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Scholarships

OPPORTUNITIES

Scholarship forms are not availble using a mobile devise. Please check out our current scholarships using desktop view. There you will have the ability to download the following PDF and Word documents for each scholarship. 

The Kearney Area Community Foundation manages 69 scholarship funds.  With our universal application, you can fill out one application and then find out which scholarships you qualify for. Once your eligibility is determined, you can edit your application for each scholarship as needed. Click the button below to be taken to the universal application. You will need an account to use the application. If you don't have an account, just click "Create New Account" on the login page to set one up.

 

NOTE: The universal application for 2025 scholarships will be open February 1-April 1, 2025.

To learn more about each of our scholarships, click the gold "Learn More" button underneath each scholarship name below.

NOTE: Not all scholarships are included on our universal application, as some will require a paper application. To see the application for those, scroll down and look for scholarships with the blue "Apply" button below the scholarship name.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to call us at (308) 237-3114.

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NOMINATION SCHOLARSHIP
(Students cannot apply themselves)

McKenna Rae Johnson Memorial

FOR STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM
ANY HIGH SCHOOL IN NEBRASKA

Hands On

McKenna's Rae of Hope Foundation
Mental Health Field

FOR STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM SPECIFIC HIGH SCHOOLS 

Amherst

Troy and Kay Bauer

Elm Creek

Aubree Joy Hubbard Memorial

Elm Creek Public School
Foundation Clara Marshall

Bernadine and Douglas

Howarth Memorial

Elm Creek Public
School Foundation

Robin and Judy Marshall

Kearney Catholic/Kearney High

Youth Leadership Kearney 

Kearney High

Buzz and Thelma Wise

Chad and Dyan Wise

Harry and Helen Pagels

Pleasanton

Pleasanton Scholarships

Paxton Consolidated

Vanity Fare

Ravenna

Asher Family

Kurt Keaschall Memorial Ravenna

Ravenna Public School Foundation

Class of 1948

LeRoy and Joyce Hongsermeier FFA

Vernon and Beverly Reinertson

Kenneth L. Erickson FFA 

Oren and Joyce Vogt

Violet Wadzinski Memorial

Shelton

Bruner Family

Jane S. & Franklin V. Bernhard

Shelton FFA Boosters

Dr. A.A. Jaeke

Lance Corporal Kyle Codner

Shelton "Paying It Forward"

Dwight and Lois Gangwish

Patricia Trubl

Ted Headley Agricultural

Wilcox-Hildreth

Charles and Verna Lee Falk

FOR STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM A SPECIFIC COUNTY/CONFERENCE

Buffalo County

Arthur E. Klinkacek Promise

Kearney Area Chamber
of Commerce Ag Committee

Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce

Mark Benjamin Building Opportunity

Path To Success

Carla J. Middleswart Memorial

Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce
Bruce Blankenship Leadership in Business

Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce

Student Leader CCC 

Ronald and Jaquelyn

Kegley (4-H)

Charles and Jeanette Mumma

Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce
Friends of Law Enforcement

Kearney Area Chamber of Commerce

Student Leader UNK

Shawn Reiber Memorial

Garden County

Blanche Thompson Memorial

C.J. Williams and Lena A. Williams 

Garden County High School Alumni

C.D. Orr and Emily Orr

Don Newth Memorial

Mary E Hehnke Educational

City of Oshkosh

Ferol G. and Patricia A. Carney Memorial

Richard Dunn Memorial

Rock and Holt County

Donald Kaup Memorial
Knights of Columbus

FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY

Carol Cope Alpha Xi Delta

Pauline Fulton Memorial

For UNMC Students

Roy and Doris Abood

UNK Pi Kappa Alpha Alumni

FOR STUDENTS INVOLVED WITH HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

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