Personalized Scholarships
Our recipients have taught us there is no mountain too steep to climb as long as you have the ganas and work ethic to reach the summit. Our goal is to raise $100,000 through the Personalized Scholarship Initiative.
WHY DONATE?
The costs of higher education continue to increase. Latino students are smart and dedicated students. Scholarships are a great way to invest in and help Latino students mee their future goals and to create a strong, well-educated workforce for Idaho.
Donors can create a personalized scholarship as a memorial to someone special by selecting eligibility criteria that exemplify that donor’s goals or values.
Donors may use their scholarship to express their eductional values or those of their family or business. Depending on the donor’s preferences, their scholarship can support students from their community, those studying within a particular field, or attending the same educational institution as the donor(s).
BUILD YOUR LEGACY
- Make a gift to the Idaho Latino Scholarship Foundation. Donors can give cash, check, or donate online. Donors may be eligible to receive tax benefits in the year their gift is made.
- Donors Select the eligibility criteria requirements of their personalized scholarship. These can be based on a student’s field of study, background, geography, or campus/institution. Background and geography are subject to ILSF Board approval prior to the scholarship applicaiton process opening.
- Donors name their scholarship. Donors can use their name, the name fo their business, or honor any person or organization they choose.
- ILSF handles all the administrative details – including notifying schools and the public about the scholarship’s availability, collecting applications, and sending award letters.
- Scholarship funds must be long-term, to last as many years as possible and support the educatioinal dreams and goals of future Latino students.
FOR EXAMPLE
The Guadalupe Cardenas Gonzalez Memorial Scholarship Fund was established by the Gonzalez family to honor their mother/grandmother. It provides scholarships to qualifying students who have worked or whose parents have worked in the fields, packing sheds, processing plants, or other agricultural jobs and/or are immigrants (from Mexico), and who are pursuing a higher education in Idaho.
Kimberly Jimenez Guevara, Boise State University
“Without the financial support from the Idaho Latino Scholarship Foundation, I probably wouldn’t be where I am today. ILSF believed in my educational goals and supported me financially during my freshman year of college. I am beyond grateful for not only the financial support, but the trsut they had in me which further movitated me to continue pursuing my education”
Daniel Camargo, College of Idaho
“The Idaho Latino Scholarship Foundation was an important part of my undergraduate education and I am very thankful for having received this scholarship. As I continue my education in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the University of Utah, I reflect on the positive impact scholarships such as the ILSF made on my academic goals. I am more than grateful for the support I received.”
Ready to get started?
Schedule a meeting with our Executive Board! Email us at info@idaholsf.com
Donate online at www.idaholsf.com/give/ OR
Send a check to:
Idaho Latino Scholarship Fund | P.O. Box 9918 | Boise, ID 83708
SCHOLARSHIP FUND QUICK FACTSÂ
Basic
- 1.5% annual fee
- Management fee of 0.5%
- Applicants use the common ILSF Application
Donor
- Chooses the name of the scholarship fund and the selection criteria
- Starts fund with minimum of $2,000 (two $1,000 scholarships).
- Pledges funds for a minimum of two (2) years
ILSF
- Gathers applications & reviews them for completeness and student eligibility
- Convenes a regional committee to review applications and make selections.
- Confirms the student recipients meet the selection criteria.
- Sends award and decline letters to student applicants.
- Confirms student is enrolled at college or university prior to releasing scholarship funds.