Scholarships for Women, Grants for Women, Planned Giving, Giving Opportunities, Donations Grants for Women - The Jeannette Rankin Foundation: Scholarships for Women

The Jeannette Rankin Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for, and awarding scholarships to, low-income women, ages 35 and older. Each scholarship recipient has a vision of how a college education will benefit herself, her family, and her community. Most recipients are in truly meager financial circumstances and may have other hardships or disabilities.

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Daring to Dream, a collection of 30 inspiring stories from JRF Scholars whose lives are forever changed by going back to school.
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JRF in MSN.com article: "Educating Mom"

Working towards a goal that's going to provide a much better future.
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JRF Scholar's Design Chosen for Pendleton Blanket

Mary Beth Jiron's Three Corn Maidens painting was selected by the American Indian College Fund to be made into the 2007 student blanket of the year.
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JRF Lapel Pin

Support JRF Scholarships: this sandblasted lapel pin is available for donations of $250 and more.
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The Network for Good has been awarded the 2006 International ePhilanthropy Award for Best Online Fundraising Campaign! The Jeannette Rankin Foundation is proud to have partnered with Network for Good and Groundspring to create our newly updated online donation page.

2008 Scholarship Recipients

JRF is excited to announce that the 2008 scholars have been selected.
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Application Cycle

The 2008 application cycle closed on March 1st. Applications for the 2009 school year will be available this November.
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Donate a Scholarship!

Donate A Scholarship And help a woman go to college. With a donation of $2,500, you can fund a scholarship to...
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Learn more about JRF

Watch a short video that tells more about the Jeannette Rankin Foundation.
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Learn more about JRF Scholars

Listen to our podcast of scholar stories.
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Start a Giving Circle

In 2003, JRF started a new program called Giving Circles to increase national participation in our mission, and increase the number of women that we can help.
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