Please Note: Our service areas include residents with a permanent addresss in the Tri-Cites of Grand Haven, Spring Lake, and Ferrysburg and Allendale and Coopersville. Community Foundations serve donors and charitable agencies for the enhancement of their specific service areas. Guidelines prohibit us from using funds for non-residents of our service areas. Residents of other areas should consult their local Community Foundation for scholarship opportunities.

Deadline: 5pm Friday, March 5, 2010
See below (step number 4) for how and where to submit your completed application.

Please read the following directions before beginning your applicaion:

How to apply:
There are four steps to the application process.

1. Begin to fill out your FAFSA so you have the results back in time for the March 5, 2010 deadline.

2. Print the Financial Information Form, fill it out, sign it and mail it to the College or University you plan to attend in the fall.

3. Register and complete an online application, when you are finished reading step four then click here to begin your application.

4. By March 5th, submit your application in two ways:
First: Submit your application electronically. Then go to the main menu page on the e-Grant page. Click on the "View" button. Your application will appear in PDF format.
Second:
1. Print this PDF form of your application. (If the word "Draft" appears on any pages of the application after printing, go back to the "Finish Page" and "Submit" the application. Applications will not be considered submitted if they are in Draft form.)
2. Attach a copy of your most recent transcript (either High School or College) and
3. A copy of Page One (1) of your SAR report that contains your EFC information.

Mail or deliver these three pieces of information, stapled together in the above order, to the Grand Haven Community Foundation, 1 South Harbor, Grand Haven, MI 49417 no later than 5 pm on Friday, March 5, 2010.