Introducing the CFNIL Scholarship Class of 2019
Thanks to the generosity of local donors and the hard work of scholarship reviewers, the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois has recently finished its 2018 - 2019 scholarship season, making 154 awards worth $264,334 to local students.
Since 2000, CFNIL has awarded over $3,000,000 to local students pursuing post-secondary education.
View the full 2019 Scholarship Report.
**All information is current as of June 18, 2019. Data included in the Scholarship Report was obtained from applications submitted in the scholarship cycle ended February 1, 2019**
Here are just a few scenes from Scholarship Award Night 2019; view a full album of photos HERE!
2019 Scholarship Recipients
Alpha Delta Kappa Xi Education Scholarship
Johanna Ehlbeck | Aquin Central Catholic High School | 2016
Rachel Krein | Boylan Central Catholic High School | 2017
Amanda Reed Memorial Scholarship
Jacqueline Isaacson | Homeschooled | 2019
Amber Huber Memorial Scholarship
Natalie Carlson | Byron High School | 2017
Jordyn Conard | Byron High School | 2018
Kellyn Euhus | Byron High School | 2016
Arynn Mathieu | Byron High School | 2019
Anna Schiller Scholarship
Natalie Johnson | Rockford Christian High School | 2019
Anthony and Charlotte Kinney Scholarship
Sydney DeWall | Pecatonica High School | 2015
Ashley E. Ketcher Memorial Scholarship
Daisy Soberanis | Auburn High School | 2019
Beta Gamma Recruitment Grant
Angelina Verlona | Guilford High School | 2019
Betty Harlan Memorial Art Scholarship
Carissa Stear | Boylan Central Catholic High School | 2019
Billy Smith Memorial Scholarship
Halee Bergstrom | Rockford East High School | 2019
Bonnie Sorenson Scudder Memorial Scholarship
Ruby Galarza | Harvard High School | 2019
Buster Lindsay Memorial Scholarship
Natalie Upchurch | Jefferson High School | 2019
Carolyn Wones Recruitment Grant
Donia Albisherawy | Rockford East High School | 2019
Charles Lee Anderson Memorial Scholarship
Megan Holmes | Streamwood High School | 1998
Community Foundation Scholarship
Angela Gavic | Auburn High School | 2018
Jeannel Mandujano | Auburn High School | 2017
Jazmin Martinez-Margarito | Pecatonica High School | 2017
Natalia Mihigo | Rockford East High School | 2019
Breon Newble | Guilford High School | 2018
Brad Parsons | Hononegah High School | 2016
Gillyanne Redisi | Hononegah High School | 2016
Montez Soliz | Jefferson High School | 2019
Deborah Jean Rydberg Memorial Scholarship
Milica Samoukovic | Guilford High School | 2019
Dorothy Cleland Memorial NSDAR Scholarship
Fati Mixha | Harlem High School | 2019
Emilie Weisser | Rockford East High School | 2019
Dr. Constance L. Goode Memorial Scholarship
Jernie Saunders | Guilford High School | 2019
Dr. Gussie M. Ware Memorial Scholarship
Kaiya Albert | Rockford East High School | 2019
Zakia Buchanan | Harlem High School | 2019
Cameron Coates | Christian Life High School | 2019
Sawoodia Coffman | Christian Life High School | 2019
Alyssa Sowell | Christian Life High School | 2019
Nya Taylor | Auburn High School | 2019
Taja Watson | Auburn High School | 2019
Dr. Loomis/Rockton Lions Club Scholarship
Jessica Green | Hononegah High School | 2019
Early Childhood Educators Scholarship
Sara Brown | Harlem High School | 1981
Era L. and Frances L. Walker Scholarship
Mykal Brown | Auburn High School | 2019
Ernest and Charlene Stachowiak Memorial Scholarship
Zachary Connell | Hononegah High School | 2019
Gary S. Wilmer/RAMI Music Scholarship
Daisy Soberanis | Auburn High School | 2019
Gene Bradford Memorial Scholarship
Sarah Tucker | Byron High School | 2019
Geoffrey R. Laird Memorial Scholarship
William Kinczewski | Boylan Central Catholic High School | 2018
Tommy Le | Rockford East High School | 2019
