Indiana Community Foundations Announce 2026 Lilly Endowment Community Scholars

Indiana community foundations have begun announcing recipients of the 2026 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship. The Lilly Endowment Scholarship Program's purpose is to raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana and retain Indiana's most talented students, encouraging them to pursue careers in the state after graduating. To increase awareness of the importance of Indiana community foundations in their respective communities, foundations in each of the state's 92 counties participate in the program.

Each of the 147 Lilly Scholars receives four years of full-tuition, required fees, and a book stipend at any eligible Indiana public or private nonprofit college or university. Since its inception in 1997, the program has benefitted over 5,400 Indiana students through tuition grants totaling more than $505 million.

Below is a partial list of the 2026 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship recipients, as shared with us by our member organizations.

• Blue River Community Foundation
  Mylez Clark of Shelbyville High School
• Community Foundation of Boone County
  Caroline Cox of Zionsville High School; Anthony Thieu of Zionsville High School
• Community Foundation DeKalb County
  J. Annie Schweitzer; DeKalb High School
• Community Foundation of Elkhart County
  John Stephens of Northridge High School; Mason Pearson of Northwood High School; Jose Nava of Elkhart High School  
• Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne
  Adrianna Burrows of North Side High School; Alexzandra Beason of Woodlan Jr/Sr High School; Kai Vaughn of Snider High School; Biruk Shaw of Northrop High School; Deanna May-Perez of Wayne High School
• Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County
  Elizabeth Bamidele of Delta High School; Clayton Dick of Muncie Central High School
• Dubois County Community Foundation
  Raynie Schnell of Northeast Dubois Jr/Sr High School
• Porter County Community Foundation
  Ashlyn Gentry of Portage High School; Sophia Ho of Valparaiso High School; Katherine Newbanks of Chesterton High School
• Wayne County Community Foundation
  Priya Hodges of Richmond High School; Abigail Lumpkin of Hagerstown High School

To feature your community foundation's Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship recipient(s), email us at news@inphilanthropy.org.