Lawrence M. Coss, founder and former CEO of Conseco Finance Corporation, established this scholarship fund at The Saint Paul Foundation in 2004 to aid in financing the postsecondary education of students attending high schools located in Dakota and Ramsey counties in Minnesota, and Buffalo, Hand, Hyde, Meade, and Pennington counties in South Dakota. Since 2004, the Coss Family Foundation Scholarship Fund has awarded more than 1 million dollars to students pursuing postsecondary education.

The Saint Paul Foundation is the community foundation for Saint Paul and surrounding areas. It connects and supports donors, nonprofits and partners to enrich lives and communities through philanthropy. Since 1940, The Saint Paul Foundation has granted more than $500 million to nonprofit organizations contributing to the health and vitality of the community. In 2007, The Saint Paul Foundation approved grants and operated special projects totaling more than $39 million, including more than $750,000 in scholarship awards. For more information, visit www.saintpaulfoundation.org.

Applications for the Coss Family Foundation Scholarship Fund are administered by Scholarship Management Services, a division of Scholarship America. Scholarship Management Services is the nation's largest designer and manager of scholarship and tuition reimbursement programs for corporations, foundations, associations and individuals.

Postmark deadline: February 10, 2009