Morad Suliman | Auburn High School | 2018
Harry H. and Floy B. Chapin Scholarship
Riley Martin | Pecatonica High School | 2019
Katie Nevdal | Durand High School | 2019
Celia Rothermel | Durand High School | 2019
Kirsten Van Zee | Durand High School | 2019
Hazel Mortimer Hyde Memorial Conservation NSDAR Scholarship
Ashley Govig | Auburn High School | 2019
Hegel Family Soccer Scholarship
Matthew Freedlund | Hononegah High School | 2019
Helen R. (Finley) Loescher & Stephen B. Loescher Scholarship
Elizabeth Hudak | Freeport High School | 2019
Howard & Eithal Curry Elementary Education Recruitment Grant
Donia Albisherawy | Rockford East High School | 2019
Carissa Stear | Boylan Central Catholic High School | 2019
Howard D. Colman Honorarium
Katherin LaMeyer | Pecatonica High School | 2018
Logan Power | Auburn High School | 2018
Josiah Rynne | Christian Life High School | 2018
Howard D. Colman Scholar
Matthew Danzl-Tauer | Belvidere High School | 2017
Dalton Morris | Rockford Christian High School | 2018
Payton Staman | Hononegah High School | 2016
Howard D. Colman Scholarship
Zachary Bennett | Rockford Christian High School | 2019
Adam Bohn | Hononegah High School | 2019
Alicia Repka | Hononegah High School | 2019
Luke Robert | Stillman Valley High School | 2019
International Management Council Scholarship
Elisabeth Frost | Boylan Central Catholic High School | 2019
In Youth We Trust College Award
Alex Bauling | Boylan Central Catholic High School | 2019
Derya Bertram | Guilford High School | 2019
Adam Bohn | Hononegah High School | 2019
Joanna Drake | Jefferson High School | 2019
Peter LaMantia | Boylan Central Catholic High School | 2019
Janet L. Williams Mathematics Scholarship
Alicia Repka | Hononegah High School | 2019
John E. Lindley Memorial Swim Scholarship
Angelo Maier | Boylan Central Catholic High School | 2019
John Flynn Memorial Scholarship
Riley Martin | Pecatonica High School | 2019
Jouris Family Scholarship
Gretchen Murray | Boylan Central Catholic High School | 2017
Karen E. and Robert K. Harter Recruitment Grant
Sydnie Smith | Rockford Christian High School | 2014
Keith Maffioli Scholarship
Emilie Weisser | Rockford East High School | 2019
Kim & Ruth MacCloskey/RAMI Music Scholarship
Celia Rothermel | Durand High School | 2019
Kjellstrom Women’s Scholarship Initiative
Amy Reilly | Rockford East High School | 2003
Karina Valdez | Jefferson High School | 2009
Larry & Betty McGee Scholarship
Aganze Mihigo | Rockford East High School | 2017
League of Women Voters of Greater Rockford Scholarship
Fati Mixha | Harlem High School | 2019
Leonard D. Carmichael Community Service Scholarship
Joshua Bunger | Rochelle Township High School | 2017
Erin Esgar | Rochelle Township High School | 2015
James Hart | Rochelle Township High School | 2019
Megan Schramm | Rochelle Township High School | 2016
Anakin Weston | Rochelle Township High School | 2018
Leopold Education Project
Danielle Brosend | Winnebago High School | 2019
Lieutenant Kelli Ingardona Memorial Scholarship
Cal Granite | Rockford Christian High School | 2019
Margaret T. Craig Community Service Scholarship
Luke Aylward | Harlem High School | 2016
Chole Baxter | Hononegah High School | 2017
Lindy Dokken | Rockford Christian High School | 2016
Hannah Greenberg Boylan Central Catholic High School | 2018
Bailey Heckman | Eastland High School | 2016
Karina Roman | Guilford High School | 2015
Sydnie Smith | Rockford Christian High School | 2014
May-Cassioppi Scholarship
Treighton Hoang | Guilford High School | 2019
Mike Lindberg Memorial Scholarship
Natalie Tellez | North Boone High School | 2019
Nancy Kalchbrenner Scholarship
Heavenly Richardson | Jefferson High School | 2019
Nettie and Jesse Gorov Scholarship
Luke Aylward | Harlem High School | 2016
