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Dr. Frederick Jones Sr. Family Scholarship Fund

Communities Foundation of Texas (donor fund)

Up to $5,000 for four years
Deadline: May 1, 2027 (est.)

⚠ Date check: Last cycle deadline was May 1, 2026; 2027 date not yet posted (CFT portal reopens Jan 2027).
Counties
Dallas
District / school / group
Duncanville, DeSoto, Cedar Hill, Lancaster
Eligibility
The purpose of the Dr. Frederick Jones Sr. Family Scholarship Fund will be to provide scholarships to graduating high school seniors of Southwest Dallas from Duncanville, DeSoto, Cedar Hill, and Lancaster, Texas who are pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or medicine at any accredited 2-year or 4-year college or university in the United States or its possessions. Eligibility: Applicants must: be in good standing as a student have a cumulative high school or college GPA of 2.8 on a 4.0 scale take the SAT or ACT graduating seniors of a high school in Duncanville, DeSoto, Cedar Hill, or Lancaster, Texas
Minimum GPA
Not stated
Major / field
STEM / medicine
Need-based
No
Essay
Yes
How to apply
Apply via CFT's universal scholarship portal (grantinterface.com, urlkey=cftexasscholarship); CFT says the portal reopens January 2027.
Deadline notes
Last cycle deadline was May 1, 2026; 2027 date not yet posted (CFT portal reopens Jan 2027).
Official page
https://www.cftexas.org/scholarships/apply-for-scholarships/dr-frederick-jones-sr-family-scholarship-fund/
Source
https://www.cftexas.org/scholarships/apply-for-scholarships/
Cycle
2026-27 (Class of 2027)
Last verified
2026-10-15 · Official page fetched 2026-10-15

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