Knudson Foundation Scholarships
Scholarship Opportunities
Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation provides scholarships to seven Oregon community colleges
The Foundation awards one scholarship to each or our seven Community Colleges. The student may be studying in any discipline or certificate program. We hope our scholarship will enable the student to complete their program and to remain in their community if desired.
Student emergency funds
The Foundation, as part of its scholarship program, also provides additional grants to the Community College student emergency fund to assist any student who has encountered a minor emergency that may prevent completion of the academic year.
Community Colleges We Support
The Foundation has focused on those community colleges that generally serve rural areas.
How it Works
The Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation Scholarship Process
The Foundation provides scholarship to only seven of our 19 community colleges. A student at one of the participaing community colleges wishing to be considered for a scholarship should complete the regular financial aid applicaition process. The community college will notify the student selected to receive the scholarship.
The History of Barbara’s Scholarship Program
The Foundation started awarding scholarships in 2015. The scholarships were granted to five Oregon community colleges. Community colleges were chosen as the Board felt community colleges made the greatest overall impact to our intended recipient group. In 2020, with the Covid epidemic, we increased the number of colleges to seven and added the awards to the community college student emergency funds. Our hope with the student emergency fund was to provide the one-time extra boost that allowed the student to stay in school despite an unexpected emergency. In 2025, the Board adopted a focus to more rural community colleges and replaced two more urban community colleges with Blue Mountain and Klamath community colleges. Also, in 2025, the Board increased the scholarship amount to $6750.
Frequently Asked Questions
How we’ve helped
Recent Scholarship Recipients
Class of 2027