(Decatur County, IN) – The 2025 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship application will be available in Decatur County starting August 1 through the Decatur County Community Foundation.
The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program (LECSP) will provide 147 scholarships statewide and one scholarship in Decatur County.
LECSP scholarships may be used for otherwise unreimbursed full tuition, required fees, and a special allocation of up to $900 per year.
The special allocation may cover the costs for required books and required equipment for four years of undergraduate study on a full-time basis leading to a baccalaureate degree at any eligible Indiana public or private nonprofit college or university.
The program, administered statewide by Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) and locally in Decatur County through the Decatur County Community Foundation, is open to all Indiana residents who:
• graduate from an accredited Indiana high school by 2025 and receive their diploma no later than June 30, 2025;
• intend to pursue a full-time baccalaureate course of study at an eligible college or university in Indiana; and • meet the criteria specific to their local community foundation. Visit dccfound.org for complete information regarding the DCCF’s application criteria.
Students can learn more about the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship in Decatur County and apply for this scholarship by visiting dccfound.org. Applications must be completed and submitted by noon on August 23, 2024 to be considered.
Applications will be evaluated on, but not limited to, application scores and an impromptu essay. Five finalists will be nominated by the Decatur County Community Foundation, and their names will be submitted to ICI for final selection of the recipients.
Scholarship recipients will be notified in December.
Lilly Endowment created LECSP for the 1997-98 school year and has supported the program every year since with tuition grants totaling more than $490 million. More than 5,300 Indiana students have received Lilly Endowment Community Scholarships since the program’s inception.
The primary purposes of LECSP are: 1) to help raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana; 2) to increase awareness of the beneficial roles Indiana community foundations can play in their communities; and 3) to encourage and support the efforts of current and past Lilly Endowment Community Scholars to engage with each other and with Indiana business, governmental, educational, nonprofit and civic leaders to improve the quality of life in Indiana generally and in local communities throughout the state.
Lilly Endowment Inc. is an Indianapolis-based, private philanthropic foundation created in 1937 by J.K. Lilly Sr. and his sons Eli and J.K. Jr. through gifts of stock in their pharmaceutical business, Eli Lilly and Company. Although the gifts of stock remain a financial bedrock of the Endowment, it is a separate entity from the company, with a distinct governing board, staff and location. In keeping with the founders’ wishes, the Endowment supports the causes of community development, education and religion. The Endowment funds significant programs throughout the United States, especially in the field of religion. However, it maintains a special commitment to its founders’ hometown, Indianapolis, and home state, Indiana.
For more information on the Lilly Scholarship or the Decatur County Community Foundation, visit dccfound.org, or contact the Foundation at (812) 662-6364.
(Decatur County Community Foundation press release)
