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NC Community Foundation Scholarships
The North Carolina Community Foundation runs scholarships set up by donors across the state and lists them by county, with a statewide group shown on every county page. Each entry gives a paragraph on who qualifies. Most awards open and close on one shared schedule, and applications run through a single online portal.
Best for: North Carolina students who know their county and want to see local and statewide awards they can reach with one application.
Limitation: Awards are listed county by county, most need a set school, college, field or employer, and entries show no amounts.
Our rating
3.3out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (2.0 / 5)
- A county menu opens each county list.
- Statewide awards appear on every county page.
- Each award gives a paragraph on who qualifies.
- No filters for need, grades, major or school.
Scholarship Quality (4.5 / 5)
- A dated shared window covers the listed awards.
- The foundation runs one application portal.
- Entries show no award amounts.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- Many links and buttons are small to tap on phones.
- A county menu leads to each county list.
- Pages fit phone screens without sideways scrolling.
- Back returns to the scholarships page.
Privacy & Marketing (4.5 / 5)
- Scholarship pages show no ads or sweepstakes.
- Policy says stakeholder data is not sold.
- Policy explains Google Analytics opt outs.
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 A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.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.