Minnesota Masonic Charities Newest Scholarship Offering:

Heritage Scholarship Awards

Minnesota Masonic Charities Heritage Scholarships - the newest scholarship offering from MMC - will be awarded annually beginning in 2012 to Minnesota high school graduating seniors who demonstrate academic and personal achievement, as well as community participation or service and overall excellence. A high school GPA between 3.00 and 3.79 is required to apply for the Heritage Scholarships.

This merit-based college scholarship opportunity is offered to graduating seniors from accredited Minnesota high schools. These scholarships are made available on an equal opportunity basis, with no discrimination for age, gender, religion, national origin or Masonic affiliation.

Ten Heritage Scholarships are awarded each year. Each Heritage Scholarship is a $2,500 award which may be renewed for up to four years (provided scholastic eligibility is maintained) for up to $10,000.

Minnesota Masonic Charities Signature Scholarship Awards

Minnesota Masonic Charities Signature Scholarships, along with three endowed Masonic Legacy Scholarships, are awarded annually to Minnesota high school graduating seniors who demonstrate academic and personal achievement, as well as community participation or service and overall excellence. A high school GPA of 3.80 or above is required to apply for the Signature Scholarships and Masonic Legacy Scholarships.

The Signature Scholarships are college scholarships named after five individuals who are strongly identified with the state of Minnesota through personal achievement or public service and who were personally committed to the values of Masonry in their private lives:
•    James J. Hill
•    Hubert H. Humphrey
•    The Mayo Brothers
•    Harold Stassen
•    Laura Ingalls Wilder

This merit-based college scholarship opportunity is offered to graduating seniors from accredited Minnesota high schools. These scholarships are made available on an equal opportunity basis, with no discrimination for age, gender, religion, national origin or Masonic affiliation.

Five Signature Scholarships are awarded each year. Each Signature Scholarship is a $5,000 award which may be renewed for up to four years (provided scholastic eligibility is maintained) for up to $20,000.
Masonic Legacy Scholarships.

The Robert and Alta Van Tries and William F. Mackintosh Masonic Legacy Scholarships are scholarships endowed by individual donor gifts designated to assist students in their academic pursuits.

The Masonic Legacy Scholarship opportunity is offered to graduating seniors from accredited Minnesota high schools. These scholarships are made available on an equal opportunity basis, with no discrimination for age, gender, religion, national origin or Masonic affiliation.

One Robert and Alta Van Tries Masonic Legacy Scholarship and two William F. Mackintosh Masonic Legacy Scholarships are awarded each year. Each Masonic Legacy Scholarship is a $4,000 award which may be renewed for up to four years (provided scholastic eligibility is maintained) for up to $16,000.

Masonic Legacy Scholarship recipients will be selected from the candidate applications submitted for the Signature Scholarships.

* THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS FOR THE HERITAGE SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE SIGNATURE AND MASONIC LEGACY SCHOLARSHIPS IS FEBRUARY 10, 2012. *

HOW WILL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS BE SELECTED?
All submitted applications will first be reviewed for completeness. Any incomplete applications will not be considered. Following review for completeness, the Minnesota Masonic Charities Scholarship Committee will thoroughly evaluate completed applications and determine the recipients. All applicants for these scholarships will be notified of the Committee’s final determination prior to summer 2012.

WHO CAN I CONTACT IF I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS?
Contact the Scholarship Administrator at:
Minnesota Masonic Charities
11501 Masonic Home Drive
Bloomington, MN 55437

Or you may call 952-948-6004

WHO IS MINNESOTA MASONIC CHARITIES?
Minnesota Masonic Charities (MMC) is the nonprofit organization of Minnesota Masonry that promotes even greater levels of Masonic charity through a united focus. The Minnesota Masons contribute to charitable causes of all types; aiding other Masons, their families and all people within society. Our size, resources and capabilities rank us as one of the largest grant-making organizations in the state. Minnesota Masonic Charities offers a capable, central foundation for the Minnesota Masons’ many charitable endeavors.

Minnesota Masonic Charities Matching Funds Scholarship Program

The Minnesota Masonic Charities Matching Funds Scholarship program helps create positive community awareness of Minnesota Masonry and of the local Masonic Lodge or Order of the Eastern Star Chapter while providing worthy students with much needed financial assistance.

Minnesota Masonic Charities offers participation in the Matching Funds Scholarship program to all Minnesota Masonic Lodges and Order of the Eastern Star Chapters on a first come-first served basis. Many local community Lodges or Chapters administer their own scholarship programs. They then apply to MMC for matching funds for the scholarships they award in their community. If you would like to contact the local Lodge Secretary in your community to see if they offer scholarships and participate in the Matching Funds program,

find a lodge using the Grand Lodge of Minnesota’s Lodge locator.

Minnesota Masonic Charities matches the local Lodge or Chapter scholarships, up to the maximum matching award per Lodge or Chapter of $2,000. Every year over 115 Minnesota Masonic Lodges and Order of the Eastern Star Chapters participate in awarding to approximately 450 students over $300,000 through the Matching Funds Scholarship program. Over the past several years, the Matching Funds Scholarship program has been continuously expanded. Since 1992, over $3,000,000 has been awarded through the Matching Funds Scholarship program!

Beginning in fall 2011 the Minnesota Masonic Charities Matching Funds Scholarship program will be administered through Minnesota Masonic Charities (not through the Grand Lodge of Minnesota). Application information and deadline requirements for the 2012 Matching Funds Scholarship program will be provided directly to all Minnesota Masonic Lodges and Order of the Eastern Star Chapters in early 2012.