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Congratulations to our 2025 Scholarship Recipients

With this year’s 35 recipients, a total of 92 students will receive scholarships in 2025. The annual budget needed to distribute scholarships to all of the scholars this year is approximately $660,000. The money needed to fund the scholarships is raised through a fundraising banquet and golf tournament 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 was founded in 1991 by Club Pelican Bay members, and has awarded over $7.2 million dollars in scholarships to over 860 Collier County students since its founding.

2025 Scholarship Recipients

  • Club Pelican Bay (Employees/Family) – Mia Giglio, Addison Hauser, Kareen Smith-Clayton
  • Aubrey Rogers High School – Ali Amini
  • Community School of Naples – Annalisa Benedito
  • Donahue Academy – Gianna Campuzano
  • Golden Gate High School – Olivia Eckman, Leo Mesa Guerra
  • Gulf Coast High School – Paula Angel, Maria Nerea, Aaron Pryear
  • Immokalee High School – Faustina Andres Francisco, Jennifer Arriaga, Heidi Chavez-Interiano, Rubi Mijangos, Amy Olguin-Sanchez, Zayda Perez Pedraza, Vanessa Sales-Ramirez, Jennifer Trejo-Calmo, Christopher Velasquez Chavez
  • Lely High School – Vania Antonio-Carrillo, Ivan Cisneros, Adan Hernandez
  • Lorenzo Walker Technical High School – Lidney Augustin, Dominic Berec, Jenny Dor, Wesmilka Louima, Travis Michel, Brenda Rebolledo, Anthony Rivero
  • Mason Classical Academy – Erick Camacho
  • Naples High School – Brooke Hyde
  • Palmetto Ridge High School – Jaydon Soto
  • St. John Neumann High School – Steven Leedom, Mariana Pelissier


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 and technical institutions each year. They represent some of the most prestigious schools in the United States.

Here are some of the colleges 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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