Donors may provide financial assistance to a specific college or for students from an identified school, church, or other organization while retaining the fund within the Community Foundation.

The Foundation honored scholarship donors and their recipients at the fifth annual scholarship reception on May 19, 2005 in the Foundation offices in Her-Ber Meadows. This year, NWACF had seven scholarship funds that awarded twelve scholarships.

The Stanley and Annabel Applegate Scholarship Fund was established by Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Applegate to provide financial assistance to Springdale residents interested in pursuing undergraduate or graduate studies at the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, AR.

The Bates nursing scholarship was established to financially assist nursing students in the most expensive semesters of the Nursing Program. Each fall, the fund will award to a first semester nursing student. Each spring, a scholarship to a fourth semester student will be awarded.

Please direct questions to:
        Ann Garrigues
        Director of Nursing Education
        Northwest Arkansas Community College
        One College Drive
        Bentonville, AR 72712

Betsy and Kim Greehey established this scholarship fund on April 30, 2003 in memory of her father, the late Bill Fleeman of Rogers. Fleeman founded Car-Mart in 1981 and built it into America's largest independent used car dealership before he sold it in January 1999. The scholarship selects outstanding graduates from Rogers High School who exhibit an entrepreneurial spirit and demonstrate financial need.

Please direct questions to:
        Rogers High School
        Scholarship Coordinator
        2300 S. Dixieland
        Rogers, AR 72758

The Willie George Scholarship Fund was created by the Gene George and Lillian Redwine families in memory of their mother, Willie George. The fund provides financial assistance to northwest Arkansas residents enrolling in a course of study in nursing or other health-related professions at schools in northwest Arkansas. This includes undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as candidates in non-degree programs in a health care field.

The Ryan Gibson Scholarship was created to help a deserving Springdale High School student continue their education by providing financial assistance for tuition, books, fees or other college-related costs over one academic year.

Ryan Gibson was an honors graduate of Springdale High School and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He was working on a joint cancer research project, while waiting to start medical school in the fall of 2001. After winning an incredible fight against leukemia, Ryan's life was lost to an unrelated illness. Friends and family wanting to honor Ryan created this fund to provide scholarship assistance to a student graduating from Springdale High School pursuing post-secondary education at a four-year college with a major in the sciences.

This scholarship fund became a member of NWACF family of funds on November 1, 2001. The fund provides scholarship(s) to worthy students who are graduates of Springdale High School and are pursuing post-secondary education at a two or four-year college or vocational school.

Please direct questions to:
        Springdale High School
        Scholarship Coordinator
        P. O. Box 8
        Springdale, AR 72765-0008

This fund was created through the estate of the late Elmer and Dot Johnson to furnish renewable scholarships for worthy, ambitious, and needy graduates of Springdale High School. Recipients may attend colleges or universities anywhere in the state of Arkansas.

This fund provides a non-renewable scholarship for financial assistance to a graduating senior at Bentonville High School enrolling in a full-time program at a vocational/technical school.

Please direct questions to:
        Bentonville High School
        Scholarship Coordinator
        1901 SE "J" Street
        Bentonville, AR 72712

William G. Nelson was from a pioneer family in Springdale and lived most of his life in northwest Arkansas. When he passed away, Mr. Nelson left a bequest to the community foundation to establish a scholarship to aid deserving students in completing their education as a physical therapy assistant (PTA).

Please direct questions to:
       PTA Program Director,
       Northwest Arkansas Community College

The Springdale Kiwanis Club established their scholarship endowment fund with NWACF on April 23, 2003. This organization also qualified to receive $2,500 from the NWACF Agency Endowment Match Program. The Springdale Kiwanis Club will award scholarships to outstanding graduating seniors from Springdale High School.

Please direct questions to:
        Springdale Kiwanis Scholarship Fund
        Attn: Mr. Bromo Wilson
        P.O. Box 652
        Springdale, AR 72765-0652

This renewable scholarship is awarded to graduating seniors from Springdale High School who demonstrate financial need and have personal circumstances that make pursuing secondary education at a two- or four-year school more challenging.

Please direct questions to:
        Springdale High School
        Scholarship Coordinator
        P.O. Box 8
        Springdale, AR 72758-0008