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The Community Foundation of Pulaski County is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2025 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Pulaski County – Corrin Combs of Winamac Community High School. Lilly Endowment Community Scholars are known for their community involvement, academic achievement, character, and leadership.
“The Lilly Endowment has been quite generous to our county since their highly-competitive scholarship program began in 1998. We are proud of all our applicants and finalists – this year, we had 17 students apply from four of the schools that serve Pulaski County residents: Winamac Community, West Central, North-Judson, and Culver Community. Through an intensive application process, Corrin Combs, daughter of Micah and Kari Combs, was selected to represent Pulaski County in this prestigious program,” said Leeann Wright, Executive Director of the Community Foundation.
Each Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship provides full tuition, required fees and a special allocation of up to $900 per year for required books and required equipment for four years. The scholarship is for full-time undergraduate students leading to a baccalaureate degree at any eligible Indiana public or private nonprofit college or university. Lilly Endowment Community Scholars may also participate in the Lilly Scholars Network (LSN), which connects both current scholars and alumni with resources and opportunities to be active leaders on their campuses and in their communities. Both the scholarship program and LSN are supported by grants from Lilly Endowment to Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) and Indiana Humanities.
“I hope to attend Purdue University and receiving this scholarship will relieve the financial stress,” said Corrin Combs.
In determining Pulaski County’s Lilly Endowment Community Scholar nominees, consideration was given to Academics, Community Leadership, and Character and Values by the Community Foundation of Pulaski County’s Scholarship Selection Committee. After the field of applicants was narrowed down, nominees were submitted to ICI, the statewide administrator of the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program, which approves the final selection of scholarship recipients.
Lilly Endowment created the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program for the 1997-98 school year. Since then, grant funding in excess of $490 million has supported more than 5,300 Indiana students who have received scholarships through the program.
The primary purposes of the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program are: 1) to help raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana; 2) to increase awareness of the beneficial roles Indiana community foundations can play in their communities; and 3) to encourage and support the efforts of current and past Lilly Endowment Community Scholars to engage with each other and with Indiana business, governmental, educational, nonprofit and civic leaders to improve the quality of life in Indiana generally and in local communities throughout the state.
