COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BOONE COUNTY ANNOUNCES DETAILS FOR THE 2021 LILLY ENDOWMENT COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
We are now accepting applications for the 2021 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program. The scholarship is open to Indiana residents who graduate from an accredited Indiana high school by 2021, and receive their diploma no later than June 30, 2021. The deadline to apply is Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 2:00pm EST. Click here to access the application.
The program provides scholarships for otherwise unreimbursed full-tuition, required-fees, and a special allocation of up to $900 per year for required books and required equipment for four years of undergraduate study on a full-time basis leading to a baccalaureate degree at any Indiana public or private nonprofit college or university accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Community Foundation will nominate 2 students to receive the scholarship.
The 2021 Boone County Lilly Endowment Community Scholars will be named in mid-December 2020. To be eligible, students must be a Boone County resident graduating from a regionally accredited high school by the end of June 2021, in the upper 20% of his/her high school graduating class after 6 semesters and planning to pursue a full-time baccalaureate course of study beginning in the fall of 2021 at an accredited private or public college or university in Indiana.
Applications for all other donor-established scholarships administered through the Community Foundation of Boone County will be available in December 2020 and due February 2021.
The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program is a statewide program administered by local community foundations throughout Indiana. The Community Foundation of Boone County administers the program locally in conjunction with the Community Foundation Scholarship Committee, local high schools, and Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) provides statewide oversight of the program.
The Lilly Endowment Inc. is an Indianapolis-based, private philanthropic foundation, created in 1937 by members of the Lilly Family. In keeping with the wishes of the founding members, the Lilly Endowment exists to support the causes of education, religion and community development.
Since the program was first introduced in 1998, Lilly Endowment has remained steadfast in its belief that education at all levels is indispensable to the personal, civic and economic well-being of Indiana residents and communities.
The scholarships are the result of a statewide Lilly Endowment initiative to help raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana; increase awareness of the beneficial roles Indiana community foundations can play in their communities; and encourage and support the efforts of current and past Lilly Endowment Community Scholars to engage with each other and with Indiana business, governmental, educational, nonprofit and civic leaders to improve the quality of life in Indiana generally and in local communities throughout the state.
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BOONE COUNTY
Since 1991, the Community Foundation of Boone County has granted over $25 million from its various funds to nonprofit organizations and programs working to solve critical challenges in Boone County. Through the generosity of donors, the Foundation currently holds over $25 million in assets and awards an average of $1 million back into the local community each years. In the past 29 years, we have worked with donors to create permanent funds for charitable giving. The establishment and growth of permanent endowment funds will strengthen Boone County for generations to come.