Dallas Jewish Community Foundation College Scholarships

The Dallas Jewish Community Foundation's college scholarship program runs a single common application that matches each student to whichever of its 70+ named endowed funds they qualify for. Most funds serve Jewish undergraduate or graduate students already enrolled in college, but a few — including the Joe H. Golman Leadership and Community Service Scholarship, the Saffran Family Scholarship, and the Louise Adelle Jacobs Jayson Scholarship Fund (for students from specific Dallas/Fort Worth-area schools) — are open directly to incoming Jewish high school seniors. Individual fund awards have ranged from $340 up to $12,565 (most fall between $1,000 and $6,670), and eligibility is generally limited to residents of Collin, Dallas, or Denton County, though some funds reach into Tarrant County or beyond. Roughly half of the underlying funds require Jewish heritage; others are open to any background. Exact deadlines are set fund-by-fund and aren't published centrally on the catalog page.

Eligibility

DemographicsLocal high school senior or college/graduate student in Collin, Dallas, or Denton County, TX (some funds extend to Tarrant County or beyond); roughly half of the underlying funds require Jewish heritage, while others are open to any background.

Applying

Award size depends on which of the 70+ endowed funds a student is matched to. A few funds — including the Joe H. Golman Leadership and Community Service Scholarship, the Saffran Family Scholarship, and the Louise Adelle Jacobs Jayson Scholarship Fund — are reserved for incoming Jewish high school seniors; most others require the student to already be enrolled in college or graduate school.