Our Opportunities

Welcome to the Lincoln Community Foundation Scholarship Opportunities Homepage. The scholarship application cycle is closed.

If you are looking to apply for a grant, please click on “Grant” in the drop-down menu under the Opportunities tab.

If you submitted a new scholarship application for the last cycle and are selected to receive a scholarship, you will be notified during the first part of May. Offers are sent via email to the email address you used to set up your account.

If you are needing to complete a scholarship renewal application, after signing in, please click on the “My Applications” tab to locate your renewal application. Scholarship renewal applications are due July 31st.

The next scholarship cycle is scheduled to open December 15, 2026. Prior to then, you may review the list of scholarship opportunities listed below. Brief information is included about each scholarship and its criteria. Pease note that award values may change before the scholarship cycle reopens.

Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
$700 (1 Award)	Leonard F. Hartwig Scholarship The Leonard F. Hartwig Scholarship was established in 2005. Leonard...	Ended
$1,500 (2 Awards)	Lincoln AMA Emerging Marketer Scholarship The Lincoln AMA Emerging Marketer Scholarship was created in 2016 to...	Ended
Up to $5,000.00, renewable for four years	Lincoln Community Foundation Student Success Scholarship The Lincoln Community Foundation Student Success Scholarship (LCFSSS)...	Ended
$2,000 (3 Awards, may be renewed with full reapplication)	Linda Herman Scholarship Linda, a native of Lincoln, Nebraska, lost her father at age ten and...	Ended
$8,000 (1 Award, divided between two (2) years)	Louis C. & Amy E. Nuernberger Memorial Scholarship The Louis C. and Amy E. Nuernberger Memorial Scholarship Foundation was...	Ended
See Lincoln Community Foundation Student Success Scholarship	Margaret & Max Pumphrey Scholarship Beginning in 2024, this fund will serve as a partner fund to the Lincoln...	Ended
$1,600 (1 Award, funded in sophomore year)	Margaret C. Stednitz Scholarship The Margaret C. Stednitz Scholarship was established in 1991. Margaret...	Ended
$2,500 (2 - 3 Awards, renewable up to 4 years with verification of enrollment and major)	Medical Professional Student Scholarship The Medical Research Scholarship was established in 2005 by the Medical...	Ended
$600 (1 Award)	Mic and Mary Wobig Scholarship The Mic and Mary Wobig Scholarship was established in 2018. To apply,...	Ended
See Lincoln Community Foundation Student Success Scholarship	Miriam Croft Moeller Citizenship Award This fund serves as a partner fund to the Lincoln Community Foundation...	Ended
$2,000 (4 Awards, renewable up to 4 years if criteria continue to be met)	Norma Somerheiser Scholarship The Norma Somerheiser Scholarship was created in 2018 after her death on...	Ended
$2,000 (4 Awards, renewable for 1 additional year if still an undergraduate student)	Norman and Ruth Good Educational Scholarships The Norman and Ruth Good Educational Endowment Scholarship was...	Ended
$2,500 (3 Awards)	Pauline & Sanford Saunders Scholarship The Pauline and Sanford Saunders Scholarship was established in 1990...	Ended
$3,000 Minimum Award (1 Award, may be renewed with full reapplication)	PINC (Poverty Is Not a Choice) Scholarship The PINC Scholarship is awarded in recognition that Poverty Is Not a...	Ended
See Lincoln Community Foundation Student Success Scholarship	Ralph & Jean Cuca Scholarship This fund serves as a partner fund to the Lincoln Community Foundation...	Ended
$1,500 (2 Awards)	Ralph and Irene Gray Scholarship for Brunswick, NE The Ralph and Irene Gray Scholarships for Page and Brunswick, NE were...	Ended
$1,200 (1 Award)	Ralph and Irene Gray Scholarship for Page, NE The Ralph and Irene Gray Scholarships for Page and Brunswick, NE were...	Ended
$2,000 (1 Award)	Richardson Family Scholarship The Richardson Family Scholarship was established in 1989. In 1950,...	Ended
$600 (1 Award)	Robert W. & Shirley T. Hadfield Scholarship The Robert W. and Shirley T. Hadfield Scholarship was established in...	Ended
$2,500 (2 Awards)	Roland A. Temme Scholarship The Roland A. Temme Scholarship Fund was established by TMCO, Inc. in...	Ended
$1,000 (4 Awards, renewable up to 4 years if criteria continue to be met)	Telephone Pioneer Association and Museum Scholarship The Lincoln Telephone Pioneer Association and Museum Scholarship was...	Ended
$1,000 (1 Award)	Thelma Nennemann Aspegren Memorial Scholarship The Thelma Nennemann Aspegren Memorial Scholarship was established by...	Ended
$1,250 (2 Awards, renewable up to 4 years if criteria continue to be met)	Thomas C. Woods, Jr. Scholarship The Thomas C. Woods, Jr. Scholarship was established in 1991 by the...	Ended
$2,000 (1 Award)	UCC - Elgin Scholarship The United Church of Christ of Elgin Scholarship was established in 1980...	Ended
$600 (1 Award per school listed in description)	Virgil and Darlene Roush Scholarship The Virgil and Darlene Roush Scholarships were established at the...	Ended
$2,000 (3 Awards)	Wayne J. & Wanda M. Lillich Scholarship The Wayne J. and Wanda M. Lillich Scholarship was established in 1996. ...	Ended
$1,000 - $2,000 (1 - 2 Awards)	William B. & Virginia S. Rolofson Scholarship The William B. and Virginia S. Rolofson Scholarship was established in...	Ended
$1,500 (3 Awards, renewable up to 4 years if criteria continue to be met)	William Ray Judah Scholarship The William Ray Judah Scholarship was established in 1986 by Mrs. Del...	Ended

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