To apply for the Charles E. Jones Scholarship, applicants must be a graduating senior from Lincoln High School in Lincoln, Nebraska who has attended LHS for at least two years and participated in at least one extra-curricular activity during your junior and senior years at LHS. Applicants must rank in the top half of their graduating class and demonstrate evidence of growth in citizenship while at LHS. They must demonstrate financial need to pursue post-secondary education and be accepted for enrollment at an accredited two or four-year institution.
The Lincoln Community Foundation is a catalyzing force that seeks to create a better future for our community. Improving our city goes beyond making grants that advance charitable activities and helping donors make charitable gifts to support local nonprofit organizations. Generous donors to Lincoln Community Foundation have established more than 90 scholarship funds that benefit students in Nebraska. Applications run from the middle of December until the due date.