PFund Foundation Scholarship Program

The PFund Foundation Scholarship Program awards LGBTQIA individuals for their commitment and leadership within LGBTQIA communities. Scholarships support post-secondary academic programs as well as non-scholastic leadership development opportunities. Applicants must be either from or currently attending school in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota, or South Dakota. Applicants must also be currently enrolled in or admitted to a GED program, community college, four-year college, university, graduate school, trade school, professional certificate program, or apprenticeship program for the 2025-2026 academic year. Preference will be given to applicants with a strong vision for making a social or political impact in LGBTQIA communities; applicants serving, leading and working for culture change in communities around LGBTQIA issues, recognizing that access to leadership opportunities can vary; and applicants of diverse backgrounds, particularly those from traditionally under-represented communities and demographic groups including but not limited to: (1) Indigenous, Black, People of Color; first generation, immigrant, and new Americans; (2) Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming people, and (3) LGBTQIA Individuals from rural communities across the upper Midwest. For the 2027 application cycle, applications open on January 11, 2027 and are due by 5pm central on March 1, 2027; awards are distributed in June each year. Individual scholarships range from $1,000 to $12,000 (with a $1,500 average award amount); in 2026, PFund offered 45 scholarships totaling $100,000+. Applicants must identify as LGBTQ+ and be 17 years of age or older by June 1, 2027, and be either from or currently attending school in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, or the Native Nations therein. Applications are submitted through Submittable, and scholarship payments require submission of an IRS Form W9 with a social security number or other tax ID number. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.