Scholarship Program
Last year, we were pleased to award more than $580,000 to 230+ local students. Our robust scholarship program has a 25-year history of outstanding support from hundreds of Marion area donors — individuals who value education at all levels.
The Marion Community Foundation Scholarship Program includes more than 160 individual scholarship funds, each with their own unique selection criteria which honor the wishes of the donors who created them.
Scholarship funds are available to support students pursing education at a wide variety of colleges and universities, graduate school programs such as law and medicine, and professional training in the trades, apprenticeships, and skilled labor.
In 2026, the application period will open by January 2 with a due date of February 10, giving students approximately six weeks to complete the application, including:
— two letters of recommendation
— three essays
— basic demographic and background information
— plans for higher education, and
— financial details.
Scholarship awards are for the following academic year.
