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Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation
Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation publishes named scholarships for students tied to southeastern Illinois communities and schools. The public area has filters and search, and listings show a shared winter open and close window. Most listings do not state an amount. You can read the list without an account. Applications go through an online portal.
Best for: Students tied to southeastern Illinois communities and schools who can use one portal for local funds.
Limitation: Each fund has its own local school or county rules, and most listings do not state an amount.
Our rating
3.7out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (3.5 / 5)
- Filters and search help narrow the named list.
- Listings state a shared winter open and close window.
- Matching is useful, but this is still a regional list.
Scholarship Quality (4.0 / 5)
- A shared winter application window is posted.
- Awards are listed on the foundation's own pages.
- Most listings do not state an amount.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- A pop-up appears when the page opens.
- The list and apply path stay easy to reach.
- Some links are small to tap on a phone.
Privacy & Marketing (4.0 / 5)
- The policy says information is not sold or rented.
- You can ask to see, change or delete your information.
- You can opt out of contacts.
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 A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.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