$5,000 in Scholarship Possibilities
1. https://couragetogrowscholarship.com/
$1,000 Courage to Grown Scholarship, D: Sept 30, 2025
“Eligibility: You must be a junior or senior in high school or college student with a minimum GPA of 2.5 or better. U.S. citizens only please”
Answer the scholarship question of why you deserve this scholarship in 250 words or less.
Helpful suggestions:
Check the website for information on what the Courage to Grow Scholarship is about and how the organization awards the scholarship. I am guessing if you are a freshman in your first semester of college, then consider your GPA from your last semester in high school. (You could even contact the scholarship organizers to ask them this question.)
Since you are writing about yourself, you most likely won’t use the word you (2nd person), but use I and me (1st person) or when talking about others, their names or identities and third person pronouns (for example, father, mother, Mom, Dad, he, she, his, her, etc).
You can see who has won in the past and what they wrote. Be inspired, but don’t copy: https://couragetogrowscholarship.com/award-recipients/
2. https://www.parent-volunteer.org/building-bridges-scholarship
$1,000 Building Bridges Scholarship, D: Sept 30, 2025
Selected criteria from web page:
“Each year NPVA offers merit-based scholarships for students who are committed to volunteering and making a difference in their communities. Our scholarships are open to students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:
- Be currently enrolled or plan to be enrolled part-time or full-time in an accredited U.S. college or university. Vocational/technical, two-year, four-year, or graduate institutions are eligible.
- Be a high school junior or senior, undergraduate student, or graduate student
- Have a grade point average of 2.5 or above on a 4.0 system
- Recipients must provide an official transcript confirming their reported GPA and proof of enrollment. No transcript or proof of enrollment is required until after students are selected as winners.
Please write an essay of 150 words or fewer describing how you are involved in your community. You may describe any community of which you are a part including school, neighborhood, ethnic, or other.”
Other Scholarships offered by the National Parent Volunteer Association (NPVA): https://www.parent-volunteer.org/scholarships
3. https://bold.org/scholarships/stephen-lecornu-routh-memorial-scholarship/
$2,000 Stephen LeCornu Routh Memorial Scholarship, D: Oct 7, 2025
High school senior or undergraduate student in Tennessee majoring in Engineering
Selected criteria from webpage:
” In honor of Stephen’s life, his career, and the difference he made in the lives of everyone he came in contact with, this scholarship aims to continue his legacy by helping students achieve their dreams of becoming engineers.
The scholarship seeks to provide funding to high school and undergraduate students in Tennessee who are studying to become engineers.
Any high school senior or undergraduate student in Tennessee who wants to become an engineer may apply for this scholarship.
Students who demonstrate financial need, academic achievement, leadership qualities, a strong work ethic, and a commitment to service are encouraged to apply.
To apply, tell us about yourself and how you hope to make the world a better place through your career in engineering.
Essay Topic: Tell us about yourself and how you hope to make the world a better place through your career in engineering. (400–600 words)”
4. https://www.parent-volunteer.org/aaliyah-lee-scholarship
$1,000 Aaliyah Lee Scholarship, D: Nov 30, 2025
Eligibility: like the NPVA scholarship earlier, check the criteria here: https://www.parent-volunteer.org/scholarships
“Personal Statement
Please write an essay of 150 words or fewer describing why education is important to you. Be specific with an example or anecdote from your own life about the importance of education instead of writing generally about education.”
Scholarships and Internships for the Future
The following are some scholarships I will write up soon, but you can explore them now and see if they apply to you.
$2,500-$30,000 Scarlett Family Foundation Scholarships, opens Sept 15, 2025: D: Dec 15, 2025
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Internships, D: Oct 17, 2025
Following programs are
Walmart Emerging Leaders Internship Program
State Farms Communications Internship Program
Pathways to the C-Suite Internship Program
Scholarship Tigers--Students Helping Each Other Find Money for College 