Donate to a Community Fund or Apply For a Scholarship

Donate to an Existing Scholarship Fund

To make an online donation to any of the Trustees of the Trust Funds Community Scholarships, see the "donate" buttons above.

All donations are tax deductible. 

Establish a New Scholarship

To learn more about setting up a scholarship, go to the Policy Statement on Scholarship Funds.

City Council Adopts Recommendations

The City Council adopted the recommendations creating the following new scholarships. To make a donation to any of the scholarships, visit one of the links below to connect to the City's secure online payment portal:

• Portsmouth Community Scholarship — Arts
• Portsmouth Community Scholarship — Athletics
• Portsmouth Community Scholarship — Higher Education
• Portsmouth Community Scholarship — Science, Technology, Engineering, Math
• Portsmouth Community Scholarship — Career Tech/Trades

Trustee Managed Scholarship Funds

The Trustees of the Trust Funds manage these scholarships as well as the following scholarship funds:

• Annie Fields, 1917
• Annie Mcintosh, 1971
• Barbara Porter Memorial Scholarship, 2015
• Barry Hodgdon, 1974
• Bud Ricci Memorial, 2015
• Carrie Lee Memorial, 1998
• Clarence I. Sherwood, 1988
• Col. Helen D. Maslanka, 2011
• Demaris-Brooks, 1982
• Erik Rappolt Scholarship Fund
• Ermino A. Ricci, 1982
• Futures Program Endowment, 2009
• Gray Scholarship, 1955
• Henry B. Margeson Scholarship, 2011
• Horace A. Haven, 1934
• Jhaime S. Dye Scholarship, 2008
• John and Olga Leary Scholarship, 2003
• John Durgin Scholarship, 2013
• John J. Foley Scholarship, 1997
• John Wholey Scholarship, 2003
• Joseph H. Grilli, 1999
• Martha De Meritt, 1872
• Salvatore and Joanne Grasso Scholarship, 2000
• Tony Rahn Memorial Scholarship, 2015
• William and Irene Mortimer Scholarship I, 2003
• William and Irene Mortimer Scholarship II, 2015

For more information about the scholarship application process, contact Brittany Lind, College Counselor at Portsmouth High School. Telephone: 603.436.7100.