Scholarships
OPPORTUNITIES
The Kearney Area Community Foundation manages over 30 scholarship funds. The crtieria for these scholarships are varied, so please take a moment to search our scholarships to determine if you are eligible to apply.
Using the command "ctrl f" search for scholarships, your school or county.
OPPORTUNITIES
Scholarship forms are not availble using a mobile devise. Please check out our current scholarships using desktop view. There you will have the ability to download the following PDF and Word documents for each scholarship.
Scholarships
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Scholarships
OPPORTUNITIES
Scholarship forms are not availble using a mobile devise. Please check out our current scholarships using desktop view. There you will have the ability to download the following PDF and Word documents for each scholarship.
NOTE: The universal application for 2024 scholarships is now closed.
The only scholarship application still open for 2024 is the UNK Pi Kappa Alpha Alumni scholarship. To apply for that scholarship, click the button below. If you haven't applied for a scholarship through the Kearney Area Community Foundation before, you will need to set up an account to use the application. Just click "Create New Account" on the login page if you need to set one up.
The Kearney Area Community Foundation manages 55 scholarship funds. With our universal application, you can fill out one application and then find out which scholarships you qualify for. Once your eligibility is determined, you can edit your application for each scholarship as needed.
NOTE: The universal application for 2024 scholarships is now closed.
The universal application for 2025 scholarships will open February 1, 2025.
To learn more about each of our scholarships, click the gold "Learn More" button underneath each scholarship name below.
NOTE: Not all scholarships are included on our universal application, as some will require a paper application. To see the application for those, scroll down and look for scholarships with the blue "Apply" button below the scholarship name.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to call us at (308) 237-3114.
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FOR STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM
ANY HIGH SCHOOL IN NEBRASKA
NOMINATION SCHOLARSHIP
(Students cannot apply themselves)
FOR STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM SPECIFIC HIGH SCHOOLS
Amherst
Troy and Kay Bauer
Elm Creek
Aubree Joy Hubbard Memorial
Bernadine and Douglas
Howarth Memorial
Elm Creek Cont.
Elm Creek Public School
Foundation Clara Marshall
Robin and Judy Marshall
Elm Creek Public
School Foundation
Kearney Catholic/
Kearney High
Youth Leadership Kearney
Ravenna
Asher Family
Class of 1948
Paxton Consolidated
Vanity Fare
Shelton
Dr. A.A. Jaeke
Dwight and Lois Gangwish
Kenneth L. Erickson FFA
Kurt Keaschall Memorial Ravenna
Jane S. & Franklin V. Bernhard
Lance Corporal Kyle Codner
LeRoy and Joyce Hongsermeier FFA
Oren and Joyce Vogt
Ravenna Public School Foundation
Vernon and Beverly Reinertson
Violet Wadzinski Memorial
Patricia Trubl
Shelton FFA Boosters
Shelton "Paying It Forward"
S.T.A.N.D
Ted Headley Agricultural
Pleasanton
Pleasanton Scholarships
Wilcox-Hildreth
Charles and Verna Lee Falk
FOR STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM A SPECIFIC COUNTY/CONFERENCE
Buffalo County
Arthur E. Klinkacek Promise
Carla J. Middleswart Memorial
Charles and Jeanette Mumma
Garden County
Blanche Thompson Memorial
C.D. Orr and Emily Orr
City of Oshkosh
Rock and Holt
County
Donald Kaup Memorial
Knights of Columbus
Kearney Area Chamber
of Commerce Ag Committee
Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce
Bruce Blankenship Leadership in Business
Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce
Friends of Law Enforcement
C.J. Williams and Lena A. Williams
Don Newth Memorial
Ferol G. and Patricia A. Carney Memorial
Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce
Mark Benjamin Building Opportunity
Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce
Student Leader CCC
Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce
Student Leader UNK
Garden County High School Alumni
Mary E Hehnke Educational
Richard Dunn Memorial
Path To Success
Ronald and Jaquelyn
Kegley (4-H)
Shawn Reiber Memorial