Scholarships
Amount: $2,000. About: Named in honor of the late Agnes Jones Jackson who was a long-time NAACP member from the San Francisco branch, the Agnes Jones Jackson Scholarship is one of many awards available to Black students through NAACP’s Inspire Initiatives. Each year, $2,000 is awarded to 22 outstanding students pursuing undergraduate degrees. Applicants must…
Amount: Up to $10,000. About: Each year, as part of its Inspire Initiatives, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) offers a variety of need-based and merit scholarships to Black students who are pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree. While the award amounts, age, and eligibility requirements vary with each scholarship, applicants…
Amount: $3,000 per year for up to 4 years. About: Minnesota Masonic Charities Heritage Scholarships are annually awarded to college-bound high school seniors in Minnesota. Each applicant must be graduating from a Minnesota high school, have a GPA between 3.0 and 3.49 on a 4.0 scale, and plan to enroll in a four-year college program.…
Amount: $3,000 (renewable). About: Each year, Minnesota Masonic Charities awards scholarships to current undergraduate students. Applicants must be current college freshmen, sophomores, or juniors enrolled in a four-year college program, have graduated from a Minnesota high school, and meet a minimum 3.0 GPA requirement. Eligible Grade Levels: College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior Eligible Majors:…
Amount: $5,000. About: NBCUniversal Media and the League of United Latin American Citizens National Education Service Centers (LNESC) have partnered to offer a scholarship for Latino undergraduate students interested in working in the media and entertainment industry. Open to rising sophomores and juniors, 10 students are awarded a scholarship of each year. Scholarships are worth…
Amount: $1,000. About: The American Legion Department of Kansas, the Kansas state branch of the largest veterans organization in the United States, offers the Charles W. and Annette Hill Scholarship to Kansas high school seniors, college freshmen, and college sophomores who are the descendents of wartime veterans and who have been members of the Kansas…