Lincoln Community Foundation

The Lincoln Community Foundation is pleased to announce they have updated their scholarship guidelines and application materials for spring 2024 scholarship awards!

You may find information about their available scholarships by visiting their website at https://lcf.academicworks.com/

The Lincoln Community Foundation administers 87 different scholarship funds--many of which are for students who live outside of Lincoln/Lancaster County!  We encourage all Nebraska students to visit the link to research their eligibility.  Almost $550,000 will be awarded to nearly 300 students.

Using the link above, students will click Sign Up to create an account by supplying their email address as their username and a password.  If they accessed the system in previous years, they may simply Sign In with their username and password. Once logged in, applicants will have access to the online general application form.  A current transcript and the FAFSA submission summary that includes your SAI (Student Aid Index) are required for all applications. Because of the delayed release of the FAFSA in 2023, applicants may use and upload the estimated SAI value that is received after submitting their FAFSA. Official or unofficial (copies) of transcripts are acceptable.

Based on information provided in the submitted general application, students are automatically matched to scholarships for which they are fully eligible. Students will see these “auto-matched” scholarships on their account's “My Applications” tab. 

There are also scholarships which require additional information beyond the general application. After the general application is submitted, additional scholarships can be seen on the account’s “Recommended Opportunities” tab.  Please read the information and criteria carefully to determine eligibility.  "Recommended" does not mean that you are necessarily eligible.  To apply, students must click on the individual “Apply To” buttons to finish and submit.  These opportunities may require references, answers to additional questions, special essays or other documentation.  When you click on the "Apply To" button of an opportunity you will see additional fields to answer questions, upload documents and fill in the names and addresses of your references.  References will automatically receive a link to complete a reference form directly within the system.  It is important to note that the deadline for references is the same as that of the application.  It is also very important to apply well enough ahead of the deadline to allow references to respond!   After submitting, these applications will also appear on the “My Applications” tab.