Scholarship Focus: Financial Need Based

Friends and family established the Justin Lake College Scholarship Fund to benefit graduating high school seniors who plan to pursue higher education. Awarded to a graduating senior of Tea Area High School in Tea, SD, and Huron High School or James Valley Christian High School in Huron, SD. Additional awards are available to graduating seniors who attend any South Dakota high school.

The Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation is proud to award more than 70 scholarships to deserving students each year. Whether you’re preparing to graduate from high school, wrapping up a general equivalency diploma, or working toward your undergraduate or graduate degree, the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation is proud to partner with passionate donors to administer a wide variety of competitive scholarships to help you achieve your educational goals.

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be graduating high school seniors from Tea Area High School.
• Scholarship selection may be based on financial need.

Applicable Institutions:

ANY technical college or university

Questions:

Jamie Weyh at 605-305-3516 or jweyh@sfacf.org.

The Junior League of Sioux Falls is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of other women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.

The Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation is proud to award more than 70 scholarships to deserving students each year. Whether you’re preparing to graduate from high school, wrapping up a general equivalency diploma, or working toward your undergraduate or graduate degree, the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation is proud to partner with passionate donors to administer a wide variety of competitive scholarships to help you achieve your educational goals.

The scholarship application window is December 15 – March 15.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Applicants must be female graduating seniors of an accredited high school or home school program
• Applicants must be residents of Minnehaha or Lincoln counties in South Dakota
• Minimum ACT score: 23 (or minimum SAT score: 1060)
• Scholarship may be awarded on Financial Need

Applicable Institutions:

ANY technical college or university

Questions:

• Jamie Weyh at 605-336-7055 or jweyh@sfacf.org

This scholarship was established in 2000 in memory of Jeremy Baum, who died July 25, 1999, by suicide. He was 20 years old. It remains a mystery why he chose to end his life, but through this scholarship, his family hopes to keep his dream of rising above adversity alive.

The Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation is proud to award more than 70 scholarships to deserving students each year. Whether you’re preparing to graduate from high school, wrapping up a general equivalency diploma, or working toward your undergraduate or graduate degree, the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation is proud to partner with passionate donors to administer a wide variety of competitive scholarships to help you achieve your educational goals.

The scholarship application window is December 15 – March 15.

Eligibility:

• Graduating seniors of a public or private high school in Dell Rapids, SD
• Residents of Dell Rapids, SD who have earned a GED or equivalent
• Scholarship may be awarded on Financial Need

Applicable Institutions:

ANY technical college or university

Questions:

• Jamie Weyh at 605-336-7055 or jweyh@sfacf.org

Established by Lennard Stenholtz, this scholarship honors the life of his son, James. James Stenholtz was a junior at Lincoln High School in Sioux Falls, SD with interests in hunting, fishing, wrestling and football when he tragically passed away due to a rare form of meningitis in 1971. This scholarship is how Lennard and Margaret Stenholtz decided to celebrate the life of James and how much he meant to their family.

The Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation is proud to award more than 70 scholarships to deserving students each year. Whether you’re preparing to graduate from high school, wrapping up a general equivalency diploma, or working toward your undergraduate or graduate degree, the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation is proud to partner with passionate donors to administer a wide variety of competitive scholarships to help you achieve your educational goals.

The scholarship application window is December 15 – March 15.

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be graduating seniors of Lincoln High School in Sioux Falls, SD
• Participation in school and community activities
• Scholarship may be awarded on Financial Need

Applicable Institutions:

ANY technical college or university

Questions:

• Jamie Weyh at 605-336-7055 or jweyh@sfacf.org

Established by the Independent Insurance Agents of Sioux Falls, an association of local insurance agencies that share a common belief in the importance of active community involvement, this scholarship was established to recognize and support Sioux Falls students who understand the importance of continuing their education beyond high school.

The Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation is proud to award more than 70 scholarships to deserving students each year. Whether you’re preparing to graduate from high school, wrapping up a general equivalency diploma, or working toward your undergraduate or graduate degree, the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation is proud to partner with passionate donors to administer a wide variety of competitive scholarships to help you achieve your educational goals.

The scholarship application window is December 15 – March 15.

Eligibility:

• Scholarship may be awarded on Financial Need
• Minimum high school GPA: 3.0
• Sioux Falls public or private high school graduating seniors

Applicable Institutions:

Any SOUTH DAKOTA technical college or university

Questions:

• Jamie Weyh at 605-336-7055 or jweyh@sfacf.org