Pinellas Community Foundation collaborates with our fundholders to offer scholarships that help students of all ages reach higher education. Let one of our scholarships support you in building a brighter future.
Students find and apply for a scholarship below. Donors and families who want to honor someone create a scholarship fund with PCF. Pick your path.
Each scholarship has its own focus: a school, a field of study, a hometown, or a life experience. Read who each one is for, then apply where it says.
Scan the list and note the scholarships you qualify for.
Check how to apply. Some take an online application through PCF, others go through your college or academy.
Read the full selection criteria on the scholarship’s own page, or ask the school, before you apply.
A scholarship fund at PCF opens doors for local students pursuing college, vocational training, or advanced study. You decide the purpose and criteria that matter most to you; PCF manages the process from start to finish.
Define your vision. Choose a focus such as financial need, academic merit, specific schools, fields of study, or student backgrounds.
Sign a simple agreement. We help you create a document that outlines your goals and criteria.
Fund now or later. Give today, or plan a future gift through your estate.
Pinellas Community Foundation works with its fundholders to offer every scholarship on this list. Three have their own page with the full selection criteria and how to apply. The others are available through educational institutions.
Each of these scholarships has its own page with the selection criteria, how to apply, and ways to donate to the fund.
In memory of Brian Lee Smith.
Awards scholarships each year to Stetson University College of Law for law students who were members of, regularly attended, or currently volunteer with a Boys and Girls Club.
Preference goes to students who attended Boys and Girls Clubs in Pinellas, Hillsborough, or Pasco counties.
Ask the financial aid office at Stetson University College of Law.
Tarpon Springs, performing arts.
Financial support for high school seniors from Tarpon Springs pursuing a performing arts education or career. The fund awards two scholarships of $2,000 each.
The Kathleen Monahan Foundation Fund supports, promotes, and funds the performing arts and arts education for arts organizations, professional artists, and residents of the greater Tarpon Springs community, so people of every cultural and economic background can experience the joy and wonder the performing arts bring.
Online application through PCF
Applications announced late 2026 for 2026–2027. Selection announced in mid-May.
Dunedin High School, performing arts.
Lari White Cannon was a country music singer-songwriter and actress, born in Dunedin. The scholarship assists graduating seniors from Dunedin High School who plan to pursue a performing arts education at an accredited institution.
Applicants must show involvement in the performing arts during high school, be in good academic standing, and hold a 3.0 or higher GPA at graduation.
Online application through PCF
2026 applications: March 9 – April 17, 2026. Selection announced in mid-May.
PCF holds these scholarship funds and makes them available through educational institutions. Where a listing names the school, contact that school to learn how to apply.
Children of NALC members.
Awards scholarships to children of NALC members attending St. Petersburg College or any public, four-year college or university supported by the state of Florida. Scholarships are renewable one time only.
The trust was established in 1985 by the late Costas G. Lemonopoulos, a retired letter carrier and member of West Coast Florida Branch 1477 in St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg College or a public four-year Florida college or university
St. Petersburg High School graduates.
Benefits high-performing graduates of St. Petersburg High School, with a preference for students from families that immigrated from the states of the former Yugoslavia.
Evening students over 25.
Benefits students over the age of 25 who attend St. Petersburg College in the evenings.
St. Petersburg College
Current and newly enrolled students.
Two types of scholarships for students attending the National Aviation Academy: awards for current students are based on academic performance, and awards for newly enrolled students are based on financial need.
National Aviation Academy
In memory of Warren J. Bowman. Law, medicine, and nursing.
Benefits students in law, medicine, and nursing. PCF distributes scholarship funds to Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg College, and USF Health.
Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg College, or USF Health
Criminal justice, Tampa Bay area.
Scholarships for survivors of domestic violence and/or people of color in the Tampa Bay area who are pursuing a career in criminal justice. CASA created the fund to improve the experience of survivors and people of color in the criminal justice system and to build a system more reflective of the people it serves.
Tarpon Springs High School graduates, visual arts.
Supports graduates of Tarpon Springs High School who are pursuing higher education in the visual arts.
A scholarship fund at PCF can support students for generations. Endowed funds preserve your gift and award scholarships every year, and PCF takes care of the details: promoting the scholarship, coordinating reviews, and distributing awards.
Define the award criteria and selection preferences, or honor a loved one’s legacy with a named fund.
PCF manages applications, disbursements, compliance, records, and payouts.
Many donors begin with a modest gift and grow the fund over time, whether $5,000 or $500,000.
Fund types, ways to give, and how to match a gift to a goal.
An annual gift that funds PCF’s competitive grants to Pinellas nonprofits.
Who we are, how funds are overseen, and more than 55 years of local giving.
