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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Beryl 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 MoreChris Rood taught US History at Wabash High School and coached baseball from 1971-1994, building a top notch baseball…
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 MoreThe Dennis Horn Cross Country Scholarship was created by wife Carol Horn, and friends, and family to recognize Dennis…
Read MoreWhen Fred Squires retired, he was presented with a gift of money from his colleagues, which he used not for himself,…
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 MoreThe Gene L. and Bertha J. King Scholarship Endowment was created to honor the lives of Gene LaVere and Bertha Jane Ki…
Read MoreGeorge and Donna Russell wanted to make a difference for the future, so instead of investments for themselves, they…
Read MoreThe George W. Price Scholarship Endowment supports early award scholarships to students attending Wabash City Schools…
Read MoreThe Board of Managers of Heartland Career Center created a scholarship fund from the cash rent earnings on farm field…
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 Leone M. and Inez R. Tyner Scholarship was created in 1955 to honor Leonard Tyner’s late wife and his secon…
Read MoreThis scholarship memorializes the life of Mallori Kastner, a 2010 graduate of Wabash High School, a talented athlete,…
Read MoreTo honor her husband’s love of sports, Mrs. Lucille Butts created a scholarship for a Wabash High School studen…
Read MorePaul Reahard taught English, creative writing, and theatre arts at Whitko High School where he was the recipient of t…
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 MoreRobert L. and Fay M. Elliott’s children established this scholarship to honor their parents’ memory and s…
Read MoreRoy B. Craver was a veteran of World War I. He established a scholarship for residents of Wabash County and grad…
Read MoreRuth Minear was a talented businesswoman, who, with her husband, ran Minear Oil Company in Wabash. They had no childr…
Read MoreTerry and Carol Agness’ children created this scholarship to honor their parents who believed in supporting loc…
Read MoreThe Una Eileen Slavens Memorial Scholarship was created by Robert Lee Slavens in memory of his late wife, an avid sup…
Read MoreThe Vice and Wakefield families established the Scott Wakefield Scholarship in memory of their beloved son and grands…
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 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 MoreThis scholarship encourages education beyond high school for students who are members of the Wabash High School Tenni…
Read MoreTo create college opportunities for students in the county, members of the Wabash High School Class of 1951 created a…
Read MoreThis scholarship will be awarded to students of the 8th grade at Wabash Middle School who are enrolled and participat…
Read MoreThe Walter Yopst Scholarship has helped Wabash High School graduates since 1995. A Wabash native, Mr. Yopst worked fo…
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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