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Click here to view 2026 recipients. Scholarships may be used for tuition, enrollment fees, room/board, CPA Exam review materials, books and/or supplies.
Click here to apply for a 2027 scholarship. Applications accepted November 2, 2026 – February 12, 2027, 3 p.m. EST.
Program Background
Since 1988, the Foundation has provided scholarships in amounts up to $2,500. The scholarships recognize scholastic achievement and leadership qualities in students who plan to become CPAs. If you are an outstanding accounting student attending a Kentucky college or university and a U.S. citizen, you are eligible to apply for a college scholarship from the Educational Foundation of the KyCPA. Scholarship checks will be made payable to the scholarship recipient and may be used for tuition, enrollment fees, room and board, CPA Exam review materials, books and/or supplies.
To be eligible for the scholarships, applicants must:
- Be a U.S. citizen
- Be enrolled in a Kentucky-based college/university or a Kentucky resident attending a bordering state (IN, OH, TN, WV, VA, MO, IL) college/university,
- Have completed or are enrolled in Intermediate Accounting
- Be a student member of the Kentucky Society of CPAs (it’s FREE) Click here to join as a student member,
- Have an overall grade point average of at least 2.75,
- Indicate plans to sit for the CPA exam (applicants who have completed all or parts of the exam are also eligible).
Thank you to the following Educational Foundation Accounting Scholarship Benefactors in 2026
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- Baldwin CPAs PLLC
- Blue & Co. LLC
- Brown-Forman Corporation
- Crowe LLP
- Dave Calzi, CPA
- David W. Henderman Foundation, Inc.
- Dean Dorton PLLC
- Deloitte & Touche LLP
- DMLO CPAs
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Freibert CPA Group PLLC
- Glenda & Gordon Ford Foundation
- Kelley Galloway Smith Goolsby PSC
- KPMG LLP
- KyCPA Past Presidents
- G. Alan Long, CPA
- Louis T. Roth & Co. PLLC
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Cherry Bekaert
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Papa John’s International
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Bob & Melina Patterson
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Sadie Mae
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Virginia Mae
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Strothman & Co.
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J. Whitney Stith & Gina C. Stith
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Brandon Lloyd Warden
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Kentucky State Board of Accountancy
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Forvis Mazars
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Henry (The Hawk) Hawkins
- Kentucky State University
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KyCPA Educational Foundation
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William G. Meyer Sr.
CPA...three letters, a million possibilities.
Click here for mission, history and structure of the Educational Foundation. Questions? Contact 502.266.5272 or 800.292.1754 (toll-free in Ky.)
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