CFPBMC Single Year Awards
The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties provides scholarship opportunities for students to pursue their educational goals.
CFPBMC Single Year Awards
The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties provides scholarship opportunities for students to pursue their educational goals. Scholarships are available for graduating high school seniors, GED holders, and undergraduates who are attending community colleges, four-year universities, and vocational/technical schools.
The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.
Scholarship Funds
Applicants will complete one application for consideration for all the scholarship funds under CFPBMC Single Year Awards.
Scholarship funds included in the CFPBMC Single Year Awards Application:
Eligibility
Applicants will apply to CFPBMC Single Year Awards. One common application is completed to apply to any of the below funds. Applicants must meet the following criteria of one or more of the scholarships listed:
- Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (applicants to provide verification through U.S. Birth Certificate, U.S. Passport, Permanent Resident Card/Green Card, Employment Authorization Document, or Naturalization or Citizenship Certificate)
- Be a graduating high school senior or graduate, GED holder, or current undergraduate:
- attending any public or private high school in Palm Beach County or Martin County
- OR
- residing in Palm Beach County
- Be enrolled or plan to enroll in a part-time or full-time course of study at an accredited two- or four-year college/university or vocational-technical school in the United States (unless noted otherwise)
- Certification programs must be through an accredited institution and be a minimum of one semester/term in length (or equivalent – 6-12 semester hours/credits, or equivalent), and applicants must be enrolled at the time awards are disbursed
- Part-time enrollment consists of a minimum of 6 credits per term/semester
- Have a minimum 2.0 GPA (unless noted otherwise)
- Children of Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties employees are not eligible for these awards
Bennett/Darwin Family Scholarship Fund
- Be a graduating high school senior attending any public or private high school in Palm Beach County
- Pursue a degree or career in law
- Must demonstrate financial need
- This award is not renewable
- An estimated 1 award(s) of $5,000 will be granted for undergraduate study only
Beverly Sommer Scholarship Fund
- Be a graduating high school senior attending any public or private high school in Palm Beach County or Martin County
- Minimum 2.5 GPA
- Must demonstrate financial need
- Demonstrated participation in extracurricular activities
- This award is not renewable
- An estimated 1 award(s) of $2,500 will be granted for undergraduate study only
Delray Beach Playhouse Ernest G. Simon Scholarship Fund
- Be a graduating high school senior or graduate, GED holder, or current undergraduate who is a resident of the general service area of the Delray Beach Playhouse
- Zip codes: 33444, 33445, 33446, 33447, 33448, 33482, 33483, 33484
- Be enrolled or plan to enroll in a theater educational or training program at a university, college or special school acceptable to the Delray Beach Playhouse board of governors
- Financial need will be considered but is not required
- Consideration may be given to an applicant whose training would rebound to the benefit of the Delray Beach Playhouse as recommended by the Scholastic Advisory Committee of the Playhouse
- This award is not renewable
- An estimated 3 award(s) of $3,000 will be granted for undergraduate or graduate study only
- Be a graduating high school senior attending Jupiter Senior High School
- Be a resident of Jupiter, FL for six years prior to graduating high school
- Be enrolled in a two- or four-year college/university or vocational/technical school EXCEPT Florida State University or its affiliates
- Florida State University
- FSU Panama City
- The FSU Ringling Center for Cultural Arts
- Must demonstrate financial need
- This award is not renewable
- An estimated 1 award(s) of $5,000 will be granted for undergraduate study only
Palm Beach County Estate Planning Council
- Be a graduating high school senior attending any public or private high school in Palm Beach County
- Students residing in north Palm Beach County are strongly encouraged to apply
- Minimum 3.0 GPA
- Pursue a degree or career in
- Accounting
- Charitable Giving
- Financial Planning
- Investment Advisory
- Law
- Life Insurance
- Financial need will be considered but is not required
- Demonstrated participation or experience in activities related to the required degree/career fields
- This award is not renewable
- An estimated 4 award(s) of $2,500 will be granted for undergraduate study only
Awards
If selected, the recipient will receive an award of $2,500 to $5,000. Up to 10 awards will be granted.
The scholarship is to be used for tuition and education-related expenses. Unused funds must be returned to the Sponsor.
Awards are not renewable.
Applicants may receive ONE award per year from the Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties.
Awards are for undergraduate study only.
Notification
All applicants will be notified in May.
Notifications are sent via email. When setting up your account, avoid using a school or work email. Instead, use an active, personal email address that you will continue to have access to.
Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address as safe senders in your email contact list.
Payment of Scholarships
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties.
Payment is made in July.
Selection of Recipients
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
- Academic performance
- Demonstrated leadership
- Participation in school and community activities
- Work experience
- A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
- Unusual personal or family circumstances
- An online recommendation (cannot be a family member)
- Financial need
Financial need, as calculated by Scholarship America, will be considered but may not be required.
Selection of finalists is made by Scholarship America. Community Foundation of Palm Beach and Martin Counties and an outside scholarship committee will review applicant data, including all essays responses, and select recipients. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
Requirements
As part of your application, you must upload the following:
- A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
- Student name
- School name
- Grades
- Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken
- Verification of U.S. Citizenship or permanent residency:
- U.S. Birth Certificate
- Issued by a state, county, or city vital records office
- Must show the student was born in the United States or U.S. territories
- Hospital certificates or photocopies are accepted
- U.S. Passport (Book or Card)
- Current or expired
- Serves as both identity and citizenship proof
- Certificate of Citizenship (Form N-560 or N-561)
- For individuals who derived or acquired citizenship through a parent
- Certificate of Naturalization (Form N-550 or N-570)
- For individuals who became citizens through naturalization
- Employment Authorization Document (Form I-766)
- For individuals authorized to work in the United States
- Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551; “Green Card”)
- For individuals approved to live and work permanently in the United States
- U.S. Birth Certificate
NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.
One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than three business days after the application deadline date.
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.
See other scholarships from the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties here: https://scholarshipamerica.org/cfpbmc/
