Heritage Fund Announces Emergency COVID-19 Relief Scholarship Fund

Heritage Fund scholarship donors have pooled unused award dollars to create a one-time emergency fund to aid students facing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Emergency COVID-19 Relief Scholarship Fund has been established temporarily to provide tuition/educational expense assistance to students for their Fall 2020 semester. To apply, students must explain financial hardship they/their families are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is affecting their enrollment for the upcoming semester. Students must be in current good academic standing as high school seniors or at their college/university. Scholarship awards will be paid directly to the schools on the students’ behalf.

For more information or to apply online visit heritagefundbc.org. Applications must be submitted by 4 p.m. June 1, 2020.

About Heritage Fund
Heritage Fund – The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County was formed as a community foundation in 1976 with the purpose of continuing a legacy of giving by providing an opportunity for all citizens to make gifts and establish charitable funds to benefit the local community. It was created primarily to:  provide responsible stewardship of gifts donated for broad charitable purposes; promote leadership to address community issues; serve as a catalyst for positive change in partnership with others; and promote philanthropy broadly within the community.