December 20, 2023
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Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Recipients Announced

Hamilton County Community Foundation is pleased to announce that five students from Hamilton county have been awarded the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship. Lilly Endowment Community Scholars are known for their community involvement, academic achievement, character and leadership. Students receive these scholarships from the county where they reside. 

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Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Recipients Announced

Hamilton County Community Foundation is pleased to announce that five students from Hamilton county have been awarded the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship. Lilly Endowment Community Scholars are known for their community involvement, academic achievement, character and leadership. Students receive these scholarships from the county where they reside. 

Recipients: 

Chad Weaver – Sheridan High School  

Delaney Grider – Fishers High School 

Jaskaran Saini – Hamilton Southeastern High School  

Megan Broviak – Noblesville High School  

Tquan Spencer – Hamilton Heights High School 

Each Lilly Endowment Scholarship provides for full-tuition, required fees and a special allocation of up to $900 per year for required books and equipment for four years of undergraduate study on a full-time basis leading to a baccalaureate degree at any eligible Indiana public or private, not-for-profit college or university.  The Lilly Endowment created the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program for the 1998-1999 school year and has supported the program every year since with tuition grants totaling over $505 million. More than 5,200 Indiana students have received this scholarship since the program’s inception.  

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