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Websites
Note: Many community service activities can generate funding opportunities for pre-college children and young adults, either to fund their activity or to reward them by providing funds for college. Take a look at Grants for Individual : Youth Community Service
Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge
http://www.youngscientistchallenge.com/
Deadline : May 20
The Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the premier national science competition for students in grades 5 through 8, is now open for entries - and the deadline is fast approaching. Students must complete a video entry about the "Science of Everyday Life" and submit it online before May 20th, 2009. The top 10 students in the country will each win a series of prizes, including $1,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to the competition finals in New York City this fall. The winning student will receive $50,000 in U.S. savings bonds and be named America's Top Young Scientist.
About.com Private School Scholarships
http://privateschool.about.com/od/scholarships/Scholarships.htm
(Last checked 09/03/09)
The Black Student Fund
http://www.blackstudentfund.org
Provides tuition grants and essential services to low-income black children attending participating schools (K-12) in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Mailing address: 3636 16th Street, NW, Washington, D.C.; telephone: (202) 396-0798.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Bretzlaff Foundation (Hilda E)
http://www.hebf.org/
Provides scholarships for both elementary/high school and college students from Milford, Michigan.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Carson Scholars Fund
http://carsonscholars.org/programs/scholarships/about-our-scholarships
The Carson Scholars Fund supports two main initiatives: Carson Scholarships and Ben Carson Reading Projects. The Carson Scholars Fund scholarship program awards students who have embraced high levels of academic excellence and community service with $1,000 college scholarships. 4-11 grade students have to be nominated by their school principals. The Ben Carson Reading Project initiative creates inviting and exciting reading rooms for students to discover the joy of independent reading.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Center for Education Reform
http://www.edreform.com/education_reform_resources/tuition_vouchers.htm
A listing, by state, of Private Scholarship Programs in operation across the country.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Children's Scholarship Fund
http://www.scholarshipfund.org/index.asp
Children's Scholarship Fund provides partial tuition assistance for low-income families from across the United States to send their children to private schools.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Children's Scholarship Fund of Detroit
1234 Washington Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48226
Telephone: (313) 883-8677
A nonprofit organization which awards scholarships to non-Catholic children who attend parochial schools (K-12) in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park.
(Telephone number last checked 09/03/09)
City of Lansing H.O.P.E. Scholarship
http://lansinghope.com/index.asp
The H.O.P.E. Scholarship Program is a crime prevention and education initiative in cooperation with the Lansing Police Department, Lansing Community College, Michigan State University, Lansing School District, and City of Lansing in cooperation with local businesses and private citizens. The H.O.P.E. Scholarship Program offers Lansing School District youth an opportunity for a college education and a brighter future. Students are initiated into the program as sixth graders. Students promise to finish high school in exchange for two free years of tuition at Lansing Community College. The students are chosen by their school, based on their ability to utilize the program.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
(Jack Kent) Cooke Foundation Young Scholars Program
http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/young-scholars-program/
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Young Scholars Program selects highly able youth with financial need and provides them throughout high school with individualized educational services that will enable them to develop their talents and abilities. The Foundation collaborates with regional talent centers at Duke, Johns Hopkins, and Northwestern Universities and the University of Denver to administer the application process and to counsel Young Scholars.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Corporation for National and Community Service
Student Service - Presidential Freedom Scholarships
http://www.learnandserve.gov/home/site_map/index.asp
Deadline: June 28
Formerly known as the President's Student Service Scholarships, close to 20,000 scholarships have been awarded to students who have strengthened communities by demonstrating outstanding leadership in service. Students in every state in the nation as well as the District of Columbia have been recognized. Each high school in the country may select up to two students to receive a $1,000 scholarship in recognition of their outstanding leadership in service to the community. The student(s) selected may be either a high school junior(s) or senior(s). With funds appropriated by Congress, the Corporation for National and Community Service provides $500 for each scholarship, which must be matched with $500 secured by the school from the community.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Davidson Institute for Talent Development
http://www.ditd.org/
Are you seeking support for your profoundly intelligent child? If so, the Davidson Institute offers the following scholarships and services :
(1) Davidson Fellows Award : $50,000, $25,000, and $10,000 scholarships recognizing extraordinary young people who have completed a significant piece of work that has the potential to benefit society.
(2) Davidson Young Scholars : A program providing free services to profoundly intelligent young people in the areas of academic support, educational advocacy, talent development, and social/emotional development.
(3) THINK Summer Institute : A three-week residential summer university experience offering highly gifted 12-15 year olds an opportunity to earn up to six transferable college credits.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Elizabeth Ruthruff Wilson Foundation, see Wilson Foundation
Foundation Center's Youth in Philanthropy
Scholarships for Elementary and Secondary School
http://foundationcenter.org/yip/youth_scholarships.html#elem
Provides a listing of resources for funding elementary/secondary education.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, see Barron Prize for Young Heroes
Greater Lansing Catholic Education Foundation
http://www.glcef.org/
More than 100 grants of $1000 are available to area families with children enrolled or planning to enroll in Lansing area Catholic elementary schools or Central High School. For more information call (517) 485-8333 or a greater Lansing Catholic school.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Interlochen Arts Academy
Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Competititon
http://www.interlochen.org/academy/arts_areas/creative_writing_1/creative_writing_contest
Application deadline : January 10, 2009
This contest is open to students in grades 8-11 during the 2008-09 academic school year. First prize is a $30,000 scholarship to the Interlochen Arts Academy, a fine arts boarding school, and publication in the Interlochen Review.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Young Scholars Program, see Cooke
John F. Kennedy, see Kennedy
(Joyce) Ivy Foundation Summer Scholarship
http://www.joyceivyfoundation.org/
Female high school sophomores and juniors are eligible to apply for a Joyce Ivy Foundation summer scholarship.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
K-12 Awards : Kindergarten, Elementary School, Junior High School, High School
http://scholarships.fatomei.com/school.html
A compilation of resources by Francisco Alberto Tomei Torres, Ph.D.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
(John F.) Kennedy "Profile in Courage" Essay Contest
http://www.jfkcontest.org/
Submission Deadline: January 10, 2009
The "Profile in Courage" Essay Contest invites high school students to consider the concept of political courage by writing an essay on a U.S. official who has chosen to do what is right, rather than what is expedient. A “Profile in Courage” essay is a carefully researched recounting of a story: the story of how an elected official risked his or her career to take a stand based on moral principles. The contest is open to any high school student in the U.S. Essays must not exceed 1,000 words and must be nominated by a teacher. The winner receives $5,000, second place receives $1,000, and five third place winners receive $500!
