General Scholarships
Thanks to generous donors with a passion for supporting the future generation, each year we are able to award scholarships to help advance Lancaster County students’ education. We offer scholarships for students pursuing an education in any field of study and you can apply at any stage of your undergraduate career.
Applications for the 2025-2026 school year are now open!
See if one of these scholarships might be right for you:
Albert S. Rosman
Available to Conestoga Valley High School students regardless of the field of study. $1,500 for one year.
1 scholarship available for the 2025-2026 school year.
George W. McKibbin
Available to African American students from Lancaster County. $2,000 per year, renewable.
1 scholarship available for the 2025-2026 school year.
Jason M. Truitt
Available to any current, graduating high school senior or recent graduate who is or was a Big or Little with Big Brother Big Sisters of Capital Region. $400 for one year.
1 scholarship available for the 2025-2026 school year.
James R. Buescher
Available to Lancaster County students planning a course of study in Creative Writing, Journalism, Marketing, Theatre, Anthropology, Mass Communication, and Media Studies. $500 for one year.
1 scholarship available for the 2025-2026 school year.
Joseph and Claudine Hess
Available to all Lancaster County students regardless of the field of study. $2,000 per year, renewable up to four years.
5 scholarships available for the 2025-2026 school year.
McKonly & Asbury Scholarship Fund for Future Public Accounting Leaders
The McKonly & Asbury Scholarship Fund for Accounting will support rising juniors, seniors, or 5th year college students, pursuing a degree atMessiah University (1), Penn State – Harrisburg (1), Shippensburg University (2), Millersville University (2), or Commonwealth University – Bloomsburg (2), in accounting or equivalent and have a desire for a career in public accounting. This scholarship requires a minimum 3.0 GPA. $10,000 for one year.
8 scholarships available for the 2025-2026 school year. The numbers behind each university’s name indicate the number of awards available at that school.
Nathan Schaeffer Scholarship Fund
Scholarships are awarded to Lancaster County students attending Millersville University in the field of education. The student can be either full- or part-time, and undergraduate or graduate. $750 for one year.
1 scholarship available for the 2025-2026 school year.
Richard Groff Scholarship
One (1) $2,500 renewable scholarship will be awarded to a student who is a high school senior at Lancaster County High School. The recipient must be pursuing a degree in HVAC or plumbing at Thaddeus Stevens College. This award is renewable only one-time. The student must maintain a 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale, unless noted.
Rick Frankhouser Scholarship
One (1) $1,000 renewable scholarship will be awarded to a student who is a high school senior or graduated from McCaskey High School. The recipient must be majoring in music or linguistics. The recipient must have a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale. If the student changes their major, they could lose the scholarship. Total of 1 student in the program at a time.
Tina Bresnahan College Honorarium
Three (3) one-time $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to a student who is a high school senior or graduated from a high school in Lancaster County. The recipient must be under 25 years old. The student must attend either Millersville University, Harrisburg Area Community College-Lancaster Campus, or Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. A school may have multiple recipients.
Tina Bresnahan College Scholarship
Three (3) one-time full tuition and fees scholarships will be awarded to a student who is a high school senior or graduated from a high school in Lancaster County. The recipient must be under 25 years old. The recipient must attend either Millersville University, Harrisburg Area Community College-Lancaster Campus, or Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. There will be one recipient for each school.
Jack and Ginny Lykins Scholarship Fund
The Jack and Ginny Lykins Scholarship Fund is intended to fund full-time, post-secondary education for qualified students expressing interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math, computer science) or healthcare curricula. $3,000 per year renewable.
1 scholarship available for the 2025-2026 school year.
The Community Foundation is a participating partner in PHEAA’s PATH (Partnerships for Access to Higher Education) program, which means that some of our scholarship awards could be matched by PHEAA on a dollar-for-dollar basis up to $2,500.
How does the PATH program work? You don’t apply for it directly. If you receive one of our scholarships, we will send you a release form with additional information that we need, then we will send the recommendation to the PHEAA PATH program.
School-Specific Scholarships
Looking for even more scholarships? Your individual school might have a school-specific scholarship available!
Community Resources and Scholarships
In an effort to expand our resources for students, we have compiled a list of community resources and scholarships available for Lancaster County students. Browse the list to see if one of these programs might be right for you.
Need Help?
Contact our Senior Program Officer, Fran Rodriguez
Contact Mike from Scholarship America
