Main Street Community Foundation

Main Street Community Foundation administers over 90 scholarships for graduating high school seniors, current college students and adult learners; all scholarship have unique eligibility criteria and various award amounts. The Scholarship Directory is published annually by January 15 when the scholarship cycle opens; it lists each scholarship available for high school seniors, college students and adults returning to school, and details the eligibility criteria. The Community Foundation does require the completion of an online application for each scholarship using the Online Scholarship Portal; the deadline is traditionally mid-March of each year.

To apply for any scholarship when the cycle opens, you will access the Online Scholarship Portal and first complete the universal application which will indicate which specific scholarship opportunities you may qualify for. At that point you can select which specific scholarships you’d like to apply to and complete the supplemental questions (letters of recommendation, essays, etc.) unique to each of those. Recipients will be notified in mid-May via email, and scholarship payment will be made to the student’s school during the summer. If you have any questions, contact Samantha Rajotte, Scholarship & Program Officer, at 860.583.6363 or samantha@mainstreetfoundation.org.

Additional information can be found at: https://www.mainstreetfoundation.org/apply-for-scholarship