| Program Name |
Restrictions |
Description |
Abell Foundation Inc.
Abell Scholars |
Young men from Baltimore City (MD) to attend The Piney Woods School
(MS), a historically black college prep boarding school.
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Full
need-based scholarships. |
Alliance for Choice in Education (ACE)
ACE Scholarships |
Low-income Colorado families who qualify for the
federal
free and reduced price school lunch program (i.e., 185% of the
federal poverty guidelines for the family size).
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K-12 scholarships for up to 50% of private school tuition with a
four-year funding commitment. Scholarships are up to $2,000 per year
for K-8 and $3,000 per year for 9-12. About three-quarters of
recipients are in grades K-8 and one quarter in grades
9-12. Approximately 10% to 15% of applicants receive scholarships.
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| Arizona Scholarship Fund, Inc. |
K-12 scholarships for Arizona students to attend private schools.
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| Arizona School Choice Trust |
K-12 scholarships for Arizona students to attend one of more than 115
Arizona private schools.
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More than 1,000 scholarships are awarded per
year. Recipients must satisfy income requirements. |
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)
ACSI Children's Tuition Fund |
Provides need-based aid to Pennsylvania students to attend Christian schools in Pennsylvania. |
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| Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust (BEST) |
Academically-talented but economically-challenged African-American
students from the Baltimore, Maryland area for attendance at one of 22
local private schools.
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BEST does not accept applications for financial aid directly. Instead,
the money BEST raises is provided to the member schools who then
award funds to students with financial need.
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| Bay Area Scholarshps for Innercity Children Fund (BASIC Fund) |
Provides funding for inner-city children from low-income families in
the Bay Area to attend private K-8 schools in Alameda, Contra Costa,
Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma
Counties in California. |
Scholarships are awarded based on financial need. More than 4,600 students
at 266 participating schools. The maximum award is $1,600.
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| Big Shoulders Fund |
Provides scholarships to enable children to attend Catholic
schools in inner-city Chicago. |
Scholarships are awarded by the schools. Applicants should contact the
Catholic schools where their children are enrolled. |
| BISON Scholarship Fund |
Low-income students from Buffalo, Lackawanna, West Seneca, Cheektowaga, Kenmore
and Tonawanda, New York.
Scholarships for enrolling children in private K-8 schools in the
Buffalo area. |
Scholarships are awarded by random selection from among families with
financial need. 1,350 recipients per year attending 60 private schools
in the Buffalo area. |
Black Alliance for Educational Options
Philadelphia BAEO Scholarship Program |
Academically-talented students residing in the city of Philadelphia.
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Up to $4,000 for K-5 tuition. Up to $7,000 for 8th grade tuition for
female students (Deirdre L. Bailey, Esq. Scholarship Program). Both
programs are awarded based on financial need.
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| Black Student Fund |
Low-income Washington DC area African-American students for
enrollment in one of 45 private K-12 schools in Maryland, Virgina and
the District of Columbia. |
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Boys' Club of New York
Department of Educational Services |
Academically-talented male students in grades 5-9 from New York City
are placed into private boarding and day schools nationwide. BCNY
membership is required.
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Full scholarship for students who maintain good academic standing.
Includes preparatory, enrichment and intervention programing in
addition to the financial support.
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Byrne Foundation
Byrne Urban Scholars |
Provides scholarships to academically-talented but at-risk students
from the Denver, Colorado area to attend private high
schools.
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Full or partial tuition, along with mentoring and
tutoring. Approximately 30 new students are accepted each year.
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| Capital Partners For Education |
Enables low-income students from the Washington DC metropolitan area
to attend private high schools (9-12). Many of the recipients are from
single-parent families. Most of the recipients are students of color.
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Awards annual scholarships of up to $4,500. The scholarships are
renewed automatically subject to student compliance with program requirements.
In addition to the private high school scholarships, provides mentoring,
tutoring and enrichment programming. Approximately 40 new students are
accepted each year.
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Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarship
(See also Parents for Choice in Education.)
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State-funded award to Utah special needs children age 21 or younger.
