The 2026 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship application is now available on the Unity Foundation of La Porte County website.
The Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program is administered statewide by Independent Colleges of Indiana and locally in La Porte County by Unity Foundation. It provides scholarships to two La Porte County students for tuition and fees for four years of undergraduate study. It also offers an allocation of up to $900 per year for books and equipment.
To be eligible, students must: be a resident of La Porte County; graduate by June 30, 2026, from an accredited high school that serves La Porte County; intend to pursue a full-time baccalaureate course of study at an eligible college or university in Indiana; and have a GPA (unweighted) of at least 3.75 as of the beginning of their senior year of high school.
Scholarship applications must be submitted by Sept. 10. Applications will be evaluated based on academic achievement, demonstrated service to others, leadership ability, commitment and motivation to succeed, and to a lesser extent, financial need.
A committee of volunteers from throughout the county will interview finalists before recommending two students to the Independent Colleges of Indiana, who make the final selection. Scholarship recipients will be notified in December.
Since 1998, 76 La Porte County students and their families have benefited from the scholarship program.
“We are proud of the academic and professional success of all our Lilly Endowment Community Scholars,” said Maggi Spartz, Unity Foundation president, in a press release. “We are especially proud of those who have returned to the area as adults and are now giving back to La Porte County in a variety of ways.”
