In 2022, more than 185 local students were awarded a scholarship through the El Paso Community Foundation. These students represented a number of public high schools in the area and set themselves apart through academics, extracurriculars, volunteer efforts, and leadership activities.
Contact Bonita Johnson at bjohnson@epcf.org or call her at (915) 533-4020 with questions.
Applications open January 1 and are due April 1.
Current college students should contact their campus’s scholarship office to learn more about scholarships provided by the Community Foundation. High school seniors may be eligible for one of the following scholarships. Recipients are selected by counselors, principals, and/or scholarship committees.
Elroy Bode Scholarship - Austin High School (literary arts)
LaNelle Boling Scholarship – Regional Day School Program for the Deaf
Ruth E. Gillett Scholarship – Andress High School
Robert T. Golberg Scholarship – El Paso Independent School District high schools
Rosa Guerrero Scholarship – El Paso High School
Edgar L. & Sibley Cirlot Hunter – Tularosa High School, Tularosa, NM
Carly Laverde Memorial Scholarship – Coronado High School
Yashar Mahmood Memorial Scholarship – El Paso High School
John and Everett Melby Scholarship – El Paso High School
Robert G. Neill, Jr. Scholarship – Irvin High School
Harlow L. Paul III Scholarship – Burges High School
First National Bank Scholarship Fund for the Children of El Paso County/Ft. Bliss soldiers Killed in Action
Makios Technology Fund – Will award tuition and educational related expenses to El Paso County students pursuing careers in Information Technology
Bears Beyond the Border Scholarship Fund – Bowie High School
Chris Powers Scholarship Fund — Medical field
2015 William W. Cowan III Memorial Scholarship Fund
A. Alan abd Marie Z. Montrose Scholarship Fund
Aaron M. Works Memorial Scholarship Fund
Advertising Federation of El Paso Scholarship Fund
Al Anderson Music Scholarship Fund
Americas High School Cheer Booster Club Scholarship Fund
Angela and Robert Golberg Scholarship Fund
Anthony Rotary Club Scholarship Fund
Araujo Scholarship (pending)
Arden Reed Sparks Scholarship Fund for Teacher Education
Arthur F. Gale History Scholarship Fund for UTEP
Bank of America Scholarship Fund
Bears Beyond Border Scholarship Fund
Bettye Jean Jobe and Jack Lawrence Jobe Memorial Scholarship
Bill Mattingly Scholarship Fund
Bob Moore Journalism Scholarship Fund
Catherine L. McPike Scholarship Fund
Chris Powers Scholarship Fund
Clyde Wafer Scholarship Fund
Coach Don Brooks Scholarship Fund
Coronado High School Class of 88 Scholarship Fund
Dave Koz Music Scholarship Fund
David Pearson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Debra A. Caldwell Scholarship Fund
Dorothy G. Marshall Scholarship Fund
Dr. and Mrs. W.R. Curtis Memorial Scholarship for University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Dr. James J. Gorman Scholarship Fund for Medicine
Dr. William Springer Scholarship for Philosophy
Earle Graham Scholarship Foundation Fund for Texas A&M
Elizabeth Parsons Scholarship Fund
El Paso Builders Association Scholarship
El Paso High School Class of 1961 Scholarship Fund
El Paso in Austin Network PT
El Paso Youth Victims’ Fund
Enrique L. Gallegos Memorial Scholarship Fund
Evelyn and David E. Goodman Fund for Vilas School
Fabens Scholarship
Flora L. Daugherty Scholarship Fund for Sul Ross State University
Harriet J. and C. Edward Sowards Scholarship Fund
Helen and Pete Desantis Scholarship Fund
Home Builders Care Project
Hutto ISD Fund (pending)
Ivy and Win Griffin Scholarship Fund
James and Dorothy Hindman White Scholarship Fund
J.D. and Edna Davis Scholarship Fund
Joe and Halina Kallaby/SEAoT Leadership Award
John P. Foster Scholarship Fund for Engineering
Jose Medel Scholarship Fund
Joseph B. Karam Scholarship Fund
Joseph Karam Golf Tournament Project
Karen and Richard Pearson Scholarship Fund for Broadcast Journalism at UTEP
Kenneth P. Gifford Scholarship Fund for UTEP
Kern Place Association Scholarship Fund
Khalid Foundation Fund (pending)
Lawyers Title of El Paso Scholarship Fund for UTEP and EPCC
Livre d’Or Scholarship Fund
Lois C. Jolly Endowment Fund for the EP Chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters
Lucy and Abraham Chavez Fund for String Instrumentalists
Manny and Elvia H. Pacillas Scholarship Fund
Manuel and Maria Trillo Memorial Scholarship Fund
Margarita and Francisco Talamantes Scholarship Fund
Marguerite Loya Pearson Scholarship Fund for the Arts
Marian Meaker Apteckar Assistance Fund for the UTEP College of Nursing
Marian Meaker Apteckar Fund for Piano Studies at UTEP
Mary K. and Donald W. Fleming Scholarship Fund
Mexican American Bar Association of El Paso Founder’s Scholarship Fund
Michael C. Bustillos Scholarship Fund
Mickey Solis Scholarship Fund
Mount Franklin Kiwanis
Murchison Engineering Student Scholarship Fund
Nelly Garcia Gallinar Scholarship Fund
Nora Dove Apteckar Fund for Creative Writing
Patricia and Jonathan Rogers Permanent Fund
Paul Family Scholarship
Podus Perpetual Fund
Polly Harris Theater Arts Scholarship Fund
Press Club of El Paso Scholarship Fund
Rainbow Project
Ramiro and Anna Maria Guzman Scholarship Fund
Ramon Corral Scholarship Fund
Robbin E. L. Washington Scholarship Fund
Robert J. McLellan Scholarship Fund
Robert Schreck Memorial Education Fund
Rotary Youth Scholarship Fund
Sandy Aaronson Endowment for El Paso high School
Shapleigh Scholarship Fund (pending)
Shirley Gore Staten Fund for Modern Dance
Stevenson Family Scholarship Fund
Texas Education Foundation Endowment Fund
The Cello Fund
The Lightbourn Family Fund-Armando Richard Alvidrez Memorial Scholarship
The Lightbourn Family Fund-john edward Whittler Memorial Scholarship at Cathedral High School
The Troller Family Scholarship Fund
Tony Perez Giese Scholarship Fund
University of Texas at El Paso - Paul Family Scholarship Fund
Velma P. Foster Fund for Teacher Education
Warren T. Mithoff Scholarship Fund
WestStar Bank Fund
Workers’ Memorial Scholarship Fund
W.W. Turney Scholarship Fund
Start your own scholarship fund to provide an ongoing investment in the youth and future of El Paso. Contact Eric Pearson or Kathrin Berg.