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

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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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.

Application Cycle

The application cycle is now closed for the 2009 school year. We will begin accepting applications for the 2010 school year in November.
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2008 Scholarship Recipients

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