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Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties

The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties has established scholarship programs to assist high school and college students who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs.

The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.

CFPBMC Interview Scholarships

Applicants to the CFPBMC Interview Scholarships must:

  • Be a graduating high school senior
  • Be a resident of Florida
  • Be enrolled or planning to enroll in a part-time or full-time course of study at an accredited two- or four-year college/university or vocational-technical school in the United States for the entire upcoming academic year
  • Minimum 2.0 GPA

Awards are renewable up to three years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first, based on satisfactory academic performance (maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale) and part-time or full-time enrollment.

Children of foundation employees are ineligible.

Certification programs must be through an accredited institution and must run on a standard academic semester calendar. Certification programs must be a minimum of one semester/term in length and applicants must be enrolled at the time awards are disbursed.

Please go to CFPBMC Interview Scholarships for more information and to apply. 

To be considered for all scholarship opportunities, we encourage students to submit applications for all CFPBMC scholarship programs.

CFPBMC Non-Interview Scholarships

Applicants to the CFPBMC Non-Interview Scholarships must:

  • Be a graduating high school senior
  • Be a resident of Florida
  • Be enrolled or planning to enroll in a part-time or full-time course of study at an accredited two- or four-year college/university or vocational-technical school in the United States for the entire upcoming academic year
  • Minimum 2.0 GPA

Awards are renewable up to three years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first, based on satisfactory academic performance (maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale) and part-time or full-time enrollment.

Children of foundation employees are ineligible.

Certification programs must be through an accredited institution and must run on a standard academic semester calendar. Certification programs must be a minimum of one semester/term in length and applicants must be enrolled at the time awards are disbursed.

Please go to CFPBMC Non-Interview Scholarships for more information and to apply. 

To be considered for all scholarship opportunities, we encourage students to submit applications for all CFPBMC scholarship programs.

CFPBMC Employer Funds

Applicants to the CFPBMC Employer Funds must:

  • Be a graduating high school senior, current undergraduate, or graduate student
  • Be enrolled or planning to enroll in a part-time or full-time course of study at an accredited two- or four-year college/university or vocational-technical school in the United States for the entire upcoming academic year
  • Minimum 2.0 GPA
  • Be an employee of Gunster, or a child/grandchild of a Gunster employee employed for at least two years prior to the application deadline
    OR
  • Be a full-time or part-time employee, spouse, grandchild, child, niece or nephew (relatives) of a full-or part-time employee of the Palm Beach Kennel Club of the Palm Beach Kennel Club employed at least one year of continuous corporate service as of the application deadline
    OR
  • An employee or child of an employee of the Weitz Co., FL Division
    OR
  • A resident of Palm Beach County or Martin County pursuing a degree or career in any Construction-related field, Civil Engineering, or Architecture
    OR
  • An employee, spouse, child, or grandchild of Willoughby Golf Club

Awards are one-time only. Applicants may reapply each year they meet the eligibility requirements.

Children of foundation employees are ineligible.

Certification programs must be through an accredited institution and must run on a standard academic semester calendar. Certification programs must be a minimum of one semester/term in length, and applicants must be enrolled at the time awards are disbursed.

Please go to CFPBMC Employer Funds for more information and to apply. 

To be considered for all scholarship opportunities, we encourage students to submit applications for all CFPBMC scholarship programs.

CFPBMC Single Year Awards

Applicants to the CFPBMC Single Year Awards must:

  • Be a graduating high school senior
  • Be a resident of Palm Beach County or Martin County; or graduating from a Palm Beach County high School
  • Be enrolled or planning to enroll in a part-time or full-time course of study at an accredited two- or four-year college/university or vocational-technical school in the United States for the entire upcoming academic year
  • Minimum 2.0 GPA

Awards are one-time only. Applicants may reapply each year they meet the eligibility requirements.

Children of foundation employees are ineligible.

Certification programs must be through an accredited institution and must run on a standard academic semester calendar. Certification programs must be a minimum of one semester/term in length, and applicants must be enrolled at the time awards are disbursed.

Please go to CFPBMC Single Year Awards for more information and to apply. 

To be considered for all scholarship opportunities, we encourage students to submit applications for all CFPBMC scholarship programs.