From staff reports
Applications for the 2024 Heritage Classic Foundation Scholar Awards are now available online for all Beaufort and Jasper County High School Seniors.
The Heritage Classic Foundation Scholarship application is located through the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry’s scholarship portal. Students must create a username and password to access the application at https://cf-lowcountry.org/students/how-to-apply-for-a-scholarship.
The Heritage Classic Foundation will name eleven new Scholars from the 2024 graduating class. Each Scholar will have an opportunity to receive a 4-year grant totaling up to $16,000 or $20,000.
To be eligible, students must meet the following criteria:
1. Student must be a high school senior.
2. Student must have a 3.5 or greater unweighted GPA on the S.C. Uniform Grading Scale.
3. Student must be a legal U.S. citizen.
4. Student must be a legal resident of Beaufort or Jasper County.
5. Student’s parents/guardians combined adjusted annual income must be less than $150,000.
6. Student must enter college within one year after high school graduation.
7. Student must attend high school in Beaufort or Jasper County. We will also accept homeschooling and Governor’s School applicants.
Since this Scholar program was instituted in 1993, 375 graduating seniors have been named Heritage Scholars. These grants, to a college of the student’s choice, have totaled more than $5.2 million.
All applications must be completed by January 15, 2024.
The 2024 Scholars will be recognized at the 56th annual RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing to be conducted over Hilton Head Island’s Harbour Town Golf Links, April 15-21, 2024.
The host organization, the Heritage Classic Foundation, distributes the proceeds from the tournament to hundreds of nonprofit organizations. Since it was founded as a 501 (c)(3) in 1987, the Foundation has donated $51.2 million to people in need.
