Student Scholarship Funds
Prospective & Current Fundholders
Beyond a shared commitment to educational opportunity, families establish scholarship funds with a wide range of goals and purposes in mind. They may offer traditional scholarships or customize fund awards for alternative scholarships.
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Student Profiles
- Beck Scholar Daniel Kendall Proves the Power of Perseverance
- Beck Scholar Cynthia Amuruotu Continually Seeking Justice
- Hooey Scholar Stan Serbanica Adds Four Military Tours to Academic Career
- For Bouras Scholar, Service Comes First
- Olsen Scholar Demonstrates Relentless Compassion
- Beck Scholar Justin Wozniak “Making the Most of All Opportunities”
- Alfred J. Speak Scholar Heads to Disney World
Guidelines for Renewable Scholarships
Please note that it is the student’s responsibility to provide the following information to the Foundation by June 30th of each year. Reminder notices are not sent out. Future installments are contingent upon the following:
- Student remains enrolled on a full time basis in a college or university within the United States.
- Student remains in good academic standing.
- Student assumes responsibility to submit the following requested documentation no later than June 30 of each year. Failure to do so may result in forfeiture of scholarship.
- Official Transcript
- One page narrative of the student’s past year’s academic experience, details of community service work performed during the academic year, and any employment experience.
- Fall class registration.
Community Foundation of New Jersey
Attn: Scholarship Office
Post Office Box 338
Morristown, New Jersey 07963-0338
Specific Applications
- Bego Fund
- Hon. Ann P. Conti Scholarship
- Cornerstone Family Programs
- Eklund Scholarship
- Carl Feltz, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
- Hardyston Township First Aid Squad Scholarship
- R.D. Hinsch Collegiate Sailing Scholarship
- Keith Hightower Scholarship
- Austin O. Hooey Scholarship
- Stephen A. Johnston Memorial Scholarship
- Jonathan Maslow Scholarship
- James Moody Jazz Scholarship for New Jersey
- James L. and Ruby L. Murray Memorial Scholarship
- Pfenninger Scholarship
- Frank A. Robertson Scholarship
Other opportunities (not managed by CFNJ, informational only)
2020 Unified Scholarship Application
Oscar & Susan Florence Hunt Scholarship
The purpose of the J. Oscar & Susan Florence Hunt Scholarship is to provide financial assistance to worthy men and women of any race, color, or religious belief, to enable them to pursue academic studies at an institution of higher learning of their choice located in the United States of America. The scholarships will be awarded based on need and merit. Only New Jersey residents who reside in Gloucester and Salem Counties may apply. Preference is to be given to the residents of Swedesboro, Auburn, Pedricktown and Penns Grove, in order priority stated.
Estimated Award: Four (4) scholarships of $3,800, payable in four equal annual installments of $950.
Dominique Lisa Pandolfo Scholarship
Dominique Lisa Pandolfo was an extraordinary young woman who lived each day to the fullest. On September 10, 2001, Dominique started her first day at New York University Graduate School. On September 11, 2001, Dominique became a victim of the attack on the World Trade Center. This scholarship’s goal is to perpetuate Dominique’s memory by helping young women to develop their potential, achieve their goals and become successful adults and proud Americans. The scholarship hopes to instill in each recipient the same spirit and zest for life that was so abundant in Dominique. The scholarship will be awarded to a female student, as nominated by the Dominique Lisa Pandolfo Scholarship Committee, who best exemplifies the criteria stated above, with an emphasis placed on financial need. The awardee will be a student whose scholarship, character, personality and leadership qualities are regarded as outstanding. The student may not necessarily be the top student in the class, but she will have shown outstanding potential, merit and/or improvement.
Estimated Award: One (1) scholarship in the amount of $5,000 payable in four annual installments of $1,250.
Clanseer & Anna Johnson Scholarship
The Clanseer & Anna Johnson Scholarship Fund is to provide financial assistance to disadvantaged African American students who were born in the United States and reside in New Jersey. Students must have obtained an average of “A” or “B” on subjects relating to the sciences or mathematics, and maintain above average grades overall in whatever curriculum they are pursuing. The scholarships will be awarded based on need and merit.
Estimated Award: Four (4) scholarships of $5,000 each, payable in four equal annual installments of $1,250.
Harry H. Loudenslager Scholarship
The Harry H. Loudenslager Scholarship was created under the will of Henry C. Loudenslager in memory of his deceased son. The purpose of the Harry H. Loudenslager Scholarship is to provide financial assistance to a worthy young man who is a resident of Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland or Cape May Counties in New Jersey. Only male New Jersey residents who reside in Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland or Cape May Counties may apply. Applicants must have been admitted to a college or university as of the date their application is submitted.
Estimated Award: Two (2) non-renewable scholarships of $1,040 each, payable in a lump sum for the upcoming academic year.
Elizabeth Clark Loudenslager Scholarship
The Elizabeth Clark Loudenslager Scholarship was created under the will of Henry C. Loudenslager in memory of his deceased daughter. The purpose of the Elizabeth Clark Loudenslager Scholarship is to provide financial assistance to a worthy young woman who is a resident of Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland or Cape May Counties in New Jersey. Only female New Jersey residents who reside in Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland or Cape May Counties may apply. Applicants must have been admitted to a college or university as of the date their application is submitted.
Estimated Award: Two (2) non-renewable scholarships of $1,055 each, payable in a lump sum for the upcoming academic year.
General Administration Information
All scholarships awarded are made payable to the student’s college/university. Scholarship aid from the Community Foundation of New Jersey is conditioned on the school the student will attend agreeing that the aid should be applied to the student’s unmet need or loans first. If after all need has been met scholarship monies remain, it may be used to displace school provided aid in the following progression: work study and then grants.
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