Outside Scholarships
We've found these websites to be helpful in searching for scholarship funds. This will involve searching these websites frequently (once every three months as deadline dates can spread throughout the year). Keep a copy of your most current unofficial college transcript, letters of recommendation from faculty and employers, and a well written cover letter that states your educational goals, career goals and financial situation. You can always update the letter to suit the criteria of specific scholarships.
There are two caveats: Do not ever pay a fee to apply for a scholarship and never give your Date of Birth and Social Security Number to anyone.
Large Scholarship Search Engines
- 10,000 Degrees
- Academic Invest
- College Board Online Scholarship Search
- CollegeScholarships.org
- Fastweb
- FinAid
- Gates Millennium Scholarships
- GoGrad
- Lists of Scholarships
- Making Waves Foundation
- Money Geek
- Sallie Mae Scholarship Search
- Scholarmatch.org
- Scholarship Experts
- Scholarships360
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation
- Tuition Funding Sources
- US Department of Education
- We Make Scholars
- Zinch
AB540/Dreamers
- DREAMer's Roadmap
- Cal Dream Act/ Cal Grants
- First in Family Humanist Scholarship
- MALDEF Scholarships
- Golden Door Scholars
- The Dream.US
- College Greenlight
- National College Match
African Americans
- Black Excel
- Black News
- Little Africa
- Money Geek
- NAACP Scholarships
- NANPBWC
- Scholarships4Students
- UNCF
Asian/Pacific Islander Americans
- Asian & Pacific Islander Scholarship Fund
- Asian Pacific Fund
- Pacific Islander Cultural Association
- APIASF/Toyota
- The Hawaii Community Foundation
Former Foster Youth
- California Chafee Grant for Foster Youth
- California Youth Connection
- Foster Care to Success
- Foster Coalition
International Students/International Study
Latinx
- chciyouth.org
- Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
- Hispanic College Fund
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund
- MALDEF
- Money Geek
- California Latino Legislative Caucus Foundation
- Chicana Latina Foundation
LGBTQI+
- About.com
- GoGrad
- Human Rights Campaign
- Lists of Scholarships
- Pride Foundation
- National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals Inc.
- Out To Innovate Scholarships for LGBTQ+STEM Students
- Point Foundation
Native Americans
- American Indian College Fund
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society
- First Nations
- Association on American Indian Affairs
- Jack Montoya Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Buck Beneschott Native American Scholarship
Students with Disabilities/Conditions
- California Department of Rehabilitation
- Diabetes Council
- OnlineSchools.org
- College Scholarships.org
- Nitro College
- Affordable Colleges
- Nancy L. Cavey Long Term Disability Scholarship
Veterans/Military/Law Enforcement
- GoGrad
- Money Geek
- California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program
- Law Enforcement Personnel Dependents Grant Program
- Marine Corps Scholarships Foundation
- Navy Wives Club of America\
- ThanksUSA
- Women Marines Association
- Allied Van Lines Military Scholarship
- Wisegeek Military Appreciation Scholarship
- Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship for Veterans