Whitefish Community Foundation Scholarships

Deadline Date: 04-04-2025

Kiita Foundation Scholarship: 

The Kiita Foundation Scholarship Fund was established at Whitefish Community Foundation in 2023 to help a financially independent student earn a bachelor’s degree. Two scholarships of up to $10,000 are awarded annually to highly motivated students who cannot rely on family members to help pay for college expenses. This scholarship is renewable for up to four years and includes opportunities to participate in international service projects in Mexico.  Applicants must be a graduating senior from a high school in Flathead County, Montana.

Dorothy & Luther Campbell Scholarship:

The Dorothy and Luther Campbell Scholarship Fund was established at Whitefish Community Foundation in 2022. One $2,500 scholarship is awarded annually to a student who is a graduate of high school in Flathead County, Montana or Lincoln County, Montana and intends to enroll in a post-secondary educational institution in the coming fall. 

Rise Scholarship Program:

n 2015, using their own funds as well as a portion of those donated by guests through the Round It Up America program, GRG started a scholarship program administered by Whitefish Community Foundation. GRG – R.I.S.E. (Restaurant Industry Scholarship Endowment) will award five scholarships each year.

Two (2) scholarships for $2,500 each will be awarded to current, eligible employees, or to children or legal dependents of current employees.  

Montana Coffee Traders:

The Montana Coffee Traders Scholarship Fund was established at Whitefish Community Foundation in 2020. Two scholarships are awarded annually to college-bound students. One $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to an eligible MCT employee or to a child or legal dependent of a current MCT employee. The second $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to an eligible Flathead Valley resident. 

Jean Atkinson Driggers Scholarships:

The Jean Atkinson Driggers Scholarship Fund was established at Whitefish Community Foundation in 2021. One $2,500 scholarship is awarded annually to a student who attended Olney-Bissell School and intends to enroll in a post-secondary educational institutional in the coming fall.

For more information, or to apply, check out the Whitefish Community Foundation website.