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Village of North Riverside Mayor's Youth Scholarship Program provides North Riverside families with educational scholarships for their children to attend college and to participate in recreational programming and early childhood development activities offered by our Parks and Recreation Department. Funds are raised throughout the year through local fundraising efforts at the Mayor's Golf Outing held in June of every year.
Oak Park Township offers Financial Assistance Scholarships (FAS) for youth, to assist them in participating in activities and/or programs they are financially unable to access. Funds can be used for costs relating directly to registration and participant fees only.
The Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund awards approximately 130-140 academic scholarships to 8th-grade students each year. The funds may be applied to DMSF partner schools. Recipients of the scholarship have access to in-person and virtual tutoring, college counseling, career days and networking, mentorship opportunities, affinity groups, summer workshops, and access to their alumni network. For the 2024-2025 academic year, the application deadline is Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 11:59PM CT.
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Scholarships
Middle School Students
The Miller-Perez Family Scholarship Fund provides academic scholarships to qualified applicants residing in Cook County and of Latino and/or immigrant descent, including undocumented students.
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Scholarships
Hispanic/Latino Community
The Off and Running Scholarship provides funds for a DeWitt County student to attend Richland Community College in Decatur. The student may use the funds for tuition, textbooks, or other costs associated with their education.
Scholarships are available to income eligible individuals who will be attending an Illinois college, university, or community college.
The AMVETS organization has many programs that are available to support Veterans and their families. These include grants, scholarships, awards and honors, and volunteer opportunities. To support its programs, AMVETS collects used items to sell. A truck will pick up donations from a home or other setting. They also have trailer sites for donation drop off.
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Volunteer Opportunities
Advocacy
Scholarships
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Household Goods Donation Programs
General Clothing Donation Programs
Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) provides support to individuals who are legal residents of the United States of America pursuing undergraduate or graduate studies who have been diagnosed with or treated for a cancer or chronic disease
The Chicago Lighthouse's Lader Family Scholarship Program is open to residents of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin who are blind or visually impaired, as well as Chicago Lighthouse employees who are blind, visually impaired, have another disability, or are Veterans. Scholarship funds are to be used to defray the costs of tuition, books, assistive technology, or other educational expenses for students enrolled in post-secondary programs, including accredited certifications and Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees.
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Scholarships
Visual Impairments
Family Service of Glencoe partners with the Glencoe Park District and School District 35 to provide confidential financial assessments for scholarship eligibility. FSG does not fund the scholarship; they assess eligibility. Financial assistance comes directly from the organization.
$1,000 scholarships are available to low-income disadvantaged persons seeking higher academic attainment.
Provides competitive scholarships for low-income students who are attending and Illinois college full-time.
Post-secondary education scholarships are offered annually for those living in Macon County attending a school in Illinois.
Assists people with learning disabilities in the following ways:
- Moniters and advises the Illinois State Board of Education on issues dealing with students with learning disabilities.
- Provides advocacy information and support to parents, individuals with learning disabilities and professionals.
- Provides scholarships for post-secondary education for students with learning disabilities.
- Provides the Robert Abbott Scholarship for students who are in school to become a teacher in the field of Special Education.
- Provides and support workshops and mini-conferences for educators and parents.
- Increases public awareness of learning disabilities throughout Illinois.
- Provides scholarships for membership and workshop fees for parents of children with learning disabilities, and for adults with learning disabilities.
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Scholarships
Advocacy
Disease/Disability Information
Provides one $1150 award for a student to attend an Illinois college or university.
$1,000 scholarships are available to low-income disadvantaged persons seeking higher academic attainment.
Scholarships are available to income eligible individuals who will be attending an Illinois college, university, or community college.
Scholarships for students studying:
- Physical Therapy.
- Occupational Therapy.
- Speach Language Pathology.
- Hearing Audiology.
Provides competitive scholarships for low-income students who are attending and Illinois college full-time.
- Assists individuals, businesses, and other non-profit organizations to establish permanent endowment and temporary funds, through gifts and bequests, within the confines of one large foundation.
- Foundation funds are used to provide grants to non-profit organizations and scholarships to students within the Fox River Valley, including the Greater Aurora Area and the Tri-Cities.
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Scholarships
Charities/Grantmaking Organizations
Each year awards one-year college scholarships to high school Seniors who have demonstrated exemplary community service.
Scholarships are available to income eligible individuals who will be attending an Illinois college, university, or community college.
Provides college scholarships to students who have lost a parent or legal guardian to homicide.
Illini Lodge 17 pays for children and adults with disabilities to attend winter and summer camps at Camp Timber Pointe in Normal.
Offered once every year. The financial assistance is paid directly to the institution for costs of tuition and textbooks.