Chiza Mihigo | Rockford East High School | 2016
Karina Roman | Guilford High School | 2015
Carlos Romero | Guilford High School | 2018
Sydnie Smith | Rockford Christian High School | 2014
Northwest Community Center Scholarship
Jeannel Mandujano | Auburn High School | 2017
Northwestern Illinois Building Trades Blais Family Scholarship
Austin Strite | Oregon High School | 2019
Phyllis Howard Memorial Scholarship
Rachel Krein | Boylan Central Catholic High School | 2017
Pi Gamma Omega Scholarship
TeAisha Ford-Thomas | Jefferson High School | 2019
Amiyah Hudson | Jefferson High School | 2019
Jaelah Williams | Winnebago High School | 2019
Randall A. Blank Memorial Scholarship
Alaina Kline | Christian Life High School | 2018
Dominic Meyer | Rockford Christian High School | 2019
Richard Dopp Memorial Scholarship
Abigail Foes | Boylan Central Catholic High School | 2019
Richard L. Bernardi Memorial Scholarship
Patience Muhirwa | Rockford East High School | 2019
Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity College Scholarship
D’Juan Eskridge | Guilford High School | 2019
Jessica Mubirigi | Auburn High School | 2016
Montez Soliz | Jefferson High School | 2019
Tiltyla Stone | Jefferson High School | 1995
Rockford Products Corporation Foundation Scholarship
Tanner Grashorn | Rockford Lutheran High School | 2019
William Kinczewski | Boylan Central Catholic High School | 2018
Angelo Maier | Boylan Central Catholic High School | 2019
Taylor Swanson | Pecatonica High School | 2019
Emma Wallace | Belvidere High School | 2019
Isaac Wolf | Harlem High School | 2019
Girana Worathepnuthas | Guilford High School | 2019
Rockton Lions Club Scholarship
Zachary Connell | Hononegah High School | 2019
Senior Memorial Scholarship
Cesar De La Rosa Marquez | Jefferson High School | 2019
Steffane Ortega | Guilford High School | 2019
Sorensen Memorial Architecture Scholarship
Kevin Jenks | Belvidere High School | 2019
Sorensen Memorial Engineering Scholarship
Matthew Freedlund | Hononegah High School | 2019
Sorensen Memorial Music Scholarship
Gabriel Roethle | Auburn High School | 2019
Sorensen Memorial Theater Scholarship
Gabrielle Tifft | Belvidere North High School | 2019
Susan Kay Munson Gilmore Memorial Scholarship
Alex Barrera | Mendota Township High School | 2019
Brooke Lee | Mendota Township High School | 2019
Taus Community Endowment Scholarship
Sawoodia Coffman | Christian Life High School | 2019
Terrance Freeman Sr. Memorial Scholarship
Macy Joiner | Pecatonia High School | 2019
Tyler Kinison Memorial Scholarship
Nicholas Kowalski | Guilford High School | 2018
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 984 Scholarship
Alexander Clayton | Hononegah High School | 2019
Alyssa Thompson | Winnebago High School | 2019
Walter K. Raczynski Family Scholarship
Melis Dik | Auburn High School | 2019
Wilbur & William Cummings Memorial Scholarship
Katya Garza | Belvidere High School | 2017
Jessica Jimenez | Belvidere High School | 2017
Nixie Lopez Leon | Belvidere North High School | 2019
Ronak Patel | Belvidere High School | 2012
MacKenzie Powers | Belvidere North High School | 2018
John Ryan | Belvidere High School | 2019
Courtney Williams | Belvidere High School | 2018
William J. Galaway Library and Information Science
Amanda Juhlin | Hononegah High School | 2017
William Pigott Memorial Scholarship
Rachel Gander | Harlem High School | 2019
William R. Durham Drama/Theater Scholarship
Garrett Bailey | Auburn High School | 2019
WoTM Scholarship
Zachary Bennett | Rockford Christian High School | 2019
Adam Bohn | Hononegah High School | 2019
Maxwell Fox | Harlem High School | 2019
Grace Mongan | Oregon High School | 2019
Zeta Chapter Memorial Award
Brianna Lake | Belvidere North High School | 2019
Abigail White | Belvidere High School | 2019