Scholarship Funds

Scholarship Funds are a convenient way to support students' pursuit of higher education. Why create a scholarship fund?

You want to assist students in need

As the costs of attending school increase, many students are finding higher education to be out of their reach. By establishing a scholarship fund, you are helping those students who would not have an opportunity to attend school without financial support.

You went to school on a scholarship

If you are like most scholarship donors, you may have received a scholarship to go to school and still remember who gave you the award, its amount, and the impact it had on your education. By creating a scholarship fund you have the chance to pass that feeling along to someone else.

You want to honor or memorialize someone special

Many scholarship funds are created to honor someone, or to memorialize a family member who has passed away. By creating a scholarship fund, you not only acknowledge the importance of that special person in your life, but you also establish a philanthropic legacy in that person’s name.

You want a connection

By creating a scholarship fund, the Foundation can connect you to the individuals who receive your scholarship. Also, we provide you with opportunities to meet the recipients and to get reports on their progress.

You don't want all the paperwork

inally, we give you the opportunity and flexibility to provide scholarships without all of the paperwork, time and expense associated with running your own scholarship program.

Scholarship funds Types

Scholarships

The Imperial Valley Community Foundation has a growing portfolio of scholarship opportunities for students from Imperial Valley. Thank you to the generous families and donors who have made and continue to make these opportunities available.

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For an endowed scholarship fund, we can offer the following services:

Preliminary Services

Establishing criteria in accordance with the donor’s wishes
Creating a scholarship selection committee
Creating a Scholarship Application and/or other promotional materials

Applicant Outreach and Intake

Marketing the scholarship through the Foundation’s website
Mailing application forms to local schools and school districts
Processing applications
Preparing applicant files

Decision Making Services

Screening applicant pool to determine eligibility
Preparing information and spreadsheets on applicants
Distributing budget of available income for distribution
Creating review committees of knowledgeable community members (including educators)

Post Decision Services

Sending and facilitating the signing of necessary forms (e.g. student agreement and verification of enrollment form, etc.)
Processing scholarship checks and distributing them to schools semi-annually
Mailing thank you letters from students to donors
Promoting recipients and donors in relevant IVCF publications (Annual Report, Chair & President’s Report, Newsletter, etc.)

Evaluation

Mailing and facilitating the receipt of transcripts and progress reports from recipients
Following up with students annually
Maintaining recipient files for three years

For additional scholarship opportunities in Imperial Valley, please visit the following resource hosted by the Imperial County Office of Education: https://findyourpath.org/scholarships

If you're interested in starting up a scholarship, give us a call at (760) 336-0055 to make an appointment to talk things out. Alternatively, you might consider supporting one of the scholarship funds we already have.