2025 Appomattox High School graduates who benefitted from GLCF scholarships.
Students, please review our list of scholarship funds to see if you are eligible for any of our scholarships. Contact your guidance department to apply for a specific scholarship.
Each scholarship fund has its own selection committee that works in determining the final grantee. If you are a member of a selection committee, please click here for more information.
Create Opportunity with a Scholarship
When you invest in a scholarship, you open a door that stays open for a lifetime. You help a student start strong, finish strong, and return value to our community.
Why Give to Scholarships
Change a life, change a community. Education drives higher earnings, civic engagement, and local leadership.
Honor someone you love. Create a named fund that celebrates a life or legacy with purpose.
Strengthen the regional talent pipeline. Aim support toward fields our community needs most.
Promote access and equity. Help first-generation, underserved, and returning students succeed.
See clear results. Scholarships translate directly into tuition, books, and essential costs.
Why Partner with the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation
Local focus. We know the students, schools, and workforce needs across our region.
Stewardship you can trust. Professional investment, transparent reporting, and rigorous selection processes.
You can remain focused on the "fun"while we handle the details. You set the purpose and criteria; we manage administration, compliance, and fairness.
Permanence. Endowed funds award scholarships year after year, in perpetuity.
Simple setup. Create a new fund or contribute to an existing one.
Ways to Give
Create a Named Scholarship Fund. Define your focus (merit, need, field of study, school, or geography).
Contribute to an Existing Scholarship. Amplify impact immediately.
Plan a Legacy Gift. Name the GLCF as a beneficiary of a will, trust, or retirement plan to fund scholarships after your lifetime.
Tax benefits may apply. Please consult your professional advisor.
How It Works
Explore your goals. We clarify the purpose, criteria, and recognition you want.
Establish the fund. Sign a simple agreement and make your gift.
Promote and select. We publicize, collect applications, and manage a fair, compliant review.
We handle the award payment. Students receive funds directly through their institutions.
Common Scholarship Criteria (Examples)
- Financial need, academic merit, or both
- Field of study (education, health care, skilled trades, STEM, the arts, etc.)
- Graduates of a particular high school
Distribution of Endowed Scholarship Awards
The GLCF's annual 5% distribution allows the fund to create an award for a deserving student every year, while preserving the fund in perpetuity.
What 5% Provides Each Year
| Endowed Scholarship Fund Balance | | Annual Award |
|---|---|
| $10,000 | $500 |
| $25,000 | $1,250 |
| $50,000 | $2,500 |
| $100,000 | $5,000 |
As the fund grows through investment returns and additional charitable gifts. the annual award grows with it.
How are Students Selected?
Each scholarship fund has its own student selection committee, which reviews the pool of applicants and chooses recipents according the criteria of the scholarship. Donors may serve on the committee if they wish. We require at least 3 members per committee, and the donor and/or their family may not have the majority on the committee.
Ready to Get Started?
Create a scholarship that carries your values forward. We will handle the details with care, transparency, and adherence to best practices.
Let’s build opportunity that lasts.
To learn more about establishing a scholarship fund, click here.
