Scholarships
Amount: $8,000 (disbursed over 4 years). About: Offered by the American Postal Workers Union (APWU), the E.C. Hallbeck Memorial Scholarship is annually awarded to the children and grandchildren of APWU members. Applicants must be college-bound high school seniors and be the child, grandchild, stepchild, or legally adopted child of an active, retired, or deceased, due-paying…
Amount: $1,000-$5,000. About: Against the Grain Productions (ATG) is a nonprofit organization that promotes artistry, ingenuity, and creative projects in the Asian American community. The ATG Lily Pabolina Emerging Entrepreneur Scholarship is offered to Asian American high school senior or college student currently enrolled full-time at an accredited U.S. vocational, junior college, or four-year college/university…
Amount: Varies. About: Offered by Adoption STAR, the Academic Scholarship Program annually provides scholarships to high-achieving high school seniors who were adopted or live in foster care. Applicants must possess good character, demonstrate high academic achievement and progress, have been adopted or in foster care, and be a high school senior with plans to attend…
Amount: $20,000 (over 4 years). About: The First Responders Children’s Foundation offers the Vincent Bennett Jr. Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to an incoming freshman who is the child of a law enforcement officer or firefighter, who was killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty. Students who are majoring in engineering are…
Amount: $2,000. About: Offered by the First Responders Children’s Foundation, the Victoria Ovis Memorial Scholarship is a one-time $2,000 award open to the children of law enforcement officers who were killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty. Applicants must reside and attend school in New York State or the New York metropolitan area.…
Amount: Up to $12,000 per year (for up to 5 years). About: Offered by nonprofit Together We Rise, in partnership with the Fund II Foundation, the Family Fellowship Scholarship s intended to help propel foster care youth into higher education. Applicants need to be U.S. citizens between the ages of 17 and 23 and been…