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Updated: December 17, 2024 @ 9:03 pm
Community Foundation director, Lucy presents Drew Turner with his scholarship award letter, joined by his mother, Amy.
Community Foundation director, Lucy presents Drew Turner with his scholarship award letter, joined by his mother, Amy.
The Community Foundation of White County is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2025 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for White County – Andrew Turner from Frontier High School.
Lilly Endowment Community Scholars are known for their community involvement, academic achievement, character, and leadership.
“Drew’s strong moral compass, team-first mindset, and willingness to lend a helping hand make him an excellent addition to the honored list of White County Lilly Scholars. We are proud to support his journey and can’t wait to see the positive impact he will continue to have,” said Lucy Dold, executive director of the Community Foundation of White County.
Each Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship provides for full tuition, required fees and a special allocation of up to $900 per year for required books and required equipment for four years.
The scholarship is for full-time undergraduate students leading to a baccalaureate degree at any eligible Indiana public or private nonprofit college or university.
Lilly Endowment Community Scholars may also participate in the Lilly Scholars Network (LSN), which connects both current scholars and alumni with resources and opportunities to be active leaders on their campuses and in their communities.
Both the scholarship program and LSN are supported by grants from Lilly Endowment to Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) and Indiana Humanities.
In determining White County’s Lilly Endowment Community Scholar Nominees, consideration was given to students meeting the following criteria: financial need; community and school activities, evidence of leadership and good citizenship; grade point average; and an essay.
After the field of applicants was narrowed down, nominees were submitted to ICI, the statewide administrator of the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program, which approves the final selection of scholarship recipients.
“We had an outstanding group of candidates this year with diverse goals, perspectives, accomplishments, and experiences. This made the committee’s decision very difficult, as it is every year, but that’s a wonderful problem to have. We all felt deeply honored to be part of the selection process for this life-changing scholarship,” shared the Lilly Scholarship Committee chair.
Lilly Endowment created the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program for the 1997-98 school year.
Since then, grant funding in excess of $490 million has supported more than 5,300 Indiana students who have received scholarships through the program.
The primary purposes of the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program are:
1) to help raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana
2) to increase awareness of the beneficial roles Indiana community foundations can play in their communities
3) to encourage and support the efforts of current and past Lilly Endowment
Community Scholars to engage with each other and with Indiana business, governmental, educational, nonprofit and civic leaders to improve the quality of life in Indiana generally and in local communities throughout the state.
The Community Foundation of White County believes in the transformational power of collective action.
Serving White County since 1998, CFWC has been steadfast in its commitment to strengthening and transforming the community by fostering charitable giving, philanthropic aspirations, and leadership.
An affiliate of The Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette, CFWC is a lasting beacon of hope, recognized by hundreds of donors and community partners to ignite positive change through strategic initiatives, impactful grantmaking, and visionary leadership efforts.
Lilly Endowment Inc. is an Indianapolis-based private foundation created in 1937 by J.K. Lilly Sr. and his sons Eli and J.K. Jr. through gifts of stock in their pharmaceutical business, Eli Lilly and Company.
Although the gifts of stock remain a financial bedrock of the Endowment, it is a separate entity from the company, with a distinct governing board, staff and location. In keeping with the founders’ wishes, the Endowment supports the causes of community development, education and religion.
Although the Endowment funds programs throughout the United States, especially in the field of religion, it maintains a special commitment to its founders’ hometown, Indianapolis, and home state, Indiana
Since 1997, Independent Colleges of Indiana has administered the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program statewide with funding provided by Lilly Endowment.
Founded in 1948, ICI serves as the collective voice for the state’s 29 private, nonprofit colleges and universities.
ICI institutions employ over 22,000 Hoosiers and generate a total local economic impact of over $5 billion annually.
Students at ICI colleges have Indiana’s highest four-year, on-time graduation rates, and ICI institutions produce 30 percent of Indiana’s bachelor’s degrees while enrolling 20 percent of its undergraduates.
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