Scholarships
Amount: Varies. About: Each year, the San Diego Community Foundation rewards community-minded students with college scholarships. Applicants must show proof of participation in community service, extracurricular activities, and/or work experience, reside in San Diego County, demonstrate financial need, have a GPA of at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale, show commitment to education, and show…
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: $10,000. About: The ScholarshipPoints program was created in 2006 by Edvisors to help students plan and pay for college. The program awards three or more $1,000 scholarships every month and a $10,000 scholarship every three months. Students qualify by joining the ScholarshipPoints community and completing activities, such as taking surveys, reading blog posts, and…
Amount: $10,000. About: In 2021, the Sallie Mae Fund partnered with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to expand the Bridging the Dream Scholarship Program in an effort to further promote diversity in higher education among minority students and others from historically underserved communities. The program will award 75 $10,000 scholarships to high school seniors over…
Amount: $5,000. About: SAE International (formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers) and the Ford Motor Company jointly offer the SAE/Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies Scholarship. The scholarship is open to U.S. high school seniors who intend to pursue a bachelor/associate degree in engineering or technology through an ABET-accredited program. Applicants must be current students from…
Amount: $40,000 (over 4 years). About: The Ron Brown Scholar Program awards community minded and intellectually gifted African Americans who come from economically challenged families with four-year $40,000 scholarships ($10,000 of each year). Applicants must be high school seniors, be Black/African American, excel academically, show exceptional leadership potential, participate in community service activities, demonstrate financial…