Past scholarship

Lippert-Sizemore Scholarship Fund

The PFLAG - Greater Harrisburg Chapter developed the Lippert-Sizemore Scholarship Fund in 2023. The scholarship recognizes outstanding persons from Central PA for their involvement in the LGBTQ+ community and encourages post-secondary education of LGBTQ+ persons and their allies while promoting Read More

Award: 1 Award / $1,000-$1,500

Deadline: March 15

Nick Pantalone Memorial Scholarship Fund

The Nick Pantalone Memorial Scholarship Fund honors Nicholas “Nick” Pantalone who was a brother, son, friend and Four Diamonds child. He passed away in 2013 from a 3 year battle with desmoplastic small round cell tumor, an extremely rare yet Read More

Award: 1 Award / Up to $2,500

Deadline: March 15

JEM Group Diversity in Construction Scholarship Fund

JEM Group is a woman-owned construction services firm located in Central Pennsylvania. From the beginning, the driving force of the JEM Group has been to improve the communities where they live and build. The JEM Diversity in Construction Scholarship Fund Read More

Award: Number of Awards/Amounts Vary

Deadline: March 15

ACES Foundation Fund

The Americans for the Competitive Enterprise System (ACES) Foundation Fund wishes to offer a scholarship to Cumberland, Dauphin, or Perry County high school seniors planning to attend a school of higher education whose study shall be of business focus; i.e. Read More

Award: Multiple Winners/Amount Varies

Deadline: March 15

George Caldwell Scholarship Fund

This scholarship will be awarded to a member of the Boys and Girls Club of Harrisburg that is in good standing. Read More

Award: 1 Winner/Amount Varies

Deadline: March 15

Conrad Siegel “Numbers Matter” Community Scholarship Fund

The Conrad Siegel “Numbers Matter” Community Scholarship was developed by the Board of Conrad M. Siegel, Inc. (Harrisburg, PA). The award was established to promote math and financial education for Central PA's underserved/minority communities. Conrad M. Siegel, Inc. noticed that Read More

Award: Multiple Winners / Up to $5,000 each

Deadline: March 15

Joseph T. Simpson Memorial Scholarship Fund

Joseph T. Simpson led the transformation of Harrisburg Steel Corporation into the world-wide corporation known as HARSCO, which established this scholarship fund for disadvantaged youth through the Boys & Girls Club of Central PA.  This scholarship will award to students Read More

Award: Number of Awards Varies / Amount Varies

Deadline: March 15

Jill B. Whiting Scholarship

Established in memory of Jill B. Whiting, who graciously volunteered her time in the music department at Central Dauphin High School. The income from the fund is used to assist students of the Central Dauphin School District for a course Read More

Award: Multiple Awards/Up to $2,000 ea.

Deadline: March 15

Bernice M. Brightbill Fund

The Bernice M. Brightbill Fund will award one scholarship annually to a senior female student graduating from the Central Dauphin School District who is pursuing a college degree in business studies. Read More

Award: 1 Winner/Amount Varies

Deadline: March 15

Dr. Francis J. Viozzi Memorial Educational Scholarship for Environmental Conservation Fund

 This scholarship has been established in the memory of Dr. Francis (Frank) J. Viozzi to assist college bound students interested in pursuing a degree related to environmental science or studies.  Frank was an avid outdoorsman and an active conservationist.  He Read More

Award: Multiple Awards/Up to $2,000

Deadline: March 15

Royer Family Scholarship Fund

Hannah and Lester Royer are the Matriarch and Patriarch of Royer's Flowers and Gifts. They both attended Elizabethtown College and studied to become teachers in the 1920's. It was very rare for a woman to attend college in that period Read More

Award: Up to 4 awards / $1,000 to $2,500 each

Deadline: March 15

Lou Drane Fund Music Scholarship

Income of the Lou Drane Fund and the Joseph L. and Vivian E. Steele Fund is used annually to grant scholarships to students of classical music in the fields of composition, teaching, and performance. There is only one application to complete through the universal application.  Read More

