Scholarships
Amount: Up to $33,000 per year (renewable of each year). About: Dream.US refers to its National Scholarship as a “Pell Grant for highly motivated DREAMers with significant, unmet financial need.” The organization works with more than 70 partner colleges to help immigrant students pay for and succeed in higher education. The program is open to…
Amount: Up to $10,000 (renewable for 2 years for 2-year program and up to 5 years for undergrad). About: The SFM Foundation Scholarship is annually awarded to Minnesota or Iowa residents whose parent has either been injured or died due to a work-related accident. Applicants must be between the ages of 16 and 25 at…
Amount: $2,500-$15,000. About: The Scarlett Family Foundation, an organization that promotes education in Middle Tennessee, offers scholarships open to graduating high school seniors and college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors from Middle Tennessee. Applicants must be graduating or have graduated from a high school any of the 40 counties in Middle Tennessee and be studying toward…
Amount: $1,000-$5,000. About: Each year, the Purple Heart Scholarship Fund awards scholarships to college-bound soldiers who’ve been awarded the Purple Heart. Applicants must be high school graduates or have successfully completed a GED program, be accepted to or enrolled as full-time undergraduate students at an accredited college, university, or trade school at the time the…
Amount: Up to $11,000. About: The Palumbo Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization in Chicagoland, annually awards scholarships to local students. Scholarships are open to high school seniors, students with GED diplomas, undergraduate college students, and students at vocational or trade schools. Applicants must meet a minimum 3.0 GPA requirement, come from a family with an…
Amount: Varies. About: Mike Rowe, who served as an apprentice on the TV series “Dirty Jobs,” created the Work Ethic Scholarship Program to promote skilled labor. Awarded through his mikeroweWORKS Foundation, the scholarships are intended to encourage students to learn a useful skill. In 2022, the foundation awarded a total of $1.5 million in work…