
Scholarships
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…
Amount: $25,000. About: Offered by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CDFA), the CFDA Scholarship Fund is open to undergraduate juniors and first-year graduate students, who are enrolled in a fashion design program at an American college or university. Applicants must be enrolled full-time and be in good academic standing at an American college…
Amount: $5,000 per year ($20,000 maximum). About: The Pittsburgh Promise Foundation offers last dollar scholarships to Pittsburgh public high school graduates to help them pay for their college, trade, or technical school education. Applicants must be enrolled in a Pittsburgh public or charter schools (and have attended continuously since the 9th grade), have been residents…
Amount: Varies. About: The Association of American Indian Affairs provides various scholarship to Native American undergraduate and graduate students. Applicants must be enrolled with a Tribe in the continental United States or Alaska. There is no blood quantum requirement, but students must submit a copy of Tribe enrollment on application. Eligible Grade Levels: College Freshman,…
Amount: $2,000-$5,000. About: Each year, the Perryman Family Foundation awards scholarships to students in full-time science, technology, engineering, and mathematics trade school programs, with examples including welding, machining, mechatronics, networking, and automation. Applicants must plan to enroll in, or be accepted to, a full-time program with a direct connection to the practical use of science,…
Amount: $500-$6,000. About: Offered by the Philadelphia Foundation, the Luther and Mary Ida Vandross Scholarship is annually awarded to upperclassmen undergraduate students attending Historically Black College or Universities (HBCUs). Applicants must be enrolled in a 4-year HBCU in their 3rd, 4th, or 5th year of study leading to an undergraduate degree. Additionally, applicants must demonstrate…