Founded in 1980, The Chipola College Foundation, Inc. was chartered as a non-profit organization for the purpose of raising funds to benefit Chipola College and its students. Individual and corporate gifts can make a real difference in Chipola College and in the future of our community.
Donors may choose to give to the college in an area in which they have a particular interest, such as support of a specific scholarship fund or a professional or technical program.
Donations
Gifts to the Chipola Foundation are tax-deductible, in accordance with IRS regulations. The Foundation has established the following funds that can benefit greatly from direct gifts:
- Unrestricted Funds
- General Scholarship Funds
- Athletic Scholarship Fund
- Fine and Performing Arts Fund
- Specific Academic Programs
Donors can be assured that their gift will be used wisely to enhance the educational experience of students at Chipola College. Donation checks should be made payable to the Chipola College Foundation, 3094 Indian Circle, Marianna, FL 32446. For more information call, 850-718-2404 or email fuquaj@chipola.edu. Credit card donations are also accepted by clicking the Online Donation Form for a secure fund transfer.
Memorial Donations
Donations may be given to the Chipola College Foundation in memory of an individual. Checks should be made payable to the Chipola College Foundation, 3094 Indian Circle, Marianna, FL 32446, or credit card donations are accepted by clicking the Online Donation Form for a secure fund transfer. Please include information with the donation outlining the name of the person the memorial is for as well as the name and address of the family member you would like for the Chipola Foundation to notify of your memorial gift. The Chipola Foundation will send out a notification letter to the family announcing your memorial gift as well as a thank you letter back to the donor for tax purposes. For more information call, 850-718-2404 or email fosterm@chipola.edu.
Scholarship Application Process
The Chipola College Foundation uses a scholarship application website, Chipola Academic Works to accept online scholarship applications.
For the Spring 2025 semester, the scholarship application deadline is Friday, November 1, 2024. The online scholarship application website is now open for the Spring 2025 semester and is accepting new general scholarship applications as well as McLendon Educational Trust scholarship applications.
For the 2024-25 school year there were more than 150 different scholarship opportunities available, which resulted in several hundred scholarship awards. The scholarship list for the 2025-2026 school year will be updated and the scholarship application website will begin accepting Fall 2025 applications in March 2025.
To apply for Foundation scholarships, students must have applied for admission to Chipola College and received their student ID number and Chipola email address. Students are encouraged to apply for college admission as soon as possible in order to receive their student ID number and Chipola email address in time to apply for scholarships. To apply for admission to Chipola College, please visit https://www.chipola.edu/admissions/
To apply for Foundation scholarships on the Chipola Academic Works website, students must have access to a personal computer or cellphone. Students without a personal computer or cell phone can visit the Chipola library to use one of their computers or visit the Foundation Office to use the computer in our student workstation. If a student would like to use the computer in the student workstation at the Foundation Office, please call us at (850) 718-2404 to reserve a time to use the computer. Students who make a reservation to use the computer, should be on time to allow themselves adequate time to complete the application.
Scholarships offered through the Chipola Academic Works website for the Spring 2025 semester have a deadline of Friday, November 1, 2024.
Below are headings for the various types of scholarships we offer. Please click each heading for information about the scholarships available and the link to their specific page on the Chipola Academic Works website.
MCLENDON EDUCATIONAL TRUST SCHOLARSHIP
MCLENDON EDUCATIONAL TRUST EXTENDED SCHOLARSHIP FOR GRADUATING SOPHOMORES
Specific application instructions will be on the Chipola Academic Works website, but students who have questions while completing the applications, may click Question and Answer link below to see our help page for guidance. If a student has a question that is not on this list, Foundation staff will be happy to help. Please email foundation@chipola.edu or call (850) 718-2404 for assistance.
Scholarship Recipient Information
If you submitted an online scholarship application for the Fall 2024 semester:
Chipola Foundation Fall 2024 scholarship offers/contracts were emailed to the recipient's Chipola email addresses on July 23rd and 24th. Chipola Foundation Scholarships for the Fall 2024 semester had to be accepted and thank you notes received back to the Chipola Foundation via email by August 7th.
If you submitted an online scholarship application for the Spring 2025 semester:
Students who are selected to receive a scholarship award will be emailed an official scholarship award offer to their Chipola email address. To accept an offered scholarship award, students must click the weblink in the scholarship offer email they receive in their Chipola email inbox and must then read and agree to the terms of their scholarship offer. For any student who does not accept the scholarship award by the acceptance deadline mentioned in the offer email, the Foundation will consider the scholarship declined and the student will not receive the scholarship funds. If you have difficulty accessing your Chipola email account, please click the following weblink: Student Email FAQs - Chipola College
Scholarship award offer emails will not be sent until late November/early December, and the email will include the scholarship acceptance deadline. After accepting the scholarship, students will be asked to complete an online post-acceptance form where they will write a thank you letter to the donor of their scholarship. Once they have accepted the scholarship offer and completed the post-acceptance form, their scholarship funds will be made available to the Chipola Business Office for the purpose of paying toward their tuition and/or books.
Chipola Foundation Scholarship Book Purchases:
Chipola Foundation scholarship recipients will not have to come to the Foundation office for a book voucher to take to the bookstore. Beginning with the Fall 2024 semester, scholarship amounts will be fully processed by the Chipola Business office. If the student has funds remaing after tuition charges, the Business Office will send the amounts available for books directly to the bookstore and students will go to the bookstore to purchase books.