(Utah Code Ann. 53A-1a-701, 2005;
HB 351, 2006)
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Children who would receive 3 or more hours of special education
service per day in a public school receive a scholarship worth up to
$6,442.50 (2008). Children who would receive less than 3 hours of
special education service per day in a public school receive a
scholarship worth up to 3/5 of this amount.
More than 480 students and 40 schools participate, with an average
award of about $4,600.
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Catholic Education Foundation
Tuition Awards Program (TAP) |
Provides scholarships to low income children in the Archdiocese
of Los Angeles to enable them to pursue a Catholic eduation.
Eligible students must have family incomes at or below approximately
150% of the federal poverty line.
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The scholarship amounts are $1,000 per child for elementary school
students and $2,000 per child for high school students.
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Catholic Education Foundation
Save Our Students (SOS) |
Provides scholarships to at-risk children who are in danger of
dropping out, to enable them to pursue a Catholic eduation.
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The scholarship amounts are $1,500 per child for elementary school
students and $2,500 per child for high school students.
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Catholic Schools Foundation
Inner-City Scholarship Fund |
Awards scholarships to enable students with financial need to attend
primary or secondary Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Boston.
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Currently providing support to more than 5,500 students. Average
scholarship of approximately $1,200.
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| Central City School Fund |
Provides needs-based financial aid to low-income students to help them
attend a Catholic school in the Diocese of Kansas City/St. Joseph, Missouri.
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More than 600 students receive scholarships averaging about $750 each year.
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CEO America - Lehigh Valley
Children's Educational Opportunity Fund |
Based
in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, provides 1-year scholarships to help
low-income children attend private schools. Household income from all
sources must be less than or equal to $50,000.
|
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CEO Foundation Austin
Austin's Children's Educational Opportunity Foundation |
Awards scholarships to enable at-risk low-income students from Travis County,
Texas to attend private schools in the Austin area. Families must
qualify for the federal free and reduced-price school lunch program
(income less than 185% of the poverty line). Students must be aged
5-14 as of September 1 of the school year.
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Scholarships are $1,000 per year for up to 3 years.
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| Children's Educational Opportunity Foundation of Connecticut (CEO Connecticut) |
Provides scholarships to enable low income students in Hartford, Bridgeport
and New Haven, Connecticut to attend one of 40 participating private
schools. Accepts applications from K-5 students and provides funding
through grade 8. Family income must be below 200% of the federal
poverty line.
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Scholarships are awarded on a first-come first-served
basis. Scholarship amounts are 50% of annual tuition or $1,900,
whichever is less. The are approximately 400 recipients each year.
|
| Charles E. Ellis Trust and White-Williams Scholars |
Provides scholarships to low-income female high school students in
Philadelphia from single-parent families (or families where both
parents are absent).
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Scholarships are up to about $1,500 at Diocesan schools and up to
about $4,500 at independent schools.
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| Children First Florida |
Children's First Florida is one of three Scholarship Funding
Organizations in Florida. Children First Florida serves students in 43
counties including all of north, central and east Florida. Florida
Pride serves students in 23 counties including west and south Florida.
The Carrie Meek Foundation
serves zip codes 33054, 33055, 33056, 33142, 33147, 33167 and 33169.
These organizations award Corporate Income Tax Credit (CTC) scholarships
to enable low income Florida students to attend K-12 private or
out-of-district public schools. Recipients must be eligible for the
federal free and reduced price school lunch program. |
The private school scholarships cover tuition and books (books are
limited to 25% of tuition) up to $3,950 per child per year. The public
school scholarships cover public transportation costs of up to $500
per child per year. The scholarships are renewable provided that the
family continues to satisfy eligibility restrictions. Approximately
10,000 scholarships are awarded each year for attendance at more than
900 private schools throughout Florida.
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| Children First Utah |
Awards scholarships to enable low-income Utah residents to attend
one of 75 participating private schools.
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Recipients receive one-half of the total tuition amount up to
$1,800/year. This figure includes a $100 stipend per student for books
an uniforms. The award is need-based, with selection from among
qualified applicants based on a random drawing.
Approximately 1/5 of applicants receive scholarships, with an
average award of about $1,500.
