Scholarships
Amount: $6,519 (Grades K-5), $6,815 (Grades 6-8), $7,112 (Grades 9-12). About: Florida’s Hope Scholarship, which is administered by Scholarship Funding Organizations like nonprofit Step Up For Children, helps K-12 public school students who are enrolled in a Florida public school and have been bullied, harassed, assaulted, threatened, and/or experienced other violent acts. Families can choose…
Amount: Varies. About: The Family Empowerment Scholarship (FES) aims to empower families and children in Florida to achieve their educational goals by providing two pathways: the Family Empowerment Scholarship Educational Options (FES EO) and the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities (FES UA). The FES EO is available to Florida K-12 students, who…
Amount: $10,000 maximum (over 8 semesters). About: The Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF) offers a scholarship in partnership with the Grocery Manufacturers Representatives Association (GMRA). This scholarship is open to students who are employed part-time by a grocery store supported by ADMAX or Associated Grocers. Applicants must write an essay detailing their interest in a…
Amount: $1,500. About: The COL Kathleen Swacina Scholarship Fund awards one female college student a $1,500 scholarship to be applied toward the student’s ongoing higher-level academic education at an accredited four-year school. Community college students in their first two years are eligible if they will continue on to an accredited four-year college or university. Applicants…
Amount: $6,000 (disbursed over 4 years). About: The Unico National Foundation annually awards four scholarships to Italian American college-bound high school seniors. Those interested fill out one application and are automatically considered for all four scholarships. Applicants must be U.S. citizens of Italian descent, be enrolling in college immediately following high school, and meet a…