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Since 2000, Nebraska residents have attained bachelor's degrees at a 15-percent higher rate.
Just as the great Cornhusker State motto maintains, "Equality before the law," everyone student here has a fair shot at scholarships in Nebraska.
Since 2000, Nebraska residents have attained bachelor's degrees at a 15-percent higher rate*. This progress could not come at a better time, as the Department of Education projects that more than 60 percent of jobs in the future will require at least some form of higher education.
To start applying for Nebraska scholarships, check out the opportunities below!
* Sources: Department of Education Data
121 Matching Scholarships
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- $3K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: September 15, December 15, March 31, May 15, June 15 | Amount: Varies
Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
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- $3K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: March 18 | Amount: Varies
West Point Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: Varies
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $1K
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Deadline: June 30 | Amount: $1,000
Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) Scholarships
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- $500
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $500
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $4,400
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Deadline: July 13 | Amount: $4,400
United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
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- $500
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $500
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- $5K
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Deadline: January 14 | Amount: $5,000
National FFA Organization
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- Varies
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies
Northeast Community College
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- Varies
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies
Briar Cliff University
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- $22,080
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Deadline: January 15 | Amount: $22,080
Peru State College
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- $500
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $500
Siouxland Community Foundation
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- $500
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $500
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $2.5K
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Deadline: May 31 | Amount: $2,500 for 4 years
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
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- $1.5K
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Deadline: February 1 | Amount: $1,500
Nebraska Academy of Sciences Inc.
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- $3K
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Deadline: February | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- $2K
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Deadline: Rolling Basis | Amount: Up to $2,000
Chicago Occupational Therapy
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- $500
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $500
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $3K
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Deadline: February | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- $2K
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Deadline: January 14 | Amount: $2,000
National FFA Organization
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- Varies
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies
Northeast Community College
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- $2K
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Deadline: February 1 | Amount: $1,000/semester
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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- $500
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: $500
Northeast Community College
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- $500
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $500
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $500
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $500
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: Varies
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $3K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- $3K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: February 1 | Amount: Varies
Black Hills State University
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- $1K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $1,000
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $1K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $1,000
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $300
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Deadline: April 15 | Amount: $300
Nebraska Coaches Association
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- $3K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- $3K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- $20K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $20,000
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $3K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies
Northeast Iowa Community College
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- $1.5K
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Deadline: January 14 | Amount: $1,500
National FFA Organization
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- $1K
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Deadline: January 14 | Amount: $1,000
National FFA Organization
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- Varies
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies
Cornell College
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- Varies
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Deadline: February 4 | Amount: Varies
University of Michigan
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- $3K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- $1.5K
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Deadline: March 15 | Amount: $1,500
Lincoln Community Foundation
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- $350
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $350
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: April 15 | Amount: Varies
Concordia Seminary
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- Varies
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies
Dallas Theological Seminary
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- $5K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $5,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: Varies
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: Varies
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: Varies
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $1K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $1,000
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $1K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $1,000
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $1K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $1,000
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $3K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- $1K
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Deadline: April 29 | Amount: $1,000
Iowa Student Loan Education Lending
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- $500
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $500
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $3K
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Deadline: February | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- $3K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- $3K
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Deadline: February | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- $2.5K
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: $2,500
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture
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- $2K
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Deadline: March 15 | Amount: $2,000
Lincoln Community Foundation
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- $5K
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Deadline: February 7 | Amount: $500-$5,000
Jimmy Rane Foundation
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- $3K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- $1K
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Deadline: January 14 | Amount: $1,000
National FFA Organization
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- $1K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $1,000
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $2.5K
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Deadline: January 1 | Amount: $2,500
National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) International Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: Varies
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $500
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $500
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: June 15 | Amount: Varies
Fresno Pacific University
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- $500
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $500
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $2K
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Deadline: January 14 | Amount: $2,000
National FFA Organization
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- $2.5K
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Deadline: May | Amount: $2,500
Medical Group Management Association
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- Varies
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies
Midwestern Higher Education Compact
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- Varies
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
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- Varies
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies
Indiana University-Kokomo
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- $500
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $500
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: Prior to the start of any term | Amount: Varies
Nebraska Department of Veterans' Affairs
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- $1.5K
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Deadline: March 1 | Amount: $300-$1,500
Nebraska Academy of Sciences Inc.
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- $4K
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Deadline: March 31 | Amount: $2,000-$4,000
Nebraska Actuaries Club
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- Varies
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: Varies
Nebraska State Elks Association
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- $2K
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Deadline: February 1 | Amount: $1,00/semester
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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- $1,225
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: $1,225
Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
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- $1K
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Deadline: June 15 | Amount: $1,000
Concordia Seminary
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- $2K
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: $2,000
Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation
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- $3K
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Deadline: January 31 | Amount: $2,000-$3,000
Norma Ross Walter Scholarship Program
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- $2.5K
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Deadline: March 15 | Amount: $2,500
Lincoln Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies
Wayne State College
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- $18K
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: $1,500-$18,000
American Legion, Department of Nebraska
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- $500
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $500
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: Varies
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $1K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $1,000
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $1K
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Deadline: December 31 | Amount: $1,000
American Radio Relay League Foundation
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- $1K
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Deadline: December 31 | Amount: $1,000
American Radio Relay League Foundation
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- $500
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $500
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: Varies
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $500
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $500
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $1K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $1,000
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $2.5K
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Deadline: October 1 | Amount: Up to $2,500
Premier Roofing Company
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- Varies
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies
Northeast Community College
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- $1K
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Deadline: December 31 | Amount: $500-$1,000
American Radio Relay League Foundation
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- $3K
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Deadline: February | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- $750
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $750
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: Varies
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $1K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $1,000
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $3K
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Deadline: February | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- $25K
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Deadline: January | Amount: $25,000
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska
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- $8,900
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Deadline: February 1 | Amount: $8,900
University of Nebraska at Kearney
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- Varies
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Deadline: February 1 | Amount: Varies
Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
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- $3K
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Deadline: February | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: February 5 | Amount: Varies
Theatre Arts Guild Inc.
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- $2K
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Deadline: Rolling Basis | Amount: $2,000
Therapy Materials Vault
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- Varies
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Deadline: March 1; December 1 | Amount: Varies
Titan Machinery
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- Varies
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Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies
Cornell College
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- $1,250
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $1,250
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $400
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Deadline: March 1 | Amount: $400
American Legion Auxiliary, Department of Nebraska
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- $1K
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Deadline: June 15 | Amount: At least $1,000
Nebraska Funeral Directors Association
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- $2K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $2,000
Phelps County Community Foundation
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- $3K
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $3,000
Grand Island Community Foundation
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- Varies
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Deadline: February 15 | Amount: Varies
Phelps County Community Foundation
