Value: $2500 Renewable
# Awarded: 1
Application Due Date: March 7, 2025
Recipients Notified Date: May 1
Renewal Date: March 31, 2025
Field(s) of Study:
Business
General Studies
Occupation/Vocation
Criteria
- Open to any graduating high school senior who wishes to own their own business.
- Evidence of entrepreneurial spirit and initiative will be heavily weighted.
- Applicant plans to enter an accredited, two-year program offered at a community college, trade school, technical institute or a public school which specializes in certification for the trades.
- Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited institution. Prefer in state of Washington but not required.
- Applicant's extra curricular activities, leadership and character are considered.
- Financial planning with minimum debt to complete program in the prescribed, continuous time frame.
Requirements
- Finalists will be interviewed by a committee made up of members of the Rotary Club of Woodinville and representatives of the Town of Grace. Candidate should be prepared to discuss specific career objectives.
- This scholarship may be renewable for an additional academic period to a recipient who continues to demonstrate a keen interest in entrepreneurship and is on track to graduate or receive a program certificate within two years.
Current Recipient(s)
Nathaniel Gibbs
Woodinville High School - 2017
UW Bothell
Computer Science and Robotics
Colton Ford
Woodinville 2022
Bellingham Tech
Welding
Grant Shulda
Secondary Academy (SAS) 2022
Central Washington University
Apparel, Textiles and Merchandising
Arrth Mittal
Inglemoor 2024
Cornell University
Biomedical Engineering
About the Sponsor
The Town of Grace Entrepreneur Scholarship for those pursuing careers in the trades was established to recognize young people who have demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit and initiative, and to raise awareness among Northshore's youth of the critical role that private enterprise and entrepreneurship play in building our community.
This Memorial Scholarship was established through a $150,000 bequest from an anonymous donor residing in The Town of Grace, Washington. The Town of Grace adjoins Woodinville's northern boundary in the area of Highway 9 and reaches as far north as Maltby.
Applicants are urged to learn about the history of the Town of Grace, Washington. During interviews, finalists may be asked to share what they have learned.