Students have until March 7 at midnight to submit scholarship applications The Elk Community Foundation (ECCF) and the McKean County Community Foundation (MCCF) remind students that the deadline for applying for 2023 scholarships is fast approaching. Students must submit their online applications by midnight on Tuesday, March 7. Over 170 scholarship opportunities are available to […]
PHOTO: Johnsonburg Area High School students, Dominic Jacobs, and Maggie Hetrick, work on new Dell workstations in their Digital Arts class. The computers were purchased with grant money received from the Elk County Community Foundation through EITC donations. In 2022, the Elk County Community Foundation (ECCF) was the grateful recipient of EITC donations from Farmers […]
You may have never heard of scholarship displacement, but the Elk County Community Foundation, the McKean County Community Foundation, and our local students have dealt with it for many years. This occurs when colleges and universities reduce a student’s financial aid package by subtracting the scholarship amount when the student receives a private scholarship, such […]
Members of Women Who Care, a project of the Elk County Community Foundation, have the opportunity to qualify each year for the chance to award a special Donor-for-a-Day grant to a nonprofit organization of their choice. Four lucky members were able to award granting dollars to a favorite organization during the WWC holiday membership drive. […]
Hailey Mae Matheson of Ridgway will be remembered in a special way through the Hailey Matheson Memorial Scholarship Fund established at the Elk County Community Foundation (ECCF) by her parents, Chris and Ali Matheson. Hailey passed away in 2020 at the young age of eight, surrounded by her loving family at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. […]
