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CommunityGiving Scholarships
CommunityGiving lists its scholarships in separate high school and college lists, each with a deadline note and whether it uses the CommunityGiving online application or a school process. Filters cover high schools, colleges and fields. Many awards are run through local high school guidance offices instead of the foundation.
Best for: Central Minnesota high school seniors and St. Cloud area college students who want local awards in one list.
Limitation: Many awards run through local high school guidance offices, and listed deadlines show no year or point to the school.
Our rating
3.1out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (3.5 / 5)
- Filters cover high school, college, apply online and area of study.
- Combined filters narrow results to a short local list.
- The text search box did not change results.
- No filter for financial need, merit or deadline.
Scholarship Quality (2.5 / 5)
- Deadlines show month and day without a year or status.
- About half the awards run through school offices.
- College awards show amounts; high school awards do not.
Ease of Use (2.5 / 5)
- Phone visits can hit a robot check page before any awards show.
- High school and college lists share linked awards.
- View Scholarship opens each award page.
Privacy & Marketing (4.0 / 5)
- Scholarship pages show no ads or sweepstakes.
- Policy shares data with others only with consent or by law.
- Policy links Google opt out settings.
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 A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.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.