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2024 Scholarship Applications Available Monday, February 12, 2024! ~ Due Date 8 March 2024!!!

Upon the subject of education......

Our primary focus is to assist with scholarships and to support other activities beneficial to Dixie County education.

DIXIE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC.

What We Do?

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Consortium of Florida
Education Foundations

Through our membership in the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations, organizations, individuals and financial resources to build capacity and effectiveness are connected to our local Dixie Education Foundation, Inc.

Locally Funded Scholarships

Since 1997 the Dixie Education Foundations partners annually with local donors. From our humble beginnings of $10,000, we now award over $200,000 annually.

Legacy Foundation Scholarships

The Dixie Education Foundation, Inc. is proud of our partnership with Florida's Legacy Foundation Scholarship Program. We can purchase Legacy scholarship form the foundation with a dollar for dollar match. For instance if we purchase an 2 year college plan your price lst year was $1,500 and the match was $1,500 with a little intrest. Not bad! it feels really good to give a student $3,000 towards thier education.

Other Funded Scholarships

The Dixie Education Foundation acts as a facilitator for other monies award to graduating seniors. Some of our long term organizational partners are Central Florida Electric, Farm Bureau of Gilchrist, Suncoast Credit Union, Florida Gateway College, Duke Energy, and Big Bend Technical College & Technical Education.

Apples For Education

Apples for Education at our Dixie County Tax Collector’s office!! While you're renewing your tag, paying your taxes or getting your drivers license, you can make a donation of any amount to Apples for Education, and that money goes directly to support programs for all Dixie County students!!

Gates Foundation Grant

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

Tuition Assistance Program

The tuition assistance program or TAP begin as a multi-year $50,000 dollar grant from Blue Wolf. Thos program is designed to help High school graduates persue a carrer in trade and techincal education or CTE.

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Suncoast Credit Union Foundation

The Suncoast Credit Union Foundation is partnering with the Dixie Education Foundation to offer Two scholarships of $2,000 to DCHS graduates in the Class of 2024. 

Teacher Mini-Grants 

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” ― Marilyn Monroe

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"The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.” ― Queen Elizabeth II
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Our Story

We’re passionate about building our future workforce. During the months of September, October, and November we hold our annual scholarship drive.

We create annual solutions
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200+
Scholarships
27
Years Experience
120+
Happy Students
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Foundation Members
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From Our Blog

February 3, 2024
Stormwater
Holly Houghton
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The Storm Water Task Force was formed by concerned citizens who have lived in Dixie for many years and we know the topography of the land and its water flow. We thought we could help the county with the task that was ahead. We met under an oak tree in front of a church and […]...
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February 2, 2024
Maya Angelou
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“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” - Maya Angelou  ...
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February 2, 2024
Martin Luther King, Jr
Holly Houghton
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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr...
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February 2, 2024
Dr. Seuss
Christine Smith
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"Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope." - Dr. Seuss...
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February 2, 2024
Oscar Wilde
Holly Houghton
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“Experience is simply the name we give to our mistakes.” – Oscar Wilde...
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Consortium of Florida Education FoundationsBlue Wolf Capital Partners LLCCentral Florida Electric Cooperative, Inc.Stanley G. Tate Florida Prepaid College FoundationFlorida Gateway Collegesuncoast credit union
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Selected News & Events

Memorial Scholarships

Florida Gateway Board of Trustee Scholarship 2023

Annual Scholarship Drive

Annual Senior Scholarship Night

TAP/Legacy Program

2022 - 2019 $200,000 Awarded to Dixie Education Foundation

TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (TAP)

Duke Energy Foundation donates $4,000 For Scholarships

Resolute Forest Contributes $2500 for the 2022 Scholarship Program

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Notices & Disclosures

This website is currently under renovation to ensure accessibility by any disabled individual. If anyone encounters an inaccessible feature on this website, please contact Holly Houghton, Dixie Education Foundation, at (352) 498-1238 or Email Holly, to advise what inaccessible feature was encountered, and to allow the Foundation to provide the desired information through alternative means, until such time as the website renovation is complete.​

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