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Community Foundation of Northern Illinois

CFNIL scholarship portal

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This is a group of awards reached through one application. Each award inside it has its own rules.

Award
Many donor scholarships (over 125); $500K+ awarded.
Timeline
  1. Nov 1Three cycles each year: Fall, to January 1
  2. Dec 1Winter (main), to February 1
  3. Mar 1Spring, to April 1. The page does not state the year.
How to apply
Complete one universal application per cycle in the CFNIL portal (Grant Interface); answers auto-match you to eligible scholarships.
Who can apply
High school seniors and older, mainly in Boone, Jo Daviess, McHenry, Ogle, Rock, Stephenson and Winnebago counties (Rockford area), with some funds open USA-wide. Individual funds have their own residency, school, major, merit and need rules.