Give the gift of education
Gifts of annual and endowment scholarships are ways to directly impact the students of Carl Sandburg College. These types of funds enhance their student experience, financial aid, academic programs, and success.
Learn more about annual and endowment scholarships below:
Make a difference every year
Creating an annual scholarship is a great way to honor a loved one, promote your business, and give back to the students of Carl Sandburg College.
Scholarship support is crucial to provide an exceptional education to deserving students from all backgrounds, regardless of their ability to pay. A simple way donors can meet this need is with a gift to establish an Annual Scholarship.
Scholarships of $500 or more each year can name their scholarship and meet their recipient(s) at the annual scholarship dinner in the fall.
For more information on establishing an annual scholarship, please contact the Foundation office at 309.341.5349 or ebjohnson@sandburg.edu
Endowed Scholarships leave a legacy
Scholarship support is one of our greatest needs and commitments-but with the generosity of many people, the Carl Sandburg College Foundation is able to award over $100,000 each year in scholarship support to our students.
Establishing a named endowed scholarship provides a permanent and personal way for you to make a difference in the life of Carl Sandburg College. You work with the Foundation Office to establish award guidelines from which to select and award the scholarships. Criteria may reflect a special area of interest, academic discipline, geographic region, academic merit, or financial need.
Each fall we host an annual scholarship dinner so you are able to meet your scholarship recipient(s).
An endowed scholarship becomes a permanently endowed fund when the contribution reaches a minimum of $10,000 and can be pledged over a number of years. The scholarship amount is based on the interest earned and accumulated each year but to help your endowment grow, we take a small percentage of your interest earned each year and reinvest it with the principle. As your endowment grows, the more scholarship dollars it will produce.
Endowed funds are invested and managed by the Carl Sandburg College Foundation and overseen by the Foundation Board of Directors. Volunteers serve on the scholarship review committee and award scholarships each spring.
For more information about establishing an endowment, please contact the Foundation Office at 309.341.5349 or ebjohnson@sandburg.edu