
Scholarships
Amount: $5,000-$7,000. About: The Roothbert Fund offers annual scholarships to help those with financial need afford higher education. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and reside in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, or North Carolina. Preference is given to
Amount: $3,000. About: Each year, the Polish-American Arts Association provides financial support to college students with Polish heritage. Applicants must be American citizens, either by birth or naturalization, be of Polish or Polish-American descent and demonstrate interest in their family trees, be residents of Washington D.C., Maryland, or Virginia or attend college or university in
Amount: $10,000. About: Offered by the Junior League of Washington, the Meg Graham Scholarship is annually awarded to graduating seniors living in DC who are passionate about volunteerism. Applicants must be Washington DC residents, attend a DC public, private, parochial, or charter school, plan to enroll at an accredited four-year college or university, meet a
Amount: Up to $20,000. About: Gucci, the luxury fashion brand, offers annual scholarships to diverse students interested in fashion who need extra money to pay for college. The scholarships awards are based on unmet financial need, and are open to students interested in design, marketing, art, film, communications, fashion law, merchandising, and other fashion-related fields.
Amount: $4,000-$5,000. About: The Esperanza Education Fund provides scholarships to graduating seniors or recent GED grads from Washington D.C., Maryland, or Virginia who are either immigrants or have immigrant parents. Applicants must also be planning to enroll full-time at an accredited public college or university and meet the family income requirement. Eligible Grade Levels: High
Amount: Varies. About: Each year, AFCEA Washington, DC awards STEM scholarships to graduating high school seniors. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, live within the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (greater DC area), be either graduating from high school or transitioning from a two-year community college to a four-year college or university, and