Education

Everyone’s life, regardless of age, can be enriched by quality education. Preschool children need to be ready to learn. Children need a broad education in the basics but also in areas that will inspire them to a lifetime of learning. And our schools need quality teachers to teach quality education.

Your gift to the Foundation’s General Scholarship Fund will help support San Juan Island high school graduates to further their education. This fund is designed to help students who will be attending two-year and other educational institutions and are either on a path to a further college education or will move directly into a career. [...]

The SJCIF Career Training Scholarship program provides scholarship and program awards for education and certifications for those pursuing a career path outside of a traditional, four-year college curriculum.

The San Juan Pilots Association has established the John Volk Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Community Foundation to provide financial assistance to students pursuing a career in aviation related field.

The SJCIF Music Fund was endowed by the founders of the former Friday Harbor Jazz Festival for use in the continuing support of the Friday Harbor Schools music educational programs.

The Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy program provides in-classroom teaching about the role, benefits and personal satisfaction derived from personal giving. The Fund provides an opportunity for local students to evaluate, select and grant money to a public cause of their own choosing.