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Obtaining a college education is expensive, and the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts strives to provide some financial assistance to students living in Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties to help them achieve their goal of graduating from college. We have over 160 different scholarship funds, and each year we give away over 1,000 individual scholarship awards. This equates to approximately...

The Cape Cod Foundation was established in 1989 with a single scholarship fund. Today, it administers more than 330 funds, including over 100 funds that award scholarships annually to local students pursuing many educational paths. Each fund was established by someone who wanted to provide educational opportunities for members of our community.Our team coordinates all scholarship activity and serves as...

The Mark Bavis Leadership Foundation was created to help deserving young men and women excel in their quest to improve themselves, their school or their community.The scholarship is available to any high school student in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is awarded on the basis of need, and is not academically based. In addition, the Foundation will give more serious...

The Massachusetts Elks Association fosters and carries on the philanthropic work of assisting worthy young men and women to secure the advantages of an undergraduate college education through a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and known as the Massachusetts Elks Scholarship Inc. The program offers grants to students demonstrating financial need, scholarship aptitude, and good...

Since 1990, the New England Chapter, International Society of Arboriculture, has awarded scholarships to students pursuing an education in fields of study dedicated to arboriculture, urban forestry, and related fields. The purpose of the awards is threefold: to help promote interest in shade and ornamental trees, to recognize scholarly endeavors, and to assist in financial aid.Each year, the New England...

The Aero Club of New England, to assist and promote professional aviation careers, started its scholarship program in 1984 and has awarded scholarships to men and women since 1987, totaling more than $700,000. These scholarships are awarded based upon the applicant’s merit, performance and demonstrated financial need.To be eligible for this scholarship, the applicant must:Intend to pursue a professional aviation...