SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) – Students in Springfield and across the region can apply for $1.7 million in scholarships administered by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.
Students can start at cfozarks.org/applyforscholarships and use the CFO’s universal application to apply for multiple scholarship opportunities efficiently. The universal application is a comprehensive online form with a series of questions unique to each student. Based on their responses, the application pairs students with the scholarship opportunities they qualify.
In addition to scholarships for graduating seniors, the CFO offers opportunities for current undergraduate students and students attending technical or graduate programs. Amounts range from $200 to $10,000, and many scholarships are renewable for two to four years.
The CFO and its regional affiliate foundations hold about 450 scholarship endowments that will provide about 950 scholarships for students across central and southern Missouri for the 2025–26 school year. Scholarship endowments can be established with a minimum of $25,000 by individuals, families or organizations with a wide range of intentions, such as supporting students who graduate from the donor’s alma mater or pursue a certain field of study.
Information for both donors and students is available at cfozarks.org/scholarships.
The application period for CFO scholarships will close on Sunday, March 16. For more information, contact Beth Hersh at bhersh@cfozarks.org, or call 417-864-6199.
New for 2025
Donors establish new scholarship endowments every year with the CFO and its regional affiliate foundations. Basic criteria for new scholarship opportunities are listed below (affiliates indicated in parentheses) — find full criteria at cfozarks.org/applyforscholarships:
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks is the region’s largest public charitable foundation serving donors, nonprofit partners and 55 regional affiliate foundations with assets totaling $494 million as of June 30, 2024. The CFO’s mission is to improve the quality of life for everyone in central and southern Missouri through resource development, community grantmaking, collaboration, and public leadership.
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