Community Foundation for Western Iowa is your connection in helping to preserve and grow the quality of life in our region by supporting higher education for area students.
Scholarship Funds can be established in honor or memory of a loved one, or to recognize a family, business, or a specific area of interest.
Donations can be made to scholarship funds at anytime throughout the year, and could be eligible for the Endow Iowa Tax Credit and other benefits available through the Community Foundation.
Scholarship Funds can be created now or through your will or estate planning. The Community Foundation works with the donor(s) and professional advisors to support both the scholarship fund, and donor's wishes. Community Foundation for Western Iowa accepts gifts of many types, including but not limited to: cash gifts, financial investments, bequests, gifts of grain, stocks and securities, livestock, real estate, and vehicles.
Community Foundation for Western Iowa works closely with the Southwest Iowa Educational Foundation (SWIEF) to help our youth with their postsecondary education needs. Visit the SWIEF website for more information.
Additionally and if applicable, the Community Foundation can help establish and administer scholarships funds for donors interested in awarding scholarships to students outside of southwest Iowa.
Scholarship funds created at the Community Foundation and awarded through our partnership with Southwest Iowa Educational Foundation
Doug Goodman Memorial
Douglas S. Lash Memorial
Fletch and Avonell Nichols Achievement Scholarship
Hamilton-Junior ROTC Scholarship
Harry & Jane Paul Memorial Scholarship
HGM Associates, Inc. Education Endowment Fund
Jill E.Pechacek, M.D. Memorial Scholarship
John and Rose Dalton Westfair Scholarship
Kelly and Joan Scott Scholarship
Kerrie Orozco Memorial Scholarship
Marilyn Weber Memorial Scholarship
Mid-Day Optimist Scholarship
Nick Benzing Memorial Scholarship
Nick Benzing Memorial Education Scholarship Fund
Obert "Ob" and Gaye (Brown) Rutenbeck Annual Senior Scholarship
Reason-LeKander Memorial Scholarship
Riverside Links Scholarship
Roger and Shirley Madsen Thomas Jefferson HS Scholarship
Ryan Nash Memorial Scholarship
Thomas Jefferson Class of 1965 Quandt Memorial Scholarship
Thomas Jefferson Class of 1966 Scholarship
Wisecup Family Scholarship Fund
Southwest Iowa Educational Foundation (SWIEF) Scholarships and Subfunds
SWIEF Scholarships are available to students from the following counties: Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, and Shelby, and to eligible students who attend the following high schools: Boyer Valley, Exira-EHK, IKM-Manning, and Southwest Valley.
Learn more about SWIEF and its annual scholarship application.
Scholarship funds created at the Community Foundation and awarded directly through other schools or organizations
Joseph DeHoyos Carle Memorial Scholarship
Hoff Family Arts Scholarship
The Clyde and Fern Stuntz Memorial Scholarship
If you are interested in establishing a scholarship fund through the Community Foundation,
please contact 712-256-7007 or kdix@givewesterniowa.org.