Spring isn’t just for scholarships . . . this is also our grant season! This year we are awarding 23 grants totaling $39,897 to local organizations for programs that benefit Shiawassee County. These grants are made available from several different […]
Congratulations to our 2019 scholarship winners! With over 2,250 applications from 213 students, it was a competitive year for these awards. The selection committees worked hard to review every application using our new online system, AwardSpring. Our second annual Scholarship […]
Here at the Shiawassee Community Foundation, we take your privacy seriously and do our best to protect it. If you would like more information about how we manage the confidential information we obtain through donations, scholarships, and grants, please review […]
Due to weather-related school and office closures this week, the deadline for grant and scholarship applications has been extended to Friday, February 8. This applies to all grant programs and all scholarship funds. If you have any questions, please contact […]
The 2018 Annual Report of the Shiawassee Community Foundation is now available for public review. In it, you will find a snapshot of our year, including a list of our donors, grants, and scholarship winners. We also recap some of […]
A new scholarship in memory of Carson Vincent has been established at the Shiawassee Community Foundation. Beginning with the 2019-20 school year, the Carson James Vincent Memorial Fund will be available to Ovid-Elsie High School seniors planning to attend college […]
Big News! Our long-time Executive Director, Carol Soule, is retiring at the end of the year. Please join us in bidding her a fond farewell and welcoming our new director, Kimberly Renwick. Kim was born and raised in Shiawassee County […]
You’ve heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but have you heard of Giving Tuesday? This is a day of giving back that kicks off the charitable season, and it happens the Tuesday after Thanksgiving every year. For #GivingTuesday this […]
A new scholarship has been added to the Bill and Kay Scarlett Family Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Shiawassee Community Foundation in memory of Lawrence “Larry” Arendt, who passed away at the age of 60 on Sep. 29, 2018. Larry […]
We are pleased to announce the opening of our 2018-19 grant and scholarship cycles! Students can now apply for 80 different scholarships for college, trade school, or graduate school through our online application system. The new process will allow students […]