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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

McKenna's Rae of Hope Foundation
Mental Health Field

NOMINATION SCHOLARSHIP
(Students cannot apply themselves)

McKenna's Rae of Hope Foundation
Character

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

FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY

Carol Cope Alpha Xi Delta

Pauline Fulton Memorial

For UNMC Students

Roy and Doris Abood

UNK Pi Kappa Alpha Alumni

FOR STUDENTS INVOLVED WITH HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

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