Create Your Own Scholarship
Fund a CKSF Scholarship or We can help you create your own traditional scholarship
| The secret of scholarships:
Awarding a scholarship is more rewarding than receiving a scholarship.
You are making a difference in the lives of others, your community and society. The process creates an instant bond and the world will look at you in a whole new light. I would like to fund or help fund a Common Knowledge Scholarship. I would like to start a traditional type scholarship - not one through CKSF. |
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I would like to fund or help fund a Common Knowledge Scholarship.
If you are one of the following professionals, CKSF has a special program that allows you to help every high school student in your county:
| Chiropractor | Optometrist |
| Attorney | Insurance Agent |
| Dentist | Real Estate Agent |
| Banker | Pizza Shop Owner |
Each of these professions is paired with a high school subject. A single sponsorship makes every high school student in your county eligible to participate in a special Academic Review and Scholarship program. Besides the intrinsic value you get from providing sponsorship for your community, this program provides an unparalleled marketing program for your business. From a financial perspective, the value of the sponsorship is far more than the cost of the $500 sponsorship. (Read more / become a sponsor / Contact Us)
I am not one of the professions noted above but want to fund a Common Knowledge Scholarship.
At the Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation one the best rewards is to share the wealth of being a scholarship provider. If you would like to help fund a current CKSF scholarship or would like to create your own, we are interested in working with you. The process is very simple and we will do all the hard work for you. Just send us a note or give us a call and we'll work out the details. (Read more / become a sponsor / Contact Us)
I would like to start a traditional type scholarship - not one through CKSF.
Starting your own traditional scholarship does not have to be difficult. Consider yourself a hero for just considering it - it is a good a rare thing you are considering.
- Choose population you want to help, some example are:
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High school seniors
Students who have done some type of community service
College students that are biology majors
It is your scholarship; you may define the who any way you choose!
- Decide what you want students to do to apply - write an essay, submit grades, etc.
- Decide how you want to administer the scholarship (this can be a little tricky)
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Contact a school and put the money in a restricted school account
Create a special account at your bank designated as the scholarship fund
Simply write a check out of your account when the time comes (be careful here)
- Announce that your scholarship is available
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Contact the school's guidance office or financial aid office
Write a press release (optional)
Create a simple flyer to hand out
- Provide written instructions on what students is to do to win (This is critical)
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What is the deadline to summit the application?
Who EXACTLY is eligible
How much is the award
What EXACTLY does the student have to do
Who does the student send the application to when ready?
Be prepared for phone calls and letters asking the same questions over and over and over and over no matter how detailed your instructions.
- Decide when you will provide the money to the winner and how the money may be used (CKSF sends the check payable to the college for deposit in the student's account.)
- Please Note: there are now laws governing a scholarship funder from solely choosing the scholarship winner!!