The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties provides scholarship opportunities for students to pursue their educational goals. Scholarships are available for graduating high school seniors and undergraduates who are attending community colleges, four-year universities, and vocational/technical schools.
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.
Applicants will complete one application for consideration for all the scholarship funds under CFPBMC Interview Scholarships.
Scholarship funds included in the CFPBMC Interview Scholarships Application:
Applicants will apply to CFPBMC Interview Scholarships. One common application is completed to apply to any of the below funds. Applicants must meet the following criteria and the criteria of one or more of the scholarships listed:
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.
Barrat Scholarship Fund
Edward T. Bedford Foundation Scholarship Fund
Lawrence A. Sanders Scholarship Fund for Creative Writing
Mickey Mandelblatt Memorial Scholarship Fund
Oristano Scholar Fund II
Pundit Mulchand and Janki Devi Sharma Scholarship Fund
Sunburst Foundation Community Scholarship Fund
Sydelle F & Arthur I. Meyer Scholarship
The Gubelmann Family Foundation Scholarship Fund
If selected as a recipient, the student will receive an award ranging from $2,500 to $20,000. Up to 35 awards will be granted.
Applicants may receive ONE award per year from the Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties.
Awards may be renewed for up to three additional years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first. Renewal is contingent upon satisfactory academic performance (maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale) in a part-time or full-time course of study and continuation of the program by the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties.
Awards are for undergraduate study only.
All applicants will be notified in May.
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties.
Payment is made in July.
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
Financial need, as calculated by Scholarship America, may be considered, depending on the award.
Selection of finalists is made by Scholarship America. Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties and an outside scholarship committee will review applicant data, including all essays responses, and select recipients. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
As part of your application, you must upload the following:
NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.
One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than February 12, 2024 3:00 pm Central Time (4:00 PM Eastern Time).
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.