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Congratulations to our 2024 Scholarship Recipients

This year’s additional 30 recipients bring the total to 105 students who will receive scholarships this year. The annual budget needed to distribute scholarships to all of the scholars is approximately $720,000 in 2024. The money needed to fund the scholarships is raised through a fundraising golf event held every other year, donations from Club members, and the generous support of local businesses.

Founders Scholarship Fund, a non-profit/tax-exempt charitable organization founded in 1991 by Club Pelican Bay members, has awarded over $7.2 million dollars in scholarships to over 860 Collier County students since its founding.

2024 Scholarship Recipients

  • Club Pelican Bay (Employees/Family) – Michael Eck, Cheyenne Jacoby, Vance Landry, Charles Nicholson, James Swaford
  • Barron Collier High School – Joseph Stenza
  • Golden Gate High School – Jissel Escobedo-Maldonado, Josman Flores Cardenas, Alejandro Lopez, Sanlove-Eve Michel
  • Gulf Coast High School – Samuel Isenberg
  • Immokalee High School – Alexander Alonso-Lucas, Cristal Gonzalez Guerrero, Perla Hernandez, Mildred Hinojosa, Geraldi Sanabria, Ivan Vega Arreola
  • Lely High School – Esmeralda Bakollari, Thomas Pellegriti
  • Lorenzo Walker Technical High School – Xaria Boatswain, Sutton Crouch, Johane Saintil
  • Mason Classical Academy – Alexander Vlahakis
  • Naples High School – Bernardo Cortinas, Reyna Lucrecio-Olaeta, Alexis Richardson, Johnnie Vargas
  • Palmetto Ridge High School – Robert Ene, Liam Rezende De Lucia
  • St. John Neumann High School – Beata Blood


Scholarship Recipients

Our scholars are some of the brightest students you’ll find attending college today. Their majors range from music composition to neuroscience.

Founders Scholarship Fund averages 100 to 110 students attending colleges or technical institutions each year. They represent some of the most prestigious schools in the United States.

Here are some of the colleges that our students are attending or have attended.

  • American University
  • Arcadia University
  • Carleton College
  • College of the Holy Cross
  • Columbia University
  • Cornell University
  • Emory University
  • Fayetteville State University
  • Florida Agriculture & Mechanical University
  • Florida Atlantic University
  • Florida Atlantic University Honors College
  • Florida Gulf Coast University
  • Florida International University
  • Florida Southern College
  • Florida Southwestern State College
  • Florida State University
  • Franklin & Marshall College
  • George Mason University
  • Harvard College
  • Lehigh University
  • Lincoln College of Technology
  • Marquette University
  • Middlebury College
  • MIT
  • Monmouth College
  • North Central College
  • Northwestern University
  • NYU
  • Ohio State University
  • Purdue University
  • Regis College
  • Saint Mary’s College
  • St John’s University
  • St. Vincent College
  • Texas Health and Science University
  • The Culinary Institute of America
  • The George Washington University
  • Tufts University
  • UC Berkley
  • University of Central Florida
  • University of Florida
  • University of Miami
  • University of Mount Union
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • University of North Florida
  • University of Richmond
  • University of South Florida
  • Vanderbilt University

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