Amount: $5,000.

About:
Offered by Walmart, the Empowering a Better Tomorrow Scholarship is meant for the formerly incarcerated or those who have recently been convicted and who have completed their sentence. Each year, $5,000 is awarded to 20 students who can exhibit qualities of leadership, commitment to change, and desire to give back to their community. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen; be released from incarceration and/or recently convicted but not sentenced for a crime; be enrolled in the upcoming Fall semester at a public 4-year, 2-year, community college, trade school, or other public educational institution; have no serious disciplinary incidents within the past 12 months; and have applied for and received all federal, state, and other grants and loans available to them.

 

Eligible Grade Levels: Trade School Student, Vocational Student, College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior

Eligible Majors: All majors

Residency Requirement: No residency requirement

Minimum GPA: No GPA requirement

Deadline: Application is currently closed.

Please note that scholarship deadlines often change, so make sure to check the scholarship sponsor’s website for up-to-date deadlines.