Requirements:

  • Full-time student 
  • Attending any 4 year college,university, community college, or trade school 
  • Financial Need 

  Preferences:

  • GPA of 3.0 or higher 
  • Employment Experience 

• Marval and Joyce Hornady Family Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Applicants must be children, stepchildren, grandchildren, and/or legal guardians of full-time Hornady Manufacturing employees, retirees, or employees in good standing who have worked for Hornady Manufacturing for one or more years.                                                                                        
  • Applicants must attend an accredited university, college, vocational, or community college. 

  Preferences:

  • Financial Need

• Michael and Audrey Pitcher Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Traditional or Non-Traditional Students in Hall County, Centura High School and Central Community College in Grand Island and Hastings     
  • Pursuing a career in nursing or tool and die to include machinists, CNC operators and engineers   
  • GPA of 2.5 or greater          
  • Students may reapply annually

  Requirements:

  • Enrolled full-time in a Nebraska program or college

  Preferences:

  • Students may reapply annually

• O.K. and Lillian B. Winn Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Wood River High School graduating senior

• Paul D. Good Memorial Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Grand Island Senior High graduating senior           
  • GPA 2.5 - 3.0     
  • ACT 15 - 20
    

• Rick Smith Memorial Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Grand Island Northwest High School graduating senior

  Preferences:

  • Field of study: Automotive, Mechanics, or Diesel Technology

• Russell and Mabel Geer Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Grand Island Senior High graduating senior
  • GPA 2.5 - 3.0 
  • ACT 20 - 25

• S.N. (Bud) and Gloria Wolbach Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Hall County High School graduating seniors                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

  Requirements:

  •  Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

• Sharon and Lynos Rerucha / Big Brothers Big Sisters Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating high school senior

  Requirements:

  • Participated in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program as a Little (mentee) or Big (high school mentor) 
  • Applicants must have been matched as a Little for at least one year, or currently, be involved with the Big Brothers Big Sisters program as a high school mentor  

• The Stueven Charitable Foundation Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating seniors, current college students, non-traditional students from Hall County high school
  • GPA greater than 3.5

  Requirements:

  • Attending college/university in Nebraska
  • Field of study: Medical, physician, dentistry, lab tech, therapist, pharmacy, radiology tech, nursing, or animal science

• TeamMates Mentoring Program Scholarship 

  Eligibility:

  • Students must be a graduate of a Grand Island high school. 
  • Students must be a TeamMate mentee with a match date no later than their 9th grade year and be matched with a mentor at the time of graduation.     
  • Students can apply for the scholarship up to their 25th birthday.       
  • Students from the class of 2019 and beyond are eligible for this scholarship

• Theodore Bielfeldt Memorial Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Hall County resident or parent/guardian a Hall County resident 
  • Traditional or Non-traditional students   
  • GPA of 3.5 or greater
  • 2 or more years left in school 

  Preferences:

  • Financial Need

• Third City Sertoma Club-Chuck Renter Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating Seniors of any Grand Island High School

  Requirements:

  • Field of Study: Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology
  • attending any four-year college or university; full-time   

• William Fowles Memorial Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Hall County graduating senior 
  • Applicants must have played golf in high school for two or more years       
  • GPA of 3.0 or higher

  Requirements:

  • Attend a four-year Nebraska college or university full-time

  Preferences:

  • Financial need

• Wyman and Cleo Woodyard Family Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Hall County high school graduating senior
  • GPA of 3.0 or greater 
  • Class rank in top 25%  

  Requirements:

  •  Seeking a Bachelor's degree at a Nebraska college or university

  Preferences:

  • students pursuing a degree in education or medical field of study 

• Youth Philanthropy Board Scholarship

  Eligibility:

  • Graduating high school senior from Hall County High School 
  • Successful completion of the Youth Philanthropy Board program

  Requirements:

  • Must have missed two sessions or less of Youth Philanthropy Board
  • Scholarship specific essay question required in the application