Cleveland State Community College Foundation

The Foundation provides approximately $400,000 in scholarships to over 500 Cleveland State students each year.  Most of these scholarships do not have an individual application form and students are matched to scholarships based on their registration information and financial need.  Below you will find the application forms for those scholarships students are not automatically matched to.  If you have any questions about these or other scholarship opportunities, or if you are interested in starting your own scholarship, please contact Chrissy Pugh in the Foundation office cpugh03@clevelandstatecc.edu or 423-473-2262.

CSCC Alumni Legacy Scholarship

In 2021, the Cleveland State Foundation launched the Alumni Legacy Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to one student from each high school in Cleveland State’s 5-county service region (Bradley, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, and Polk). The scholarship is open to any high school senior in the service region whose immediate family member (parent, grandparent or sibling) or guardian attended Cleveland State and who plans to continue the legacy by attending Cleveland State full-time in the fall immediately after high school graduation.

Please click here to apply for the Alumni Legacy Scholarship

Hispanic Student Scholarship

In 2023, the Cleveland State Foundation launched the Hispanic Student Scholarship.  This scholarship is available to students of Hispanic/Latino origin who reside in a county in Cleveland State’s service area (Bradley, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, or Polk) and have financial need.  Students may be working towards a degree, certificate, or participating in a Bootcamp program.

Please click here to apply for the Hispanic Student Scholarship

The Cleveland State Community College Foundation is the only College Foundation in Tennessee to have earned GuideStar’s platinum seal of transparency.