
SELCO started its scholarship program in 1991 as an important component of our mission to help members reach their financial and educational goals. We now offer expanded eligibility for our scholarship program, welcoming vocational, continuing, and non-traditional students to apply.

Designed to fund creative classroom ideas that don’t have the funds to get off the ground, our Creative Educator Grants have brought hundreds of classroom projects to life. Learn more about our program and see the projects taking shape this year.

We want to help educators inspire the love of learning—and that begins in the classroom. In the second year of the Classroom Makeover program, three winners were selected by the public and were awarded $45,000 to renovate their learning spaces. Learn more about our program and check out the transformations taking shape in the following schools across Oregon this year:

SELCO awards $45,000 to three innovative educators chosen by the public for its second year of Classroom Makeovers.

SELCO awards over $80,000 in Creative Educator Grants to 40 educators supporting innovative class projects that are taking shape in 14 Oregon counties.

Caldera High School completes its Makerspace Lab thanks to $15,000 in funding from SELCO’s Classroom Makeover initiative that debuted this year.

SELCO Scholarship recipients receive a total of $77,500 in scholarships in 2025 and become part of our largest applicant pool ever in the program’s history.