(Last checked 09/03/09)
KidsGardening.Com : Youth Garden Grants
http://www.kidsgardening.com/grants.asp
Various deadlines
Youth Garden Grants . . . sustain and help start gardening programs involving children between the ages of three and eighteen years. Quality tools, seeds, plant materials, products, and educational resources will be shipped to grant winners. Applications are available online.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Michigan Education Trust (MET)
http://www.michigan.gov/setwithmet
MET allows parents, grandparents, businesses and others to pre-purchase undergraduate tuition for a child residing in Michigan at any Michigan public university or college, including 28 public community colleges.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Pop Warner Scholastics Program
Pop Warner All-American Scholars Program
http://www.popwarner.com/scholastics/allamericanprogram.asp
Each year, the most academically accomplished Pop Warner kids compete for Academic All-American status. The top 35 football players and cheerleaders nationwide, 8th grade or above, are eligible for scholarships ranging from $5000 to $5000 to pay for college. Funds are held in escrow until the children enter college.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Renaissance of Values Scholarship Fund
http://www.cfsem.org/scholarships/renaissance-values-scholarship-fund
Check with schools for deadline. Each year, a call for nominations is made to two area schools, Cornerstone Schools and Everest Academy, to select one candidate from each school for consideration to receive a nonrenewable scholarship of up to $6,000 for the first year of private high school education. Applications are only available at the select schools and no application form is available online. Administered by the Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Rotary Youth Exchange for High School Students
http://www.rotary.org/en/StudentsAndYouth/YouthPrograms/RotaryYouthExchange/Pages/ridefault.aspx
Provides assistance to youth 15-19 who are interested in traveling abroad.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Scholarship Fund for Inner City Children (SFIC)
http://www.rcan.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=53
Formerly known as the Fund for Educational Advancement (FEA), this fund provides scholarships based on need without regards to race, religion or ethnic background. Most of our recipients are African-American or Hispanic children attending inner-city schools, and more than half of them are non-Catholic. Our scholarships are not handouts; they are shared investments in people and in the future.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
School Youth Travel Association Foundation
http://www.sytayouthfoundation.org
Offering $1000 scholarships for youth under age 26 toward the cost of taking part in an educational trip sponsored by a school or youth group. Applications are reviewed five times a year and must include a nomination by a teacher or youth group leader. Check the web page or call 248-693-1872. Source: Detroit Free Press, April 3, 6M.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Team America Rocketry Challenge
http://www.RocketContest.org
http://www.aia-aerospace.org
Deadline : December 1
The first national model rocket competition for U.S. high school and junior high school students.
Five winning student teams will share a total prize pool of $60,000. In addition, three of the top ten teams are eligible to win $2500 grants, including travel expenses, to launch an advanced rocket with NASA, and attend Space Camp. Each of the top 25 teams' schools will be invited to send one teacher on an all expenses paid trip to attend an advanced NASA rocketry workshop, meet with NASA scientists and engineers, and tour the Marshall Space Flight Center. This event is sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association and the National Association of Rocketry. Our partners include NASA, the US Airforce and numerous educational organizations. Submit an application for a team of three to 10 students (grades 7-12) before December 1, 2008. Build and fly for a qualification score before April 6, 2009, a model rocket that carries one raw egg (oriented laying sideways) to an altitude as close to 750 feet as possible and stays airborne for as close to 45 seconds as possible. If your score is one of the 100 best, you will be invited to compete for a share of the $60,000 prize package in a national fly-off on May 16, 2009.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
Toyota Community Scholars, see Educational Testing Service
Washington Scholarship Fund
http://www.washingtonscholarshipfund.org/index.html
The Washington Scholarship Fund (WSF) is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1993 to increase educational opportunities for low-income students and families in Washington, D.C.
(Last checked 09/03/09)
(Elizabeth Ruthruff) Wilson Foundation
http://www.elizabethwilsonfoundation.com/
Offers two types of scholarships:
(1) Scholarships to elementary, middle, or high school student residing within the Lenawee Intermediate School District. High school seniors are not eligible after graduation. Approved camps include Interlochen, Blue Lake, M.A.S.T.A., Show Choir of America and other college-sponsored summer workshops. The scholarship is for camps relating to music or the performing arts only.
Scholarships in the amount of $2,000 for the first year to graduating seniors (or have graduated) from a public or private high school in Lenawee county, Michigan. Applicant must be accepted for attendance at an accredited community college, or bachelor's degree-granting institution of higher education, and must be planning to enroll as a music or performing arts major at that college.
(Last checked 07/16/08)
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