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Northern Student Local Scholarship Applications

The Foundation for Enhancing Communities

    TFEC scholarships open January 1!  I wanted to share a list of new scholarships available for 2025. We now have approximately 190 local scholarships offered through TFEC, which means there is a lot of free money available for your students.

New UA Scholarships for 2025:

University Center of Harrisburg- Designed to meet the academic and vocational needs of persons residing in central Pennsylvania. The University Center at Harrisburg Scholarship Fund was created to provide grants to deserving students who reside in Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry, Lebanon counties, or Dillsburg area.        

Trinity Tutors- Attended Scott, Foose or Downey Elementary Schools in Second grade and participated in the Trinity Tutors program from Harrisburg City School district.

LISTO Scholarship- Graduating high school senior who is also a LISTO (Latino Hispanic American Community Center’s Leadership Institute Star Training Opportunities Program) graduate.          

Abby Hornung Memorial Scholarship- For those interested in becoming mental health professionals. Be the reason someone feels welcomed, seen, heard, valued, loved, and supported.

            Bob Hovis Educational Scholarship – For a male and a female graduating high school senior from Waynesboro High School.

Lutheran Camping Corporation Scholarship- Student should have been a counselor or staff member at Camp Kirchenwald or Camp Nawakwa the previous year’s camping season.

New to the TFEC UNIVERSAL APPLICATIONCentral PA Architects Foundation Fund (previously a stand-alone scholarship). Students who are present or former residents of one of the following Pennsylvania counties: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, or York, and currently enrolled in an architecture degree program.

We will get all high school and county flyers updated as soon as possible. In the meantime, please direct your students to the High School Universal Application (UA). Their answers on the UA determine which scholarships they are eligible for.  It will also provide them a list of necessary documents to support each individual scholarship. 

They should also review the stand-alone scholarship applications and apply for any of those they are eligible for. 

Celina Bertovic
Program Officer for Educational Opportunities
Your partner in philanthropy & community impact.

  Scholarships that fall under TFEC:  Big 33 Academic, Conrad Siegel Numbers Matter, Drane & Steele Music, Horation Alger Scholarship, Louise A. Dixon Memorial, 

      Melvin J & Alice Gayle Reeder Scholarship, Rotary Club of York, Sam Mizrahi Memorial, Thad G Gayman Memorial.

Edgar Kable Engineering Scholarship

Christopher Columbus Scholarship Fund

Hagan Scholarship Foundation     Unique need-based merit scholarship, 3.5 Cumulative grade point average.

Due December 01

Advancing Women Advancing Transportation, Central PA

https://www.wtsinternational.org/chapters/central-pennsylvania/scholarships

Due December 6

Jackie Robinson Foundation

Due January 9, 2025

ABC Keystone Merit Shop Construction Scholarship  Construction

Due February 23 

Garden Club of York Biology, horticulture, landscape architecture , conservation, forestry, botany, agronomy, plant pathology, environmental sciences, land management, wildlife sciences, urban/rural planning, agriculture, floriculture.

Due February 28

Orrstown Bank Foundation Scholarship Application  Orrstown Bank awards multiple scholarships from $1,000 to $3,000.  Applicants do not need to be a client of Orrstown to apply.

Due March 1

Keystone Contractors Association Scholarship - Students who seek a construction-related degree

Due March 1

The Arc Of York & Adams Counties Dudley & sylvia Kramer Memorial Scholarship

Due:  March 2

Questeq - The Ron Main Scholarship for Education and Innovation  Honoring our late founder, Up to 6 talented seniors across our customer school district will receive $1,000 awards this year.

Due March 10

Eureka-West Shore Lodge # 302 Free & Accepted Masons of PA Scholarship

   Open to applications from any child, grandchild, step-child, step grandchild of a member or a deceased member of Eureka-West Shore Lodge #302, as well as the Moasonic affiliated organizations that meet in the Lodge building.  The scholarship will be $1,000

Due March 15th

H.O.P.E Jeanette Cartwright Memorial Scholarship

Due March 15, 2025

Kevin Butler Scholarship - Pick up a copy of the scholarship in the guidance office, open to all students

Due March 18

Polar Bear Foundation Scholarships Stock & Leader Scholarship, Northern Farmer's Fair Reunion Scholarship, Ken Hutchison Memorial Scholarship,  Dr. Brian M. Small Scholarship and Drs. Warren Scholarship.

Due March 21

Lincoln Intermediate Unit Scholarship 

Due March 21

York County Hispanic Scholarship

Due March 21

Central Region School Facility Mangers Scholarship

Due March 22  Technical

Ellery Crone Scholarship

Due March 3  General

John D. Bare Memorial Scholarship

Due March 29

Engineering Society of York - Edgar P. Kable Scholarship  Generally awards four $2,000 Edgar P. kable Scholarships each year.  Each recipient in good standing will then receive $2,000/year for the following three years ($8,000 total) 

Due March 31 Engineering

Ernest R. McDowell Health Career Scholar

Due March 31  Health Career

Lowther Manor Lodge Scholarship

Due March 31  General

Northern HS Alumni Scholarship

Due March 31  General

Penn-Cumberland Garden Club Scholarship  Horticulture, Floriculture, Landscape Architecture, Conservation, Forestry, Urban or Regional Planning, Environmental Science, Botany or Ecology related Studies.

Due  March 31 

Jenny Danner Scholarship

Due April 1  General

Robert Bostic Scholarship

Due April 1

Northern Football Scholarship   Football - 2 years

Due April 1  Football - 2 years

Pinchot Park Lions Club Scholarship

Due April 1

Randy Rebert     Softball

Due April 1 

Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine College Scholarship.  $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a member of WGHSEA, Inc., their child or grandchild.  The member must be in good standing for the 2year prior to the senior making application.  The scholarship will be payable only to a college or university financial account.

Due April 4th

Trade/Technical School -Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine.  The scholarship will be payable only to a technical/trade school financial account or the purchase of tools for a trade from a tool supplier for an apprenticeship or internship.

Due April 4th

Epilepsy Scholarship     Epilepsy/Seizure Disorder

Due  April 7 

West Shore Sertoma Club Scholarship

Due April 15

America and Me - Elks Lodge 2257    General

Due April 15 

Wellsville Elementary Scholarship    Student that attended Wellsville Elementary School

Due April 15 

Student-view Scholarship Program   General

Due  April 23 

Northern Music Booster Scholarship   Music

Due April 19

Patricia Heatwole Memorial Scholarship   Teaching

Due April 22  

Dillsburg Community Association Scholarship

Due April 28

Kiwanis: Key Club Scholarship

Due April 28

William Everett Potter Memorial Scholarship   General

Due April 30  

Dr. John H. Lemmon Love of Running   Running

Due  April 30  

Northern York Education Association   Education

Due May 1

Brenda T Barndt Memorial French Scholarship   French

Due May 14 

Brenda T. Barndt Cheerleading Scholaship   Cheering

Due May 14

Empire Beauty School  

Due August 1