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School Grants for Hispanic Women

According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, the high school dropout rate for Hispanics in 2007 was 21 percent. At the yearly Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities conference, attendees discuss the many problems Hispanic students face, from finances to accessing proper school information. For Latinas the challenges are worse as more than 40 percent of Latina students do not complete high school. However, colleges, nonprofit organizations and women's groups offer many grants to help them afford higher education.

  1. Hispanic Scholarship Fund

    • Having just received more than $1.4 million from President Obama's Nobel Prize Award, as of 2010, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) offers various grant opportunities at the high school, community college and college levels. For Latina women in college and in the business field, the HSF/Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Business, Business Leadership Award is a scholarship of $10,000 over two years.

      Hispanic Scholarship Fund
      55 Second St., Ste. 1500
      San Francisco, CA 94105
      877-473-4636
      hsf.net/innerContent.aspx?id=34

    Hispanic Scholarship Consortium in Texas

    • Founded by Dr. David B. Garcia in 2004, this highly regarded Central Texas foundation gives worthy high school students grants every year. Scholarships range from $2,000 to $5,000. To be eligible, Hispanic students must plan to enroll in a college, have a GPA of 3.0 or higher and live designated Texas counties. This popular resource site has key links to other major grant opportunities as well.

      Hispanic Scholarship Consortium
      8609 Cross Park Drive
      Austin, TX 78754
      512.615.2294
      Hispanicscholar.org

    New York and California Grant Opportunities

    • Several other important nonprofit groups across the country have opportunities for Latinas. New York's 100 Hispanic Women recently opened an institute for young Latinas. Since 1977, the Chicana/Latina Foundation Scholarship Program of California offers 30 Latina college students grants at $1,500 each year.

      100 Hispanic Women
      75 Maiden Lane, Ste. 606
      New York, NY 10038
      212-239-1430
      100hispanicwomen.org

      Chicanalatina Foundation
      1419 Burlingame Ave. Ste. N.
      Burlingame, CA 94010
      650-373-1083
      chicanalatina.org/scholarship

    The Ford Foundation

    • Ford Foundation's Pre-Doctoral Fellowship for Minorities offers grant opportunities for Hispanic women in the field of math and science. Latinas who are interested in earning degrees in fields in which they will be largely underrepresented should apply. Criteria includes a high academic achievement and teacher recommendations.

      Ford Foundation Fellowship Program
      Fellowships Office, Keck 576
      National Research Council
      500 Fifth St., NW
      Washington, DC 20001
      202-334-2872
      sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047958

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