Ron & Christine Lemonds - Edward Jones Scholarship

Scholarship Sponsored by Greater St. Louis Community Foundation

The Ron and Christine Lemonds—Edward Jones Scholarship annually awards a $1,000 renewable scholarship to a student who is the dependent child of a home-office employee of Edward D. Jones. Recipients will demonstrate academic strength and financial need at a nationally accredited two-year or four-year college or university. Children of general partners of the parent company, The Jones Financial Companies, LLP, may not apply for consideration.

Eligibility:

• Dependent child of a home-office associate of Edward D. Jones & Co., LP. Eligible associates work in the home office in St. Louis MO, Tempe AZ, Mississauga, ON, or as a home office home-based associate
• Graduating high school senior or current college student
  • Cumulative 3.0 grade point average on a four-point scale, or the equivalent
  • College preparatory academic record and potential for success
  • Demonstrated financial need at an eligible college or university
  • Full-time enrollment at an accredited nonprofit two-year or four-year college, university, or technical college

Selection:

Applicants will be evaluated on the basis of:

• student’s extracurricular involvement, including work, that demonstrates responsibility and/or leadership
• essays that demonstrate strength of character and an attitude that will lead to success
• two letters of reference
• transcript that demonstrates past success and potential for future success

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please answer all questions that apply to you, even if they are not marked “required.”

Financial need will be evaluated based on information provided by the student:

• Application
• FAFSA Student Aid Report
• Financial Aid award letter from the college the student will attend.

Recipients’ names, contact information, college, and major will be shared with Edward Jones. Financial information will not be shared.

• Renewal of the Ron and Christine Lemonds Scholarship is based on satisfactory progress toward a degree, continued demonstration of financial need, and submitting the renewal application on time.

Notification

Application status will be changed from submitted to either offered or denied in June. Applicants can view their status by logging in to their Scholarship Central account.