The Community Foundation manages more than 100 scholarships available to high school students from Adams County, PA.
How do I apply?
- Visit www.adamscountydfs.org to start your application. The 2025 scholarship application portal opens January 1, 2025.
When is the deadline?
- The application deadline is March 15.
Do I have to apply for each scholarship?
- The Community Foundation will match your application to most eligible competitive scholarships; those requiring a separate application are listed below.
Do I need to provide references or letters of recommendations?
- No. References or letters of recommendations are no longer required.
When will I receive my award?
- We will announce our 2025 scholarship winners at our Scholarship Award Breakfast on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
The following scholarship awards require a separate application:
- Returning Student Application – For current Adams County residents with at least one completed year of a post-secondary school or accredited technical program, and now returning to school after a hiatus of one year or longer.
- Dr. Charles H. Glatfelter Scholarship Application – For any descendant of Casper Glattfelder who was the first of his family to arrive in the United States in 1743. Students are not required to be residents of Adams County, Pennsylvania. This award is open to all descendants nation wide.
- The Emory H. & Luther D. Snyder Littlestown Foundry, Inc. Scholarship Application – For students who are a direct descendant of a current full-time employee or official retiree of Littlestown Foundry, Inc. Students may live outside of Adams County. Owners or family members of Littlestown Foundry, Inc. stockholders are ineligible for this scholarship.