Scholarships
Amount: $10,000. About: Offered by Dark & Lovely, the Building Beautiful Futures Scholarship is one of many awards available to Black female students and female students of color through NAACP’s Inspire Initiatives. Each year, $10,000 is awarded to two outstanding students. The award is renewable for four years, provided that a GPA of 2.7 or…
Amount: $3,000. About: The Hubertus W. V. Willems Scholarship is one of many awards available to Black male students through NAACP’s Inspire Initiatives. Each year, $3,000 is awarded to 25 outstanding students pursuing undergraduate degrees. Applicants must be a member of the NAACP; be a Black or African American male; be currently enrolled full-time or…
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 (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: $4,000-$20,000. About: The Milton Fisher Scholarship is a four-year renewable scholarship for exceptionally creative and innovative high school juniors, high school seniors, and college freshmen. Applicants must be Connecticut or New York City metropolitan area residents who plan to attend college anywhere in the United States, or residents of anywhere in the United States…
Amount: Varies. About: Offered by the nonprofit organization Life Happens, the Life Lessons Scholarship Program annually helps students who have lost a parent afford higher education. Applicants must be 17-24 years old, have experienced the death of a parent or legal guardian, be attending college, university, or trade school in the United States or Puerto…