[ SCHOLARSHIPS ]  

JVS administers the scholarship funds of the Jewish community. These include:

  • Marge Baker Scholarship Fund
    A fund at JVS for pursing graduate degrees in vocational services or psychology.
  • Morris Berenberg Family Scholarship Fund
    Endowed at the Minneapolis Jewish Federation. Provides post-secondary educational grants to Minnesota residents.
  • Sheri and Les Biller Family Scholarship Fund
    A fund of Jewish Family and Children's Service for émigrés and their children.
  • Galinson Family Scholarship Fund
    Endowed at the Minneapolis Jewish Federation. Provides grants to Jewish residents of Minnesota accepted to or attending post-secondary educational institutions.
  • Guita Bearman Gordon Scholarship Fund
    A fund of Jewish Family and Children's Service To encourage women to enter the rabbinate or cantorate.
  • Sewell Gordon Scholarship Fund
    Provides merit and need-based educational grants.
  • Edward E. Grossman/I.S. Joseph Scholarship Fund
    Endowed at the Minneapolis Jewish Federation. Provides encouragement and recruitment awards for students pursuing or considering a career in Jewish communal service work. Applicants must be junior or senior undergraduates or graduate students.
  • Sid and Joanie Levinsohn Scholarship Fund
    Provides need-based educational grants for post-secondary students.
  • Robin Family University Merit Scholarship
    A fund at JVS for University of Minnesota students who demonstrate need and merit.
  • Dr. Ian Swatez Memorial Scholarship Fund
    A fund at JVS for University of Minnesota Medical School students.

Applications are accepted November 1 through March 31 each year.

Click here to download a PDF version of the scholarship application.

Submit three letters of recommendation and your most recent academic transcript with your application. Mail to: JVS, Attn: Scholarship, 13100 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 300, Minnetonka, MN 55305.