Size and Scope of Our Scholarship Program THE FOUNDATION’S 320 active scholarship funds grant more than 700 scholarships, providing an average of $2.3 million in financial assistance to students each year. Our program is one of the nation’s largest scholarship programs within a community foundation. Many scholarships may be applied for entirely online through the Foundation’s scholarship search website. The average scholarship award for the 2018-19 academic year was $3,308, with some of the larger awards ranging from $15,000 to $22,000. The total permanent endowment of scholarship funds is $67 million. Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School students are among those who receive scholarship awards from the Foundation. 2 SCHOLARSHIP HANDBOOK