The Discover Card Tribute Award Scholarship offers $2,500 to $25,000 annually to American high school juniors (regardless of citizenship) that have "demonstrated accomplishments in leadership and community service and have faced a significant road block or challenge." Applications are available between July 1 to January 31 annually.
American Association of School Administrators
801 N. Quincy Street, Suite 100
Arlington, Virginia 22203
703-528-0700
asa.org/discover.htm
The Girls Going Places College Scholarship is for girls 12 to18 years old that have the entrepreneurial spirit as exemplified by their community service and steps toward "financial independence."
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
7 Hanover Square
New York, NY 10004
Attn: Girls Going Places, 26-C
girlsgoingplaces.com
The Holocaust Remembrance Project offers awards from $100 to $10,000 for winning essays from high school students. Applicants "must be either residents of the U.S. or Mexico or U.S. citizens living abroad."
The Holocaust Remembrance Project
c/o Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation, Inc.
201 N. Franklin Street, Floor 11
Tampa, Florida 33602
866-HK-CARES
holocaust.hklaw.com
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund offers "General College Scholarships" awards of $1,000 to $5,000 to help Hispanic students attend college. These are competitive scholarships awarded to graduating high school seniors, undergraduates, and graduate students.
Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Headquarters
55 Second Street, Suite 1500
San Francisco, California 94105
877-473-4636
http://www.hsf.net/
The Joel Garcia Memorial Scholarship award of $500 to $2,000 is available through the USC Annenberg School of Journalism to "California Latino students interested in journalism and attending or planning to attend a California college." Awards may be won without a social security number.
Joel Garcia Memorial Scholarship
300 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 3950
Los Angeles, California 90071
213-437-4408
ccnma.org
The Justicia en Diversidad Scholarship Fund for $1500 is available through La Alianza at Harvard Law School to a Latino student "planning to pursue a career in law."
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, California 02138
617-445-4452
jdfoundation.org/scholarship
The Salvadoran-American Leadership & Educational Fund: SALEF Education for Excellence Program for students of "Salvadoran, Central American, or other Latino background." The annual award is $500 to $2,500. The scholarship deadline is in May each year.
Salvadoran-American Leadership & Educational Fund
1625 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite. 706
Los Angeles, California 90015
213-480-1052
salef.org