In 2025, the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation awarded over $117,000 in scholarships to students in recognition of their achievements, unique needs and special talents so they can pursue a higher education. Congratulations to the following students for scholarships awarded in 2025:
Besong Family Scholarship
- Alexander Taylor, Washington High School
Virgil and Eleanor Bowser Memorial Scholarship
- Talna Bongolan, Springville High School
Brown Scholarship at Alburnett
- Theodore Storbeck, Alburnett High School
Buss STEM Scholarship
- Madilyn Northey, Denver High School
Buss Vo-Tech Scholarship
- Lydia Bohlmann, Denver High School
- Jordan Nuss, Denver High School
Calvin & Christina Moore Scholarship
- Sophia Kevitt, Jefferson High School
Chief Justice Ward Reynoldson Scholarship
- Amy Morales, Clarke High School
College Opportunity Scholarship
Supported by the College Club of Cedar Rapids Scholarship Fund and Henry and Sara Katz Foundation Fund
- Kais Herz, Kennedy High School
- Nithin John, Linn-Mar High School
- McKane Koch, Prairie High School
- Ariel Kolder, Washington High School
- Josephine Kramer, Xavier High School
- Addison Mullis, Lisbon High School
- Molly Newton, Marion High School
- Kylee Shoop, North-Linn High School
- Keleigh Yanacheak, Jefferson High School
DeAnna Kellenberger Arts Scholarship
- Sina Thomas, Clear Creek Amana High School
DeBoom Memorial Scholarship
- Samantha Heldt, Washington High School
Delaware Co Fish & Game Protective Assoc
- Luke Beswick, West Delaware High School
- Kate Wenger, West Delaware High School
Drew Wall Scholarship
- Ryan Graham, Kennedy High School
Dustin Tardiff Academic Excellence Scholarship
- Johanna Caspers, Prairie High School
Gems of Hope Cancer Scholarship
- Olivia Casey, Kennedy High School
- Eli Moretz, Alburnett High School
- Zoey Morris, Marion High School
- Elijah Sirois, Marion High School
Glidden Community Service Scholarship
- Danielle Boche, Jefferson High School
- Aaron Butikofer, Washington High School
- Emma Greenwalt, Marion High School
- Nicholaus Lee, Prairie High School
- Payton Libolt, Center-Point Urbana High School
- Cora McArtor, Kennedy High School
- Taylor Ohl, Linn-Mar High School
- Aubrey Sires, Xavier High School
Kalous Opportunity Scholarship
- Brecken Andersen, Center-Point Urbana High School
- Lillian Gearheart, Prairie High School
- Macie Jackson, Marion High School
- Claire Kettmann, Xavier High School
- Gustavo Ramirez, Kennedy High School
- Molly Swartzendruber, Jefferson High School
- Laila Tate, Washington High School
- Alexa Wren, Linn-Mar High School
Kathleen M. McNamara Future Educators Scholarship
- Grace Cruse, Washington High School
Kelley Family Scholarship
- Kinadee Dial, Central A & M High School
- Paul Brown, Central A & M High School
- Natalee Myers, Central A & M High School
- Kolsie Bixler, Lisbon High School
- Dakota Clark, Lisbon High School
- Kaitlynn Hasselbusch, Lisbon High School
Kleiman Family Scholarship
- Pranav Karthik, Linn-Mar High School
Klima Academic Excellence Scholarship
- Rachel Johnson, Jefferson High School
Komensky Society Scholarship
- McKane Koch, Prairie High School
- Isabel Miller, Marion High School
- Benjamin Mysak, Marion High School
LaVenz Memorial InCourage Scholarship
- Lucas Horton, Kennedy High School
Merveaux Academic Excellence Scholarship
- Lucas Burkamper, Washington High School
- Maxwell Cassidy, Linn-Mar High School
- Olivia Haverback, Mount Vernon High School
- Asiyah Igram, Iowa Connections Academy
- Hudson Kimm, Prairie High School
- Huong Ly, Kennedy High School
- Kalib Martin, Jefferson High School
- Aaron Stadelmann, Xavier High School
- Grace Wittstruck, Marion High School
O.J. & Viola N. Elsenbast Scholarship
- Lillian Vanderhoff, Graettinger-Terril High School
Outstanding Student Leader Scholarship
- Aiden Andersen, Center-Point Urbana High School
- Geniva Bann, Washington High School
- Mackenzie Childers, Prairie High School
- Maggie Goldberg, Kennedy High School
- Betsy Louwagie, Mount Vernon High School
- Joslynn Mehaffy, Marion High School
- Sophia Youngblut, Xavier High School
- Caitlyn Zuercher, Jefferson High School
Prairie Golf Scholarship
- Keaton Klekar, Prairie High School
Ralph Plagman Scholarship
- Tess Robinson, Washington High School
Reeder Memorial Scholarship
- Samuel Coventon, Kennedy High School
- Chloe Judd, Metro High School
- Elizabeth Kalunga, Jefferson High School
- Prince Madu, Washington High School
Robert K. Dennis Scholarship
- Kayleigh Lynn Rundlett, Lone-Tree High School
Shot at College – RSM Scholarship
- Robinson Raquis, Jefferson High School
- Jessica Vasquez-Reyes, Jefferson High School
- David Waweru, Kennedy High School
Stephen Bonfig Memorial Scholarship
- Michael Bormann, Wahlert High School
Washington Alumni Scholarship
- Caiden Buonadonna, Washington High School
- Alexandra Engel, Washington High School
- Ayva Kemper, Washington High School
- Amaris McFarland, Washington High School
- Elijah Miller, Washington High School
- Petit Mitambo, Washington High School
- Jederek Muehling, Washington High School
- Jocelyn Parker, Washington High School
- Lilian Pham, Washington High School
- Leslie Strottman, Washington High School