Through its three scholarship programs, the Elks
National Foundation awards more than $3.6 million
a year in college scholarships.
Legacy Awards are $4,000 scholarships ($1,000 per year for four years). The Foundation will offer a total of up to 250 awards.
2010 Legacy Award applications are available ONLINE ONLY. The 2010 Legacy Awards application deadline has passed.
Meet the 2009 class of Legacy Award recipients!
Following are answers to common questions about the
Elks National Foundation's ENF Legacy Awards scholarship contest.
- Any child or grandchild (or step-child, step-grandchild, or legal ward) of a living Elk who joined the order on or before April 1, 2007, or a charter member of a Lodge that was instituted on or after April 1, 2007, is eligible to apply. The Elk must also be a paid-up member through March 31, 2010. Great-grandchildren are not eligible.
- The applicant must be a high school senior.
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The applicant must apply online only at www.elks.org/enf/scholars.
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If the applicant's parent and grandparent are both Elk members, the applicant
must apply through the parent's Elks Lodge.
- Students may apply for more than one ENF scholarship;
however, they may win only one. In cases where the student
qualifies for more than one, we will award the scholarship
with the greater value.
- Legacy Awards may only be applied to accredited
US American schools, colleges or universities.
(Note: Applicants from Guam, Panama, Puerto Rico
and the Philippines may apply Legacy Awards toward
schools, colleges or universities in their respective homes.)
- Applicants must take the
Scholastic Aptitude Test or the American College
Test by December 31, 2009.
Eligible students should apply in the following manner:
- Starting with the 2010 contest, applications will be available ONLINE ONLY after September 1, 2009.
- The student must complete and submit the ONLINE application by 11:59 p.m. Central Standard Time on the January 8, 2010, deadline.
- The Elk sponsor’s membership will be verified through the BPOE Grand Lodge headquarters.
- When a student registers to complete the online application, both the applicant and Lodge Secretary will be notified by email.
- Upon receipt of the application, the applicant will receive a
notification that the application was received. Winners
will be announced on or around May 1, 2010.
Note: Because the contest begins in one Lodge year and the winners
are announced in the next, a Legacy Award could go to the
child or grandchild of a lapsed member. An applicant's Elk
parent or grandparent must be a paid-up member in good
standing at the time of application, but if the Elk chooses
not to renew membership, that decision will not affect the
outcome of the Legacy Awards contest.
Legacy Awards are $4,000 scholarships ($1,000 year for four years). The Foundation offers a total of up to 250 awards.
Children and grandchildren will compete separately against other children and grandchildren in their state. Each state is eligible to receive a number of awards based on its past support of the Elks National Foundation. Each state’s quota is divided evenly among children and grandchildren. In states where the quota is an uneven number, the extra award is allocated to children of Elks, rather than grandchildren.
The Selection Committee is appointed by the ENF Board of Trustees, and consists of professionals
who are not connected with either the Elks National Foundation
or the BPO Elks of the USA. The Selection Committee is responsible for the
confidential review of each applicant's file. They determine
the Legacy Award winners. All decisions are final.
The ENF Legacy Awards contest provides educational assistance to children and grandchildren
of Elk members who are high school seniors, going on to college, and exhibit
the core values of the Elks National Foundation:
- Knowledge
- Charity
- Community
- Integrity
The Selection Committee judges applications based on the above values. There will be no further
investigation of the prospective students or their parents with
respect to financial need or other personal matters.
- Award winners will be announced on or before May 1.
- The award becomes final when the student accepts it
and actually enrolls in an accredited U.S. American school,
college or university. The award money will be apportioned
equally by period (semester, trimester, quarter, etc.).
- Legacy Awards are evidenced by a Certificate of Award
issued by the Chicago office of the Elks National Foundation.
- All checks are paid directly to the school; under no
circumstance can we make payment directly to the student.
- The scholarship monies may be used for tuition and fees,
books and supplies, room and board.
- In order to receive payment, a student must have the school send a completed
Verification of Enrollment form to our
Chicago office. We will then issue our check, payable to the school, and mail it directly
to the school to establish a credit in the name of the student.
We will notify the student when we mail the check.
- If a student leaves school for any reason,
the undisbursed balance of the scholarship must be returned
directly to the Foundation's Chicago office. It may not be
transferred to another school, and it may not be paid to the student personally.
- In all of our scholarship programs, it is the responsibility of the
student to follow up on all matters relating to his or her scholarship.
In all correspondence relating to a student who has won or is applying for
a Legacy Award, we must have the full name and Social Security number of the student.
scholarship@elks.org
773/755-4732
Elks National Foundation
2750 N. Lakeview Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614-2256
| State |
Legacy Awards |
| Alabama |
3 |
| Alaska |
3 |
| Arizona |
8 |
| Arkansas |
3 |
| California-Hawaii |
21 |
| Colorado |
6 |
| Connecticut |
5 |
| Florida |
11 |
| Georgia |
3 |
| Guam |
1 |
| Idaho |
3 |
| Illinois |
8 |
| Indiana |
5 |
| Iowa |
3 |
| Kansas |
3 |
| Kentucky |
3 |
| Louisiana |
2 |
| Maine |
4 |
| Maryland, Delaware & DC |
8 |
| Massachusetts |
7 |
| Michigan |
6 |
| Minnesota |
4 |
| Mississippi |
3 |
| Missouri |
6 |
| Montana |
3 |
| Nebraska |
3 |
| Nevada |
6 |
| New Hampshire |
3 |
| New Jersey |
10 |
| New Mexico |
4 |
| New York |
10 |
| North Carolina |
4 |
| North Dakota |
2 |
| Ohio |
7 |
| Oklahoma |
3 |
| Oregon |
7 |
| Panama |
1 |
| Pennsylvania |
6 |
| Philippines |
1 |
| Puerto Rico |
1 |
| Rhode Island |
3 |
| South Carolina |
3 |
| South Dakota |
3 |
| Tennessee |
3 |
| Texas |
6 |
| Utah |
3 |
| Vermont |
3 |
| Virginia |
4 |
| Washington |
7 |
| West Virginia |
3 |
| Wisconsin |
5 |
| Wyoming |
3 |
| Total |
246 |
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