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Community Foundation for Northern Virginia
Community Foundation for Northern Virginia publishes a named scholarship list for students in named Northern Virginia counties, including Fairfax, Loudoun and Arlington. On-page controls and a search box are available. Dates on the page are mostly news posts, and amounts are limited. The policy says personal information is not shared or sold, and pages load Facebook and other tools.
Best for: Students in named Northern Virginia counties who can use the on-page controls and search box to scan the named list.
Limitation: Dates on the page are mostly news posts, not one open and close window, and amounts are limited.
Our rating
3.4out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (3.0 / 5)
- On-page controls and a search box are available on the named list.
- Those controls help, but this is not a full matcher.
- The list is usable once it is opened.
Scholarship Quality (3.5 / 5)
- The list is published by the foundation.
- Dates on the page are mostly news posts, not one cycle window.
- Amounts are limited on the listings.
Ease of Use (4.0 / 5)
- Pages open without a blocking pop-up.
- The list and apply path stay easy to reach.
- Pages fit a phone screen without sideways scrolling.
Privacy & Marketing (3.5 / 5)
- The policy says personal information is not shared, sold or made public.
- It includes children, retention and opt-out language.
- Pages load Facebook, LinkedIn, Google and other tools.
How we rate
Matching Power
How well it helps you find the scholarships it lists, by filtering on location, need, merit, major, college and high school.
A 5 means you can narrow the list by where you live, need, merit, major, college or high school, and a big site brings the best fits to the top. A 1 means little or no way to narrow, and in the middle some filters work but many results still do not fit.
Scholarship Quality
How complete, current and traceable its scholarship listings are.
A 5 means nearly every listing is current, links to the real sponsor and gives enough detail to act on. A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.
Ease of Use
How easily you can understand the controls and reach actionable scholarship information.
A 5 means clear controls and a quick path from the list to a scholarship and its sponsor, including on a phone. A 1 means walls, confusing steps or a broken phone view keep getting in the way, and the middle is workable with some tradeoffs.
Privacy & Marketing
What data it asks for, how much advertising or sign-up pressure gets in the way, and how much control you have.
A 5 means the site asks only for what it needs, says why, keeps ads and partner offers out of the way and leaves you in control. A 1 means heavy data requests, sign-up pressure, loan offers or sweepstakes get in the way, and the middle has some of that pressure but it stays manageable.
Our ratings are our opinion of each site, not an endorsement or a prediction that you'll win.
Updated November 2026