Private Sponsors and Search Engines
Scholarships and Financial Aid
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) is the nation's leading organization supporting Hispanic higher education. HSF was founded in 1975 with a vision of strengthening the country by advancing college education among Hispanic Americans-the largest minority segment of the U.S. population. In support of its mission to double the rate of Hispanics earning college degrees, HSF provides the Latino community with more college scholarships and educational outreach support than any other organization in the country.
The
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Program each year awards
approximately 50 scholarships to students attending community colleges
or two-year institutions in the US and planning to transfer to four-year
institutions. Each award covers a portion of educational expenses,
including tuition, living expenses, required fees, and books for the
final two to three years of the baccalaureate degree.
The amount and duration of awards vary
by student based on the cost of attendance and the length of
the program as well as other scholarships or grants received. The
maximum available per student is
$30,000 per year. This is the largest scholarship offered in
the US to community college transfer students. Students from Cerritos
College should review the campus' additional
eligibility requirements and application deadline.
Korean American Scholarship Foundation
The Korean American Scholarship Foundation (KASF) is a non-profit, volunteer-managed organization established to help meet the financial needs of Korean-American students seeking higher education. A student currently enrolled in a full-time undergraduate or graduate program is qualified to apply for the KASF scholarship. The scholarship recipient is selected on the basis of financial need, academic achievement, school activities, and community services. Each applicant must submit an application to the respective KASF region, in which each region is designated by the state where school is located.
Latino College Dollars: Scholarships for California's Latino Students
This website is an initiative of the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI), a nonprofit organization that advances informed policy on key issues affecting Latino communities through objective and timely research contributing to the betterment of the nation. TRPI is an affiliated research unit of the University of Southern California School of Policy, Planning, and Development, and is associated with the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy at Columbia University. This website allows you search for scholarships using three categories: 1) high school student or college student; 2) GPA; and 3) Citizen or Non-Citizen.
Morris K. Udall Undergraduate Scholarship
In
2008, the Foundation expects to award 80 scholarships and 50 honorable mentions
on the basis of merit to sophomore and junior level college students.
Scholarships are offered in any of three categories: 1) To students who have
demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment; or 2) To Native
American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers
related to tribal public policy; or 3) To Native American and Alaska Native
students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to Native health
care. The Udall Foundation seeks future leaders across a wide spectrum of
environmental fields, including policy, engineering, science, education, urban
planning and renewal, business, health, justice, and economics. The Foundation
also seeks future Native American and Alaska Native leaders in public and
community health care, tribal government, and public policy affecting Native
American communities, including land resource management, economic development,
and education.
Students
from Cerritos College should review the campus' additional
eligibility requirements and application deadline.
Thurgood Marshall College Fund
The Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund (TMCF) was established in 1987 to carry on Justice Marshall's legacy of equal access to higher education by supporting exceptional merit scholars attending America's Public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). You must attend one of their member schools in order to receive a scholarship.
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is the nation’s largest, oldest, most successful and most comprehensive minority higher education assistance organization. UNCF provides operating funds and technology enhancement services for 39 member historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), scholarships and internships for students at about 900 institutions and faculty and administrative professional training.