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| CHOICES Scholarship Fund |
Students must be Virginia residents of compulsory K-12 school age (5
to 18 years old). Interviews are conducted by the Clare Boothe Luce
Policy Institute. The program was established by Mr. and Mr.s Thomas Phillips.
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$1,000
scholarships available for attendance at private schools or
out-of-distriction public schools that charge tuition. |
Commonweal Foundation
Pathways to Success Boarding & Day School Scholarship Program |
Provides scholarships to students in grades 9-12 in the Baltimore
Maryland and Washington DC Metro area to enable them to
attend a private boarding or day school. Recipients must have family
income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level. Recipients are
required to participate in community service. |
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| Educate New Mexico, Inc. |
Provides scholarships for low-income students in New Mexico to attend
private schools. Families must satisfy income criteria (e.g., family
income less than $21,000 plus $5,000 per family member). |
$1,000
per year for grades K-6, $1,500 per year for grades 7-12.
Scholarships recipients are randomly selected from among qualified applicants.
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| Education Freedom Fund (EFF) |
Provides scholarships to enable low-income Michigan families to send
their children to private K-8 schools. Families must contribute a
minimum of $500 per year per child towards tuition. Applicants must
qualify for the federal free and reduced-price school lunch
program.
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Average awards of $1,000 per year per child for up to four years.
Families are selected by random drawing from among all qualified applicants.
All children in grades K-8 in a selected family receive scholarships.
Approximately 1 in 16 applicants receives a scholarship.
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| Educational CHOICE Charitable Trust |
Provides need-based scholarships to low-income families in the
Indianapolis area to attend private K-8 schools. Applicants must qualify
for the federal free and reduced-price school lunch.
Applicants must live in Marion County, Indiana. |
Recipients are selected by random drawing from among qualified
applicants. The scholarship covers half of tuition up to $1,600
annually. The average award is about $900.
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| Florida Pride |
Florida Pride is one of three Scholarship Funding Organizations
in Florida. Florida Pride serves students in 23 counties including
west and south Florida. Children First Florida serves students in 43
counties including all of north, central and east Florida.
The Carrie Meek Foundation
serves zip codes 33054, 33055, 33056, 33142, 33147, 33167 and 33169.
These organizations award Corporate Income Tax Credit (CTC) scholarships
to enable low income Florida students to attend K-12 private or
out-of-district public schools. Recipients must be eligible for the
federal free and reduced price school lunch program. |
The private school scholarships cover tuition and books (books are
limited to 25% of tuition) up to $3,950 per child per year. The public
school scholarships cover public transportation costs of up to $500
per child per year. The scholarships are renewable provided that the
family continues to satisfy eligibility restrictions. Approximately
10,000 scholarships are awarded each year for attendance at more than
900 private schools throughout Florida.
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| Futures in Education |
Provides tuition assistance to low income students to help
them pay for Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens. Apply through
the schools. |
Scholarship amounts range from $500 to $1,400 per student. |
| The Guardsmen Scholarship Fund |
Provides partial scholarships to enable low income students from the San
Francisco Bay Area to attend private schools. Applicants must be
eligible for the federal free and reduced-price school lunch program. |
The scholarships provide half tuition up to $2,000 annually. The
average scholarship is $1,800.
Recipients are selected by random drawing from among qualified applicants. |
| Helping Educate Responsible, Outstanding & Enlightened Students, Inc. (HEROES) |
Provides scholarships to enable low-income, at-risk students from
Northeast Florida to attend private K-12 schools.
Applicants must qualify for the Children First Scholarship and enroll
in one of several participating schools.
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The scholarship is up to $3,500, with up to $3,000 for tuition and up
to $1,000 for fees. Scholarships are supplemental in nature and are
awarded through the schools.
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| Independent Scholarship Fund (ISF) |
Provides renewable scholarships to enable low and moderate income families from
San Francisco East Bay (Alameda or Contra Costa County, California) to
send their children to private K-12 schools. Applicants must be
eligible for the federal free or reduced-price school lunch program.
Recipients of other third-party tuition aid programs are ineligible.
