Apply for a Scholarship
The Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico invites students of all degree paths to apply to our 2025 scholarship cycle.
Applications Open December 16, 2024
First time applicants will need to create an account
DEADLINE TO APPLY:
MARCH 17, 2025
Your CFSNM offers scholarships that support students from all walks and stages of life in pursuing various avenues of their educational and professional journeys.
Applicants must be pursuing any avenue of higher education and/or professional certifications. This includes undergraduate, post-grad, vocational and more! Applicants must be actively enrolled as a student. Applicants in high school must be a graduating senior.
With a wide range of categories, your CFSNM offers scholarships for everyone including, but not limited to:
- Healthcare
- Volunteerism
- CTE, Trade, Vocational
- LGBTQIA+
- Students with disabilities
- In-state and out-of-state
- All dgree paths for undergraduate to post-grad
- Students returning to school
- African American, Indigenous, Hispanic (BiPOC)
This year, with immense gratitude, we announce the launch of our Student Success Scholarship Fund! This milestone achievement wouldn’t have been possible without our community’s unwavering dedication and belief in the power of education. Together, we are empowering students to pursue their dreams and unlock endless possibilities.
Aaron michael cox memorial scholarship endowment fund
Scholarships for minority students studying Audio Production at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Alamogordo Breakfast Lions Club Scholarship
Alexis Elle Endowment Fund Scholarship
Alexis Legarreta ENLACE Scholarship
Alfred P. Corral Endowment Fund
Anna-Marie Aldaz Scholarship Fund
Aprendamos Juntos Scholarship
Barry McClure Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
Buckhorn Tavern Scholarship Fund
carla j. urban scholarship for the trades
To grant 1 student from Hot Springs High School in Truth or Consequences, NM that will be entering into a trade field of study at a vocational trades institution or a community college for a trade certificate
carol troeller second chance scholarship fund
To support students with emergency financial needs with a preference for a female student in business fields of study
Catherine Joyce Webb Endowed Scholarship Fund
CFSNM student success Scholarship
To award outstanding academic students from Doña Ana County in Southern New Mexico
Clarence H. Fielder Memorial Scholarship
To support African American students from historically underrepresented backgrounds
Cloudcroft Community Group Scholarship
Scholarship for students from Cloudcroft planning to attend a New Mexico institution for higher learning
cotter second chance scholarship
To support non-traditional, female students who are residents of Southern New Mexico. Must be attending a post-secondary school in Southern New Mexico.
David Diaz Music From the Heart Endowment Fund
Dr. Robert Palmer Scholarship Fund
edna mae scholarship
To support women from rural communities attending a vocational community college or university
Forch E. Atkinson Scholarship Endowment Fund
Frankie D. & Russell E. Clemons Endowment Fund Scholarships
From the Heart Endowment Fund
Good Samaritan Scholarship
Harold Cousland Fund for Young Journalists
Hazel Hutchcroft Memorial Endowment Fund
Healthcare Foundation Scholarship Endowment Fund
Hispanic Scholarship Endowment Fund
Holloway Irwin Memorial Scholarship Fund
Johanna Koester Heine Endowment Fund
jose covarrubias scholarship
To support a graduating senior from Hot Springs High School, first generation college student, planning to attend New Mexico State University
josh scholarship
To support students who are residents of the Chaves, Lincoln and Otero counties of New Mexico attending any higher educational university, community college or vocational school. Students must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, single parents demonstrating financial need are strongly encouraged to apply
JOSH scholarship enmu-r
To support students who are residents of Chaves, Lincoln, Otero or Roosevelt counties of New Mexico attending a vocational school or community college. This scholarship is primarily for students attending NMSU-Alamogordo, NMSU-Roswell, or NMSU-Ruidoso and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, students of all ages and learning levels are encouraged to apply
Jon Wynne Endowment Fund
Scholarships for Doña Ana Community College students with financial need
Judith Shelton-Gibson Endowment Fund
Healthcare educational grants at Doña Ana Community College and New Mexico State University
Kevin T. Riedel Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
Las Cruces Optimist Clubs Endowment Fund
Leonard R. and Lois I. Sugerman Health Sciences Scholarship Fund
Scholarships for students enrolled in the Health Science Department at the College of Health and Social Services at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM
LGBTQIA+ Scholarship by the Charles T. Townley and Victor T. Roberts Fund
To support queer individuals at higher education institutions graduating from areas located in Doña Ana, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Otero and Sierra counties
Lowell R. Duhrsen II Memorial Endowment Fund
Healthcare scholarships at New Mexico State University
Michael D. and Cynthia E. Pinholster Scholarship Endowment
myra covarrubias special needs scholarship
To support a college junior or senior at New Mexico State University majoring in Special Education
nancy huntley scholarship
To support charitable educational purposes
NMSU Sigma Nu Memorial Scholarship Endowment in Memory of Eddie Jaramillo Fund
Over the rainbow scholarship
To support non-traditional female undergraduate students with financial need attending New Mexico State University or Doña Ana Community College
Ronnie Wright Rotary Fund
To support students who live in Doña Ana County and are active in Rotary, RYLA or Rotaract
Southern NM Down Syndrome Families Scholarship Fund Endowment
SpringBoard!
For both traditional and non-traditional (female) students entering or enrolled in a Southern New Mexico community college or vocational school
Sunspot Solar-Mellow & Janet Honek Endowment Fund
Village at northrise endowment fund
Healthcare educational scholarships at Doña Ana Community College and New Mexico State University
Vescovo Automotive technology scholarship
To support students in their second year enrolled in Doña Ana Community College Automotive Technology Program with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
You Fund
Providing scholarships for New Mexico State University or Doña Ana Community College students with career goals in medicine or law and from a single-parent home
Zachary Adam Giordan-Lascari Memorial Scholarship Fund
This scholarship is intended to benefit a father attending or planning to attend a physical therapy institute to study Physical Therapy
Preference will be given to students attending Pima Medical Institute studying Physical Therapy in Albuquerque