Scholarships for Children of Marines

American Patriot Freedom Scholarship Award

• The American Patriot Freedom Scholarship Award is available to students aged 17 to 21 who are the children of active-duty, retired, disabled or deceased Marines. Applicants must be enrolled or planning to enroll in an undergraduate program at an accredited institution to be eligible for the $1,000 award. Awards are granted in part on the basis of an essay each applicant must submit on a topic relating to some aspect of patriotism.

  Homefront America
  27375 Paseo La Serna
  San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
  949-248-9468
  homefrontamerica.org/oohrahhome.htm

Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

• The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation provides scholarship awards to the children of active-duty, reserve, veteran, disabled and deceased Marines. To be eligible for the award, students must be enrolled or planning to enroll at an accredited institution, and the gross household income may not exceed $82,000. Qualifying students may receive up to $30,000 over four years. Students whose parent(s) died in the September 11, 2001, attacks or in a U.S. combat zone thereafter are not subject to the income limit.

  Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation
  P.O. Box 3008
  Princeton, NJ 08543
  800-292-7777
  mcsf.org/Page.aspx?pid=326

Marines' Memorial Club Scholarships

• The Marines' Memorial Club sponsors five scholarship programs for the children and grandchildren of club members. Scholarship awards range from $1,000 to $5,000, and students must be enrolled or planning to enroll at an accredited institution to qualify. Eligibility criteria for each award varies; scholarships are not renewable.

  Marines' Memorial Club
  609 Sutter Street
  San Francisco, CA 94102
  415-673-6672
  marineclub.com/page/scholarship.aspx

Lieutenant Shane Childers USMC Memorial Scholarship

• The Lieutenant Shane Childers USMC Memorial Scholarship is available to the children of Marines who were killed in action in combat since September 11, 2001. The program provides full scholarship awards to qualifying students; selection is based on academic merit and financial need.

  The No Greater Sacrifice Foundation
  1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
  6th Floor
  Washington, DC 20004
  202-756-1980
  nogreatersacrifice.org/scholarships.php

Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund

• The Freedom Alliance Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to children of Marine Corps members who were permanently disabled or killed in combat or those who are listed as POW or MIA. Students must be enrolled or planning to enroll in an accredited undergraduate program and be under the age of 26. The amount of the award varies based on availability of funding.

  Freedom Alliance
  22570 Markey Court, Suite 240
  Dulles, VA 20166
  703-444-7940
  freedomalliance.org/?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=7&Itemid=15