Award: Number of Awards/Amounts Vary

Deadline: March 15

Big 33 Academic Scholarship Fund

The Big 33 Academic Scholarship is open to students in Pennsylvania who are planning to attend a technical school or accredited college or university following high school graduation. Eligible students must maintain a grade point average of 2.0 during their Read More

Award: Multiple Winners / Up to $2,000 each

Deadline: March 15

McInroy-Sheffer People Trust Scholarship

The McInroy-Sheffer People Trust Fund is for students who graduated or will be graduating from a high school in one of the following Pennsylvania Counties:  Cumberland, Dauphin, Lycoming, Tioga or York; and who will be enrolled as a freshman during Read More

Award: Multiple Winners/Up to $3,000 Each

Deadline: March 15

Leon I. Lock and Barbara R. Lock Scholarship

The Leon I. Lock and Barbara R. Lock Scholarship fund is an endowment of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities. This scholarship is available to graduates of any high school in Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lebanon, or Perry counties who will attend Read More

Award: Multiple Winners/Amount Varies

Deadline: March 15

Zachary Moore Music Memorial Fund

The Zachary Moore Music Memorial Fund is intended to support music development as envisioned by our son, Zachary. He wanted to pursue a non-traditional, innovative, and creative approach to bring forth music and help release the music he heard in Read More

Award: 2 Winners/Up to $1,000 each

Deadline: March 15

Central PA Architects Foundation Fund Architecture Scholarship

Students who are present or former residents of one of the following Pennsylvania counties: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, or York, and currently enrolled in an architecture degree program. Read More

Award: Number of Recipients Vary/Amount Varies

Deadline: March 15

Mary Sachs Memorial Scholarship Fund

Mary Sachs was called a “Merchant Princess” by U. S. Sen. Edward Martin in 1958, and Eleanor Roosevelt described her in 1960 as “a very remarkable woman.” She came to the United States from Lithuania as a 4-year-old. After losing Read More

Award: Number of Recipients Vary/Amount Varies

Deadline: March 15

Lynn E. Poffenberger Memorial Scholarship Fund

The Middle Paxton Lions Club wishes to honor the memory of Mr. Lynn E. Poffenberger, who was a longtime supporter of the community with his service to the Club. Through this Poffenberger Scholarship, awarded annually to two graduating seniors who Read More

Award: 2 Winners/Up to $1,000 each

Deadline: March 15

Bruce Mangione Fund

The Bruce Mangione Fund is an endowment of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities. This fund was established through memorial gifts in honor of Bruce Mangione, former President and owner of Harrisburg Steam Works. Bruce was involved in the development of Read More

Award: Number of Awards Varies / Up to $3,000

Deadline: March 15

Anil and Neema Thakrar Family Fund

The Anil and Neema Thakrar Family Fund will be used to assist graduating seniors from any high school in Cumberland, Dauphin, or Perry County, or current college students with permanent residences in Cumberland, Dauphin, or Perry counties, for the study Read More

Award: 1 winner/Amount varies

Deadline: March 15

Grove Family Fund #2 – HACC

This scholarship was established to support students attending HACC as a full-time or part time student. Read More

Award: Number of Awards/Amounts Vary

Deadline: March 15

PennHOSA Foundation Scholarship

The mission of the Penn HOSA Foundation Scholarship Fund is to promote careers in healthcare professions that enhance the delivery of compassionate care and meet the needs of the community by awarding post-secondary education scholarships to deserving HOSA student members Read More

Award: Multiple Winners/Amount Varies (Avg. amt. $2,500)

Deadline: March 11

Eash-Potter Scholarship

The Eash-Potter Scholarship Fund is named after Melinda Eash and Sharon Potter, to honor their legacy in developing support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in central Pennsylvania through Common Roads, the youth group of the LGBT Read More

