Empowering Women Through Scholarships

The Durham Foundation created Scholarship Grants in 2020 to support higher education for female high school students in Montgomery County, Indiana.  

Since 2020, at least $2,500 was awarded to a female high school senior at each of the three school districts in the County.  The award was increased to at least $5,000 to one high school senior in the County in 2023.

Another Scholarship Grant was created in 2021 to support continuing education for women in Montgomery County, Indiana. 

The two Scholarship Grants are described below:

The Durham Foundation Scholarship was established in 2020 to further impact Sarah Durham's mission to embolden women.  Each year, a senior female high school student, residing in a Montgomery County school district, accepted to a college or university in the State of Indiana in a degreed program, can apply for the scholarship.  The Scholarship will be awarded to one female senior student in Montgomery County.

The Montgomery County Community Foundation administers this scholarship.

 The Durham Foundation Scholarship Fund was created by the The Durham Foundation board of directors in 2021 to honor Shirley O’Neall’s service to the organization for over 50 years. The purpose of this scholarship is to support local women pursuing education in a non-traditional manner. 

The Montgomery County Community Foundation administers this scholarship.