The Coral Gables Community Foundation manages a portfolio of scholarships offered to graduating high school students. Some are targeted to help you study Law, Medicine, Nursing, Golf, Soccer, Journalism, Leadership, Historic Preservation and more. Awards range from $500 to $20,000.
The Coral Gables Community Foundation is honored to partner with fundholders to administer several scholarship funds in the community as well as manage the Foundation’s own scholarship funds. The Foundation and its fundholders have proudly awarded over $1.6 million in scholarships in just the last decade.
Most scholarships offered through the Foundation’s scholarship program are based on academic achievement and financial need. Scholarship awards are designated as one-year awards or renewable multi-year awards depending upon the scholarship fund criteria.
CONTRIBUTORS
The Community Foundation wishes to acknowledge the generosity of The Kirk Foundation, The Batchelor Foundation and an anonymous donor for helping to build the Scholarship Fund that supports the Coral Gables Community Foundation Four-Year Scholarship. Scholarships are also supported by Merrick Society members who commit to annual giving, and by patrons of the Gables Gala and Tour of Kitchens & Tropical Living.
Which Scholarship is Right for You?
Scholarships by Interest Area
- Law: Ervin A. Gonzalez / Coral Gables Bar Assoc.
- Food Service: Culinary Arts Scholarship
- Healthcare: The Dr. Thomas E. Deal Scholarship (Medicine)
- Sports: 1980 Cavaliers Boys Soccer State Championship Scholarship Fund in memory of Bruce Hayes (Soccer); Dave Ragan Jr. Memorial Scholarship (Golf); Mitchell Zuniga Scholarship (Football).
- Music: Kerdyk Family Trust Music Scholarship; Walter & Alma Vogel Memorial Scholarship.
- Leadership: Shine Bright Scholarship; Rotary Foundation of Coral Gables Scholarship; Jeannett Slesnick Community Spirit Scholarship; Lady Suzanna P. Tweed Scholarship
- Vocational/Technical: Luke Sturgill Memorial Scholarship
- Communications: Jeannett Slesnick Community Spirit Scholarship
- Science/Technology: Walter & Alma Vogel Memorial Scholarship
New Opportunities
Scholarships which are new or have updated terms include:
- The High Achieving, Low Income Four Year Scholarship Fund made seven, $10,000 awards including students from Braddock, Young Women’s Academy and Sci Tech, with a focus on Coral Gables Senior High.
- The Luke Sturgill Memorial Scholarship has expanded its service to include several more public high schools in Miami-Dade County. These include Coral Gables Senior High; Miami Palmetto Senior High; Miami Killian Senior High; Miami Senior High; Robert Morgan Technical College (high school); George T. Baker Aviation Technical College (high school). It also has a later deadline to reflect the normal wave of enrollments in vocational programs.
- The Ev Clay/PRSA Miami Chapter Endowment Fund will award up to eight $3,750 scholarships for undergraduate or graduate study, selecting up to two students from each of the following South Florida schools: Florida International University, Florida Memorial University, Miami Dade College and the University of Miami. Recipients will be notified in August and scholarships will be presented at the annual Ev Clay/PRSA Miami Chapter Endowment Fund Luncheon this fall.
RULES FOR ALL APPLICANTS
Applicants must
- Be living in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada.
- Be graduating high school seniors (U.S., Puerto Rico and Guam), graduating from grade 12 or graduating from home school education in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam or Canada
- Plan to enroll full-time, without interruption, for the entire 2024-25 academic year at an accredited four-year college, university or vocational-technical school in the United States.
- After an award is made, for any multi-year scholarship the student must submit their college transcript (unofficial is OK) at the end of each year to trigger the release of a payment for the second year. Student must be passing all classes that they attempted, and they must have a 3.0 GPA or better (Some scholarships include stricter standards for renewal).
Scholarship Value: $20,000
Awards Available: 25
Award Deadline: Register to View