The smallest applicant pools are usually close to home: scholarships only students from one county can apply for. We have found 100 of them so far across 53 Illinois counties, from 46 local sponsors. Pick your county to see who gives there, how much and when the deadlines fall. We keep searching and add new local scholarships as we find them, so this number grows.
Local scholarships in each county. Counties with fewer than 3 are listed without a page of their own for now. Not seeing yours? We add local scholarships every week, and the 22 state scholarships and grants still apply.
The local sponsors here include 17 community foundations, 13 Farm Bureaus, and 4 service clubs. Each sponsor counted once, by kind; one sponsor can cover several counties.
| Who gives across the state | Sponsors | Scholarships |
|---|---|---|
| Community foundations | 17 | 64 |
| Farm Bureaus | 13 | 18 |
| Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions and other service clubs | 4 | 6 |
| School district and school foundations | 1 | 1 |
| Memorial funds and other local groups | 11 | 11 |
| All local sponsors | 46 | 100 |
Answer a few questions and see how many of the 8,000+ scholarships we track fit your student, local ones included. Their own board, with every name, rule and deadline, is $149 for the school year.
See which ones your student fits30-day refund, no questions asked.
Counted from our catalog on October 8, 2026. Counts, amounts and deadlines come from each sponsor's own published rules and can change without notice. A scholarship open to several counties is counted once in each of them, and once in the state total. Confirm anything you act on with the sponsor.