{"id":96347,"date":"2025-12-04T15:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T20:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/scholarships\/empowering-a-better-tomorrow-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T20:05:13","slug":"empowering-a-better-tomorrow-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/scholarships\/empowering-a-better-tomorrow-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering a Better Tomorrow Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
<\/div>\r\n\r\nAmount: <\/strong> $5,000.\r\n\r\n
<\/div>\r\n\r\nAbout: <\/strong>\r\n 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.\r\n\r\n
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<\/div>\r\n\r\n Eligible Grade Levels:<\/strong> Trade School Student, Vocational Student, College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior\r\n
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<\/div>\r\n\r\n Eligible Majors:<\/strong> All majors\r\n
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<\/div>\r\n\r\n Residency Requirement:<\/strong> No residency requirement\r\n
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<\/div>\r\n\r\nMinimum GPA:<\/strong> No GPA requirement\r\n
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<\/div>\r\n\r\nDeadline:<\/strong> Application is currently closed.\r\n\r\n
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