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Below is a list of scholarships you may qualify for. Click on the name of each scholarship to view the specific requirements and learn how to apply.



Pennsylvania House of Representatives Scholarship

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives' Scholarship Program enhances educational opportunities for eligible students who reside in Pennsylvania. The program is privately funded by individual and corporate donors; no tax or other public funds are used. The program is administered by Read More

Award: 2 Winners/Amount Varies

Deadline: May 1

PARTS Scholarship Pennsylvania Automotive Recycling Trade Society

The Pennsylvania Automotive Recycling Trade Society (PARTS) Scholarship was established to memorialize the late members and honor some special current members of PARTS who contributed time, effort, and monies to create a viable automotive recycling industry and association. Applicant must Read More

Award: Multiple Winners/Amount Varies

Deadline: May 31

Samuel L. Abrams Foundation

Samuel L. Abrams, a Harrisburg businessman, distinguished himself during a lifetime of participation in his community through philanthropic, social and political activities. Born in Lithuania, Mr. Abrams immigrated with his parents to the United States and Harrisburg at the age Read More

Award: Multiple winners/Amount varies

Deadline: August 5

Past scholarship

The LeTort Scholarship Fund

The LeTort Scholarship Fund is an endowment fund that provides scholarships to three distinct groups of individuals with a mission to empower deserving students in their educational journeys and cultivate a brighter future for all. The three groups are: Graduates Read More

Award: One Award / Amount Varies

Deadline: March 15

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

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

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

Ken and Romaine Kauffman Scholarship

The Ken and Romaine Kauffman Scholarship Fund awards a scholarship to a graduating senior of Cumberland Valley High School or Cumberland-Perry Career & Technical Center who plans to attend a four-year college, university, technical school, or community college. While all Read More

Award: Number of Recipients Vary/Up to $500

Deadline: March 15

Erin L. Jenkins Memorial Scholarship

The Erin L. Jenkins Memorial Scholarship awards scholarships to students attending Cumberland Valley High School.  The award memorializes Erin L. Jenkins, the daughter of Bruce and Kitty Jenkins, a Cumberland Valley student who died from injuries she received in an auto Read More

Award: 1 Winner/Up to $1,500

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

Jan DiMartino Delany Memorial Scholarship

The Jan DiMartino Delany Memorial Scholarship, an endowment fund of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities, offers a scholarship for graduating seniors of Cumberland Valley High School attending a two-year or four-year institution of higher education. The scholarship is named for the Read More

Award: Number of Awards/Amounts Vary

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

Henry and Janet Guarriello Scholarship

The Henry and Janet Guarriello Scholarship will be awarded to a graduating senior who has studied at Cumberland Valley School of Music for four consecutive years. This scholarship is a fund of the Franklin County Community Foundation, a regional foundation of Read More

Award: Number of Recipients Vary/Amount Varies

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

Judith A. Ingram Memorial Scholarship Fund

Judith Anne Ingram spent a long career in elementary education, first in Virginia, then in the Titusville (PA) School District and for many years in the Mechanicsburg Area School District.  She served as principal at several schools in the MASD, Read More

Award: Multiple Winners / Amount Varies

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

Mabel M. Witmer Scholarship Fund

The Mabel M. Witmer Scholarship Fund wishes to assist students in obtaining training beyond high school level in trade or technical schools. This scholarship is fund of the Franklin County Community Foundation, a regional foundation of TFEC. Read More

Award: Multiple Winners/Amount Varies

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

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

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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