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How to start a Scholarship Fund

In creating a Scholarship Fund, you invest in your community's future and show students you care. Your Community Foundation provides the expertise to help you meet your personal goals and awards scholarships to deserving students. Your gift can help students – from preschool to postgraduate – achieve their lifetime dreams.

How it works

  • You make a gift to your Community Foundation – you can give cash, appreciated stocks, real estate, or other assets.
  • We set up a Scholarship Fund in your name, in the name of your family or business, or in honor of any person or organization you choose.
  • You receive tax benefits in the year your gift is made.
  • Our professional program staff helps you to determine eligibility requirements for the scholarship you establish – whether they are based on a student's field of study, academic achievements, extracurricular activities, financial need, background, or geography.
  • We handle all the administrative details – and award scholarships to deserving students in the name of the fund you establish.
  • Your gift is placed into an endowment that is invested over time. Earnings from your fund are used to make grants to students that meet your specific criterion. Your gift – and all future earnings from your gift – is a permanent source of community capital, helping to do good work forever.

For application materials and deadline information click here.

Scholarship Funds Administered within the Community Foundation

Katherine H. Anderson Scholarship Fund
Raymond A. & Amella P. Beilke Scholarship Fund
Phyllis A. Bermingham Hmong Education Scholarship Fund
Elda Bonvincin Memorial Scholarship Fund
Bradley Foundation Scholarship Fund
Win Brockmeyer Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jack Brokaw Memorial Scholarship Fund
June Brunner Schenzel Memorial Scholarship Fund
William Cherek Scholarship Fund
Dexter & Ruth Cihla Scholarship Fund
Creske-Grassl Memorial Scholarship Fund
D&W Scholarship Fund
Dennis A. Derwinski Memorial Scholarship Fund
Linda Dodd Memorial Scholarship Fund
Mark H. Dreyer Memorial Scholarship Fund
Tim Driscoll Memorial Scholarship Fund
Donald A. & Arzelee M.S. Drown Scholarship Fund
Mary E. Dudley Piano Scholarship Fund
John & Elena Dzubay Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ort Enstad Kiwanis Scholarship Fund
Walter (Coke) Fehl Hockey Scholarship Fund
Lucille & George Ferguson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Kristin Nell Geurink Memorial Montessori Scholarship Fund
William L. Goggins Memorial Scholarship Fund
B.A. & Esther Greenheck Scholarship Fund
Bellamy Hamilton Scholarship Fund
Steve Hansen Earth Steward Scholarship Fund
Patricia Hedblom Memorial Scholarship Fund
John & Fritz Howland Memorial Scholarship Fund
George & Lois Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Elizabeth Hardy Kanemoto Scholarship Fund
Joanne D. & Robert J. Kumbera Memorial Scholarship Fund
Nancy B. Laabs Memorial Medical Scholarship Fund
Emma C. Larson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Barbara A. Lattimer Scholarship Fund
Kyle R. Long Scholarship Fund
Marathon County Farm Progress Days Scholarship Fund
Marathon County Labor Council Scholarship Fund
Mark Foundation TLC Scholars Award Fund
Peter A. Mattiacci Athletic Scholarship Fund
McKenna-Mann Performing Arts Scholarship Fund
Berland A. Meyer Scholarship Fund
Mitchell Metal Products Scholarship Fund
Gene & Carolyn Molinaro Scholarship Fund
Robert J. Neugebauer Scholarship Fund
Northland Lutheran High School Scholarship Fund
OjO-Dor Scholarship Fund
Russell C. & Dorothy A. Paulsen Scholarship Fund
Gloria Paustian Memorial Scholarship Fund
Matthew R. Paustian Engineering Scholarship Fund
Tom & Phyllis Riiser Scholarship Fund
Rotary Club of Wausau Scholarship Fund
James T. Schremp Memorial Scholarship Fund
Marvin C. Schuette Memorial Scholarship Fund
Cornelia L. Seim Scholarship Fund
Paul C. Simon Memorial Scholarship Fund
Russell Sliwicki Memorial Scholarship Fund
Scott Stasney Freedom Award Fund
David & Emily Streich Scholarship Fund
Charles Thorpe Scholarship Fund in the Visual Arts
Ralph Tinker Memorial Scholarship Fund
Peter & Carol Tomasi Scholarship Fund
Archie C. Towle Aviation Scholarship Fund
Kimberly A. Van Den Elzen Memorial Scholarship Fund
Chia Vang & Chue Lor Scholarship Fund
Tim Volz "79" Memorial Scholarship Fund
Pastor Walter & Blanche Wahl Clergy Development Scholarship Fund
Christopher M. Wallschlaeger Memorial Scholarship Fund
Wausau Area Builders Association Scholarship Fund
Wausau Area H.O.P.E. Hmong Women Scholarship Fund
Wausau East Class of 1960 Scholarship Fund
Wausau East Girl's Swim Team Scholarship Fund
Wausau East Mathematics Department Scholarship Fund
Wausau Education Association Foundation Scholarship Fund
Wausau High School Class of 1963 Scholarship Fund
Wausau TIDE Scholarship Fund
Richard Weinreis Memorial Scholarship Fund
Brett Robert Weller Memorial Scholarship Fund
Shari K. Widmark Memorial Scholarship Fund
Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame Fund
Harry K. Wrench, Jr. Memorial College Scholarship Fund
Neng & Bao Xiong Volvo Scholarship Fund