Lilly Endowment Community Scholarships
The Portland Foundation will participate in the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program for 2009. Applications can be picked up at the guidance office at Jay County High School in December, 2008. If you would like an electronic version, please email Kent McClung at kmcclung@portlandfoundation.org or Pam Rogers at progers@portlandfoundation.org.
Please turn in the application to the Foundation office, 112 East Main St., Portland by:
January 7, 2009 at 5 p.m.
- The scholarship will provide full tuition, required fees for up to 4 years of full-time, undergraduate study leading to a baccalaureate degree at any Indiana public or private college or university accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. An allocation of up to $800 per year for books and equipment is also included.
- The program is open to all members of the class of 2009 who are Jay County residents and have graduated from an accredited Indiana high school.
- The scholarship applicant must have been accepted to pursue a full-time baccalaureate course of study in the fall of 2009.
- The scholarship applicant must have a minimum 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale at the time of application.
- The scholarship applicant must complete and submit the application on or before January 7, 2009 to: The Portland Foundation, 112 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371
- The Portland Foundation will submit nominees to Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) in Spring 2009, who will make the final selection of the scholarship recipient(s).
- For additional information, contact Executive Director, Doug Inman or Program Officer, Kent McClung at (260) 726-4260
View a list of recent scholarship recipients.