Award: Mutiple Winners/Amount Varies

Deadline: March 15

Thad G. Gayman Memorial Scholarship Fund

The Thad G. Gayman Memorial Scholarship Fund was established to memorialize Thad Gayman, an alumni from Northern York High School who passed this life at age 23 on May 17th, 2015 as the result of assisting an individual of domestic Read More

Award: One Award / Amount Varies

Deadline: March 15

Beistle Company Scholarship

The Beistle Scholarship Fund of the Franklin County Community Foundation, a regional foundation of TFEC, is a scholarship for legal dependents (natural or adopted) of full-time employees of the Beistle Company. If there are no eligible children, or if funds Read More

Award: One Winner/ Amount Varies

Deadline: March 15

Roberta L. Houpt Scholarship

The Roberta L. Houpt Scholarship Fund will assist students from Cumberland, Dauphin and Perry counties studying nursing at a college or university of their choice. This scholarship fund was established in 1998 by Lyndell S. Houpt, a long time secretary Read More

Award: Multiple Winners/Up to $2,000

Deadline: March 15

Harry N. and Melva A. Derickson Scholarship

The Harry N. and Melva A. Derickson Scholarship Fund is an endowment fund of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities. The income from the fund is used to assist residents from Cumberland, Dauphin and Perry Counties for a course of study Read More

Award: Multiple Winners/Amount Varies

Deadline: March 15

The Gary D. Radine Scholarship for Education

The Gary D. Radine Scholarship for Education of the Holding Company System of Delta Dental of California was established in 2016 as a project of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities. This scholarship program is for the children of employees of Read More

Award: 2 Winners/ $5,000 each

Deadline: March 15

G. Thomas Balsbaugh Memorial

The G. Thomas Balsbaugh Memorial Scholarship Fund wishes to offer scholarships to Dauphin County high school seniors planning to attend a four-year college or university.    Read More

Award: Multiple Awards/Up to $2,500

Deadline: March 15

Jack and Edna May Yost Scholarship

The Jack and Edna May Yost Scholarship Fund, an endowment fund of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, awards scholarships to graduating seniors of a Dauphin or Cumberland county high school who will attend a two or four-year accredited college. Preference Read More

Award: Multiple Winners/Up to $5,000 each

Deadline: March 15

HomeBuilders Association Scholarship Fund

The Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Harrisburg established its Scholarship Program in 1987.  Each year this Association awards 5-10 up to $2000 scholarships to local area youth based on academic factors, applicant performance and career goals, with extra consideration given Read More

Award: 5-10 Awards / Up to $2,000

Deadline: March 15

Ely-Wain Scholarship Fund

As more people become conscious of how humans are affecting the planet, opportunities abound for college graduates to make a living protecting the Earth. This scholarship was created to provide assistance to Central PA high school seniors pursuing degrees in Read More

Award: Number of Recipients Vary/Amount Varies

Deadline: March 15

Walters Services, Inc. Fabe & Beverly Walters Scholarship Fund

We Love People.... Especially our teammates and their families. Love is an action word which means that our team would like to assist with the financial burden higher education places on our families. We want to assist in making education Read More

Award: Multiple Awards / Amounts Vary

Deadline: March 15

Dr. George H. and Mrs. Hettie S. Love “Love of Learning” Scholarship Fund

The Dr. George H. and Mrs. Hettie S. Love “Love of Learning” Scholarship is established by the Bishop Nathan Baxter Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians for Students of Color with a primary focus on the Black community, entering Read More

Award: Number of Awards Varies / Amount Varies

Deadline: March 15

Joseph L. and Vivian E. Steele Music Scholarship

Income of the Lou Drane Fund and the Joseph L. and Vivian E. Steele Fund is used annually to grant scholarships to students of classical music in the fields of composition, teaching, and performance. There is only one application to complete Read More

Award: Number of Awards/Amounts Vary

Deadline: March 15

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