About the Scholarship

Ward Cropley, who retired in 1962 after 43 years with the Kenosha News, established the scholarship endowment fund to provide financial assistance to “needy and worthy students, who are desirous of and ambitious to receive a college, university, or other higher education, and who without financial assistance, would be unable to acquire such college, university or higher education.”

The Kenosha Community Foundation’s Board of Directors, in keeping with Ward Cropley’s intentions, decided to use the income from the fund to provide one-year scholarships to currently enrolled college students in financial need to help them continue and/or complete their education.

Eligibility

The Foundation’s Scholarships are available to Kenosha County residents who are currently attending college. To be eligible for this scholarship, an applicant must:

• Be a resident of Kenosha County.
• Be an undergraduate enrolled at an accredited college or university located in the state of Wisconsin and have completed at least one year of study.
• Have a minimum 3.0 grade point average (GPA) out of 4.0.

All academic majors can apply.

Selection

Recipients will be selected each spring. The number and amount of the Foundation’s Cropley Scholarships to be awarded each year will be determined by the Kenosha Community Foundation’s Board of Directors and based on the size and growth of the fund.

NOTE: The Kenosha Community Foundation will announce when applications for the scholarship are available and the date they are due.

For more information about this and other scholarships managed by the Kenosha Community Foundation, contact
scholarships@kenoshafoundation.org.