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The
scholarships provide up to 75% of tuition or $1,500 per year, whichever is
less. |
| Inner-City Scholarship Fund (ICSF) |
ICSF funds several scholarship programs to help low-income families
send their children to private schools. These include the Be A
Student's Friend program for K-12, the Cardinal's Scholarship Program
for K-6, and the First Steps Program for pre-K. The focus is on
private Catholic schools under the auspices of the Archdiocese of New
York. The Inner-City Scholarship Fund provides funding to more than
100 elementary and secondary schools in some of the poorest
neighborhoods in Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island.
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The Be A Student's Friend program provides up to $2,200 per year for
elementary school students and up to $2,700 per year for high school
students. The Cardinal's Scholarship Program provides 75% of tuition
up to $2,100 per student, whichever is less. The First Steps Program
provides up to $1,100 per year.
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| Latino Student Fund (LSF) |
Provides renewable scholarships to help academically talented Latino
students to enroll in private or parochial K-12 schools in the
Washington DC metropolitan area (residing in Washington, DC, suburban
Maryland, or Northern Virginia area). Applicants must be
receiving some financial aid from their school or the Archdiocese.
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The scholarships provide $500 per year for grades K-5,
$1,000 per year for grades 6-8 and
$1,500 per year for grades 9-12.
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| LINK Unlimited |
Provides renewable scholarships to enable low-income African American students
from the Chicago area to enroll in private high schools. The program
also provides mentoring and academic support in addition to financial
support. |
Scholarships are typically $3,500 to $4,500 per year. |
| Maine Children's Scholarship Fund |
Provides scholarships to enable low-income Maine students to enroll in
private K-12 schools. Applicants must be eligible for the federal free
or reduced-price lunch program, which is 185% of the poverty level.
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The scholarships cover 75% of tuition up to $1,700, whichever is
less. The family will have to contribute at least 25% or $500 per
child toward tuition. For home-schooled children the program can
provide reimbursements of up to $500 per child.
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| Milwaukee Parental Choice Program |
Provides scholarships to students from low-income families who reside
in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin to attend participating private
K-12 schools located in the city at no charge. Family income must be
less than 175% of federal poverty line for new students and less than
220% of the federal poverty line for continuing students.
The program supports more than 18,000 students at more than 120
private schools. The schools must use random selection from among the
Choice program applicants for admissions if more applications are
received than slots available.
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| Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund |
Provides four-year high school scholarships to help students who live
in Chicago to enroll in participating Chicago area private high schools and boarding schools.
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100-120 scholarships are awarded per year. |
| Parents Challenge |
Provides scholarships to low income students from the Colorado Springs
area to attend private K-6 schools. Applicants must qualify for the
federal free and reduced-price school lunch.
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| Partners Advancing Values in Education (PAVE) |
Provides scholarships to enable low-income Milwaukee (Wisconsin)
students to attend private college-preparatory high schools in
Milwaukee County. |
The scholarships average about $1,500 and are administered by the
participating schools.
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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (PYM)
Friends Education Fund |
Provides scholarships to enable Quaker students to attend a PYM
Friends school in grades K-12 in the Philadelphia area. At least one parent of a prospective
student must have been a member of a PYM Monthly Meeting for at least
a year before receiving support.
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The scholarships are at least $600.
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Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Renaissance Values Scholarship Fund |
Each of three Southeast Michigan schools -- Faith Christian Academy,
Cornerstone Schools and Everest Academy -- nominates one student for the award.
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One nonrenewable $6,000 scholarship.
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| Rhode Islanders Sponsoring Education |
Provides scholarships to enable Rhode Island children to enroll in
private, parochial and charter schools. At least one parent of the
child must have a history of incarceration or be currently
incarcerated. RISE Scholars are selected competitively based on an
essay, academic performance and attendance records.
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Provides scholarships of $3,500 per year ($2,500 additional
scholarship support for high school students) along with academic
support and mentoring.
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| School CHOICE Scholarships, Inc. |
Provides scholarships to enable children from Louisville and Jefferson County,
Kentucky, to attend private K-6 schools. Applicants should qualify for
the federal free or reduced-price lunch program.
