How to Apply for a Scholarship

- For graduating seniors or current college students, our scholarship application is now closed. Scholarships are awarded once per year.
- Scholarship recipients will be notified about their awards in April and will be recognized at their high school awards ceremony.
- Current college students will be notified by mail, using the address on file, in late June.

To be eligible, you must live within the Muskegon Area Intermediate School District boundaries and attend a Muskegon County School. We welcome applications from U.S. citizens, permanent legal residents, or DACA. If you are eligible for the Muskegon Promise, see note below before applying.

In order to maximize scholarship support for all students in Muskegon County, we concentrate our scholarship dollars on students who will not be utilizing the Muskegon Area Promise. Details on Promise eligibility can be found here.

Students who are Promise eligible are welcome to apply for a CFMC scholarship, however, applicants who qualify for the Promise and who plan to attend Baker College or Muskegon Community College will not be considered. If an applicant is determined to be utilizing the Promise after being awarded a CFMC scholarship, the Scholarship Committees will award that scholarship to another student. If you are a Promise recipient, we encourage you to apply for a Community Foundation scholarship to support your remaining higher education once you are no longer using the Promise

- Scholarships are paid to accredited institutions and divided equally between the terms of the academic year.
- The scholarship award is used toward the cost of tuition, fees, room and board, books, or other educational expenses the student may incur.
- While many scholarships are for specific types of students, colleges, or fields of study, the Foundation’s process is a “general application.” One application allows you to apply for the hundreds of scholarships facilitated by the Foundation!
- Each individual application is reviewed and matched with the best-fitting scholarship source.

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If you received a multi-year scholarship in the previous year(s), you must submit an unofficial transcript of your fall grades with your renewal application by March 31. You will be contacted by our scholarship staff in January. Not all scholarships are renewable.

View a complete list of scholarship funds managed by the Community Foundation for Muskegon County.

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