The Community Foundation of Wabash County offers a wide variety of post-secondary education scholarships to traditional, non-traditional, and graduate students. With nearly 70 different scholarship endowments created through the generosity of our donors, many students are eligible to apply.
Listed below are our scholarships. You can learn more about why they were created, who created them, who is eligible to apply, and by what criteria recipients are selected.
The Common Application opens December 1
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For over 25 years, Al Bailey was a beloved shop teacher and coach at Manchester Junior Senior High School and had won…
Read MoreBeryl Klare created a scholarship for residents of the City of Wabash, Indiana, who are accepted into and attend an a…
Read MoreThrough her will, Marie Tate honored the memory of her late husband, Blair Tate, by establishing this scholarship to…
Read MoreIn her will, Mrs. Deane Bromley Hastings established a scholarship to honor members of the Bromley family. Recipients…
Read MoreThis scholarship was established in 2009 by Daniel Emrick in memory of his parents who ran a local music store. Charl…
Read MoreGene Custer is a lifelong Wabash County resident and farmer and a generous supporter of charitable causes. Gene estab…
Read MoreDallas Winchester, Sr. was mayor of Wabash from 1984 until 1994. He also served in the Air Forces, on the Wabash Fire…
Read MoreEstablished by Lulu Baer and Bess T. Baer, this scholarship is named for their mother, Ella Truxell Baer, who graduat…
Read MoreLaura and Bill Eppley and friends established this scholarship in 2008 to memorialize their son Garth and his love of…
Read MoreIsaac Conner grew up on a farm in the southern part of Wabash County. He planted a stone marker on the homestead to h…
Read MoreMore than one hundred years ago, Jennie Wade created a scholarship in her words “to benefit mankind.” Thi…
Read MoreThe Richards were successful business people who owned the former Richards Tire Company on East Market Street in Waba…
Read MoreThe Larry Shoemaker Memorial Scholarship was established in 2008 with funds raised by Southwood Music Parents to supp…
Read MoreDoug and Barbara Vawter established this scholarship in memory of Barbara’s parents, Marietta and Paul Sell. Th…
Read MoreVeteran teachers Pat and Steve Brubaker created this scholarship to encourage Northfield High School seniors to conti…
Read MoreMartha Ross Hood was born in Wabash in 1932. Her parents operated a jewelry store, where Martha helped as a child, bu…
Read MoreMartha Ross Hood grew up in the business world. Her parents ran a retail store, and when Martha took a year off from…
Read MoreThe Robert and Pauline Hoover Scholarship was established in 2006 as part of Robert’s estate plan after he died…
Read MoreTerry and Carol Agness’ children created this scholarship to honor their parents who believed in supporting loc…
Read MoreTodd and Carrie Speicher are Manchester High School alumnae who have gone on to achieve success in manufacturing. Thr…
Read MoreThe Wabash Baking Powder Company Scholarship was established to preserve the company legacy as a flourishing enterpri…
Read MoreThis scholarship for a traditional or nontraditional graduate of a Wabash County high school memorializes beloved mem…
Read MoreThough the organization no longer exists, the Wabash County Society for Crippled Children and Adults lives on in this…
Read MoreIn a county rich in natural resources, the Solid Waste Management District uses this scholarship to encourage full-ti…
Read MoreAlumni from Wabash High School Class of 1946 including Jane Scheerer, Janet Titus, and Pat Reed, established this sch…
Read MoreBill Hensley was a CPA, a businessman and an entrepreneur. He worked in banking after college, and when he came to Wa…
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