Welcome to the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation Scholarship pages. The Community Foundation is an excellent resource for students pursuing post secondary education. The DSACF wishes to support students who demonstrate potential for success in higher education. Through scholarship programs, we can provide hope to individuals so that they can improve their lives and lives of their families in our community.

Currently the Community Foundation administers more than 35 scholarship funds. These scholarships have been established by individuals, businesses, and organizations wanting to help residents of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin achieve their educational goals. The Community Foundation also provides services for several affiliated trust scholarships.

Each scholarship fund has specific eligibility criteria that are defined by the donor when the fund is established. Some of these criteria are geographical area, financial need, academic record, recommendations, seriousness of purpose and school and community involvement. Community involvement opportunities may be found at the True North Volunteer Center Inc..

In order to apply for a scholarship, it will be necessary to submit an application by the deadline date listed. Some scholarships may have different deadline dates or requirements. The complete application, including all items listed on the checklist on final page of the application, must be delivered to the scholarships@dsacommunityfoundation.com inbox by midnight on the deadline date.

Please read over the entire application before you begin and thoroughly check over your application before you hand it in. We recommend you submit your application at least a week prior to the due date in case something's been forgotten or additional information is requested.

You may access our applications by clicking on the application link located in numerous places on this site. The applications have been created with the most recent version of Adobe's Portable Document Format (pdf) and are viewable with Adobe's free Acrobat Reader (downloadable here. If you have difficulty opening a document, please update your version of Adobe Reader.