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The scholarships provide up to $2,000 per child. (Siblings are also
awarded scholarships provided that they satisfy the other
requirements, such as enrollment in a private K-6 school.) Recipients
are selected by random lottery from among qualified applicants. The
scholarships are renewable (awarded for up to 3 years) provided that
the family continues to satisfy income requirements. |
| Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children (SFIC) |
Provides scholarships to enable low-income families from the urban and inner
cities of Union, Essex, Bergen and Hudson counties (New Jersey) to send their
children to private Catholic schools. Applicants should be eligible
for the federal
free or reduced-price school lunch program. SFIC also operates the
Jersey City Scholarship Fund with the Children's Scholarship Fund to
allow low-income students to enroll in private Catholic elementary
schools (K-8) in Jersey City.
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Scholarships are $1,000 per year per child.
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Skillman Foundation
Skillman Scholars |
Provides scholarships to academically gifted low income minority
students in the Metropolitant Detroit area (Michigan) to attend
private secondary schools. Students do not apply to the program
directly, but instead apply to one of the four participating private
schools: Cranbrook Kinsgwood Upper School in Bloomfield Hills,
Detroit Country Day School in Beverly Hills,
The Roeper School in Bloomfield Hills
and University of Liggett School in Grosse Pointe Woods.
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The program awards full scholarships, including tuition and incidental
costs (books, tests, athletic fees, uniform and transportation).
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| Student Sponsor Partners |
Provides scholarships to at-risk students from New York City to enable
them to attend private high schools. In addition to financial support,
the sponsors also serve as role models and academic coaches to help
mentor the students.
Recipients are at-risk students with extreme financial need. The
average annual household income is about $9,000 and about
three-quarters of the students come from single-parent homes. |
The scholarships are renewable for all four years of high school.
The program supports approximately 1,200 students at 20 schools.
Families must pay a minimum of $800 toward tuition. |
| Teak Fellowship |
The Teak Fellowship provides low-income students from the five
boroughs of New York City with scholarships to
attend top high schools, alongside academic support, leadership
training and mentoring. Applicants must be enrolled in the 7th grade
at the time of application and demonstrate academic merit and
financial need. There are no specific income cutoffs.
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| TODAY Foundation or Children's Education Fund of Dallas |
Provides scholarships to enable economically disadvantaged children
who live in Dallas County to
attend private schools in the Dallas area. Children must be at least 5
years old and in K-8, and qualify for the federal free lunch program.
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The scholarship provides partial tuition assistance of up to
$1,850. Scholarships are renewable for up to four years or the 8th
grade, provided that the family continues to satisfy eligibility
criteria.
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Washington Scholarshp Fund
D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (D.C. OSP) |
Provides scholarships for low-income children to attend one of 60
participating private K-12 schools. Household income must be less than
or equal to 185% of the federal poverty line. Students must be at
least 5 years old or entering K-6 to apply. (This is a five year pilot
program established by Congress through passage of the
D.C. School Choice Incentive Act of 2003.)
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Scholarships provide up to $7,500 per child per year.
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Washington Scholarshp Fund
Signature Scholarship Program (SSP) |
Provides scholarships for low-income children to attend a private K-12
school in the DC, MD or VA area. Household income must be less than
or equal to 270% of the federal poverty line. Students must be at
least 5 years old or entering K-8 to apply.
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Scholarships provide up to $3,000 per child per year.
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Archdiocese of Washington
Tuition Assistance Program |
Provides scholarships to enable low-income students to enroll in
Catholic K-12 schools within the archdiocese of Washington
(Washington, DC and Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's and
St. Mary's counties in Maryland).
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Archdiocese of Washington
FitzGerald Program |
Provides scholarships to enable low-income students to enroll in Catholic high
schools (9-12) in the Archdiocese of Washington (Washington, DC and Calvert,
Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's and St. Mary's counties in
Maryland). Recipients are selected in part based on financial need and
in part based on leadership.
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| Wight Foundation, Inc. |
Provides scholarships to low-income students from the Greater Newark, New Jersey, area and vicinity (Essex, Union, Hudson, Passaic and
Middlesex Counties) to attend boarding schools in New England and
Mid-Atlantic regions. Applicants must be in the 7th grade, excel in
academics and demonstrate financial need.
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