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Programs & Scholarships
Every gift to the Foundation goes to work at Grossmont College, Cuyamaca College, or across both campuses. Browse 107 named funds organized by focus area and direct your donation to the cause that matters to you. Programs are ongoing funds that support a department, team, or initiative; scholarships are awards made to individual students. Named funds are listed alphabetically within each focus area.
Foster-youth, veterans, food and housing security, single parents, formerly incarcerated students, and other programs that remove barriers to completion.
Albert & June Van Zanten Memorial Promise Plus Scholarship
Christy Seiler Davis Memorial Promise Plus Scholarship
Cuyamaca College CARE Program
Cuyamaca College Career Center
Cuyamaca College Cuyamaca Cares
Cuyamaca College Foster Youth Program
Cuyamaca College Student Veterans Program
Cuyamaca College Together We Rise Center
Cuyamaca College UMOJA Program
Grossmont College Adopt-an-OPT Program
Grossmont College CalWORKS Program
Grossmont College CARE Families Program
Grossmont College Career Center
Grossmont College EOPS/CARE Program
Grossmont College Food Pantry/Gizmo's Kitchen
Grossmont College Foster Youth Program
Grossmont College Justice Scholars Program
Grossmont College Justice Scholars Scholarship
Grossmont College Student Veterans Program
Matthew Thompson Perseverance Scholarship
Merritt & Linne Hougen Scholarship
UMOJA Scholarship
Team-specific athletics programs at both colleges — from basketball and football to swimming, track, tennis, and beach volleyball.
Cuyamaca College Athletics Program
Cuyamaca College Men's Basketball Program
Cuyamaca College Men's Cross Country Program
Cuyamaca College Men's Golf Program
Cuyamaca College Men's Soccer Program
Cuyamaca College Men's Track & Field Program
Cuyamaca College Women's Golf Program
Cuyamaca College Women's Soccer Program
Grossmont College Athletics Program
Grossmont College Baseball Program
Grossmont College Football Program
Grossmont College Men's Aquatics Program
Grossmont College Men's Basketball Program
Grossmont College Men's Tennis Program
Grossmont College Men's Volleyball Program
Grossmont College Men's Water Polo Program
Grossmont College Women's Basketball Program
Grossmont College Women's Beach Volleyball
Grossmont College Women's Soccer Program
Grossmont College Women's Softball Program
Grossmont College Women's Tennis Program
Visual art, music, dance, theatre, creative writing, culinary arts, and the galleries and symphonies that connect campus to community.
Carmen and Guy Lopez II Music Scholarship
Cuyamaca College Music Department
Cuyamaca College Music Outreach Fund
Don Patterson Promise Plus Scholarship
Friendly Feast Rising Star Pastry Scholarship
Friends of East County Arts Scholarship
Grossmont College Art & Photography Awards of Merit
Grossmont College Art Department
Grossmont College Creative Writing Program
Grossmont College Culinary Arts Department
Grossmont College Dance Department
Grossmont College Grossmont Symphony Orchestra
Grossmont College Hyde Art Gallery
Grossmont College Music Department
Grossmont College Theatre Arts Guild
Jim Fenningham Memorial Scholarship
Kathleen Williams Memorial Scholarship (c/o CMR Risk and Insurance Services)
Sycuan Casino & Resort Culinary Arts Scholarship
Todd Longstreth Photographic Arts Scholarship
Nursing, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, respiratory therapy, water studies, and STEM scholarships.
Carolyn Panak Shushan Memorial Scholarship
Cuyamaca College Center for Water Studies
Cuyamaca College Ornamental Horticulture Department
Grossmont College Biology Department
Grossmont College Chemistry Department
Grossmont College Math Department
Grossmont College Respiratory Therapy Program
Ivan Nolan Scholarship
John Matthew Hajosy Memorial Emergency Nursing Fund
Maggie Barnett Emergency Fund
Maggie Barnett Nursing Scholarship
Mahatma Gandhi Scholarship
Robert P. James Physics Scholarship
Watton Scholarship for the Center for Water Studies
English, political science, child development, library services, and scholarships for future educators and writers.
Barbara Chernofsky Scholarship in Child Development
Brian Jennings Building Bridges Scholarship
Cuyamaca College Child Development Center
Cuyamaca College English Department
Donna Ovian Courtney and James Kelley Courtney Memorial Scholarship
Franco Family Scholarship for Excellence in Political Science Research Methods
Grossmont College Child Development Department
Grossmont College English Department
Grossmont College ESL Scholarship
Grossmont College Library
Z. Dean Parks Scholarship
Unrestricted funds and general scholarships — gifts the Foundation directs to the area of greatest need.
Betty D. Krueger Memorial Scholarship
Change Makers Program
Cuyamaca College California Coast Credit Union Scholarship
Grossmont College California Coast Credit Union Scholarship
Grossmont College Emergency Funds
Grossmont College Griffin Fund
Peter White Memorial Promise Plus Scholarship
Promise Plus Scholarship Program
Retiree Network Promise Plus Scholarship
Automotive, business, hospitality, administration of justice, and workforce-focused programs across both colleges.
Cuyamaca College Automotive Program
Cuyamaca College Economic Education Program
Grossmont College Administration of Justice Department
Grossmont College Business Office Technology (BOT) Program
Sycuan Casino & Resort Administration of Justice Scholarship
Sycuan Casino & Resort Hospitality & Tourism Scholarship
William Richard Burns Promise Plus Scholarship
Academic and classified senates, associated students, and college-wide funds that support governance and operations.
Cuyamaca College Academic Senate
Cuyamaca College Associated Students Program
Cuyamaca College Classified Senate
Cuyamaca College Coyote Fund
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