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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. 

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. Click the button below to be taken to the universal application. 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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Already have an account? Click "Log In" below to edit your application, complete follow up forms and more. If you don't know your password, click "Forgot your Password?" on the login page and a reset link will be sent to the email address you used as your username.

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

Kearney Catholic/

Kearney High

Youth Leadership Kearney 

Ravenna

Asher Family

Class of 1948

Elm Creek

Aubree Joy Hubbard Memorial

Elm Creek Public
School Foundation

Paxton Consolidated

Vanity Fare

Shelton

Dr. A.A. Jaeke

Elm Creek Cont.

Elm Creek Public School
Foundation Clara Marshall

Robin and Judy Marshall

Pleasanton

Pleasanton Scholarships

Wilcox-Hildreth

Charles and Verna Lee Falk

Dwight and Lois Gangwish

Kenneth L. Erickson FFA 

Jane S. & Franklin V. Bernhard

Kurt Keaschall Memorial Ravenna

Lance Corporal Kyle Codner

LeRoy and Joyce Hongsermeier FFA

Oren and Joyce Vogt

Ravenna Public School Foundation

Shelton FFA Boosters

Shelton "Paying It Forward"

S.T.A.N.D

Vernon and Beverly Reinertson

Ted Headley Agricultural

Violet Wadzinski Memorial

FOR STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM A SPECIFIC COUNTY/CONFERENCE

Buffalo County

Arthur E. Klinkacek Promise

Garden County

Blanche Thompson Memorial

Ft. Kearny Conference

Ft. Kearny Conference Future Educator

Carla J. Middleswart Memorial

C.D. Orr and Emily Orr

Charles and Jeanette Mumma

City of Oshkosh

Kearney Area Chamber
of Commerce Ag Committee

C.J. Williams and Lena A. Williams 

Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce
Bruce Blankenship Leadership in Business

Don Newth Memorial

Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce
Friends of Law Enforcement

Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce

Mark Benjamin Building Opportunity

Ferol G. and Patricia A. Carney Memorial

Garden County High School Alumni

Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce

Student Leader CCC 

Mary E Hehnke Educational

Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce

Student Leader UNK

Richard Dunn Memorial

Path To Success

Ronald and Jaquelyn

Kegley (4-H)

Shawn Reiber Memorial

Rock and Holt
County

Donald Kaup Memorial
Knights of Columbus

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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