RICH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
SCHOLARSHIP LIST
2014 – 2015 ACADEMIC YEAR
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Scholarship Name
Deadline
Organization
Organizations
Address
Voice of
Democracy (VOD)
Essay Competition
11/1/2014
Ladies Auxiliary
to the Veterans
of Foreign War
Stephen J. Brady
STOP Hunger
Scholarship
12/5/2014
Greenhouse
Scholars
Scholarship
12/8/2014
AXA Achievement
Scholarship
12/15/2014
Contact
Website
22341 S Governors
Hwy
Richton Park, IL 60471
Ms.
Flowers
1-(708)822-0993
http://www.vfw.org/Co
mmunity/Voice-ofDemocracy/
SODEXO
Foundation
9801 Washingtonian
Blvd.
Gaithersburg, MD 2087
1-(800)763-3946
Ext. 44848
http://www.sodexofoun
dation.org/hunger_us/s
cholarships/scholarshi
ps.asp
Greenhouse
Scholars
1881 9th St, Suite 200
Boulder, CO 80302
Yuri Shane
1-(303)459-5473
www.greenhouseschol
ars.org
N/A
1-(800)537-4180
or 1-(800)931-1682
http://www.axaequitable.com/axafoundation/AXAachievementscholarship.html
AXA Equitable
Amount
 Open to students in grades 9-12, who
are enrolled in a public, private or
$30,000
parochial high school or home study
program in the US and its territories.
 Students ages 5-25 enrolled in an
accredited educational institution in the
US.
 Must demonstrate on-going
commitment to their community by
performing unpaid volunteer services
$5,000
impacting hunger in the US at least
within the last 12 months. Added
consideration is given to students
working to fight childhood hunger.
 Volunteer services must be helping
non-family members.
 High school seniors with an
unweighted GPA of 3.5 or higher and
demonstrate financial need (annual
household income no greater than
$5,000 (Potential $70,000).
annual renewal)  Demonstrate a strong interest in
commitment to the community.
 Demonstrate an ability to persevere
through difficult circumstances.
 Possess excellent leadership skills.
 GPA and ACT vary
 Applicant must demonstrate ambition
and self-drive as evidenced by
outstanding achievement in school,
community or work-related activities.
$10,000 $25,000
Ms. Nancy
Carroll
Tall Club
International
Scholarships
12/29/2014
Paramount Tall
Club of Chicago
P.O Box 56190
Chicago, IL 60656
Ptcscholar
ship2014
@yahoo.c
om
http://www.tallchicago.
org
Eligibility Requirements
$750 - $1,000
 High school senior
 Must meet the minimum height
requirements of 5’10” for females and
6’2” for males.
 Plan to attend either a 2-year or 4-year
college in the fall.
Undocume
nted
Students
Eligible?
Scholarship
Available the
2014-2015
Year?
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
No
Yes
N/A
Yes
Conservation
Education
Scholarship
PTA Education
Scholarship
First Scholars
Award (SIU
Carbondale)
Odd FellowRebekah
Scholarship
Academic
Scholarship
Program – UAPB
Dollars for
Scholars
Scholarship
(MUST COMPLETE
SCHOLARSHIP
PROFILE ON
Will-South Cook
Soil and Water
Conservation
District
Attn: Kim Mitchell
1201 S. Gougar Road
New Lenox, IL 60451
Ms. Kim
Mitchell
1-(815)462-3106
Ext. 3
http://www.willscookswcd.org/scholar
ships.php
Illinois PTA
Illinois PTA
Scholarship Director
1184 N. 1800 East
Road
Taylorville, IL 62568
Barb Miller
1-(217)287-1055
http://www.illinoispta.or
g/scholarshipapplicatio
n.html
First Scholars
Program
First Scholars Program
Southern Illinois Univ.
Woody Hall – MC 6838
900 N. Normal Avenue
Carbondale, IL 62901
Katrina
James
1-(618)453-1843
First2Go@
siu.edu
http://firstscholars.siu.e
du/
3/1/2015
Independent
Order of Odd
Fellows World
Wide
Grand Lodge of Illinois
Independent Order of
Odd Fellows
P.O. Box 248
Lincoln, IL 62656-0248
glioof@fro
ntier.com
OR
Grandsecr
etary1@fr
ontier.com
3/1/2015
University of
Arkansas Pine
Bluff
N/A
N/A
3/1/2015
Village of
Matteson
Village of Matteson
Dollars for Scholars
4900 Village Commons
Matteson, IL 60443
Mattesond
ollars4sch
olarsil1462
@yahoo.c
om
2/1/2015
2/15/2015
2/24/2015
http://www.ioofil.org/index.php?option
=com_content&task=bl
ogcategory&id=24&Ite
mid=49
 Must live within the boundaries of the
District (Will County and S. Cook
County, south of 22nd Street).
 High school senior or graduate.
 Must attend an accredited college or
accredited school of higher learning in
the coming school year.
$1,000
 Expected to be interested in
environmental science, horticulture,
wildlife, soil, water, or other natural
resources.
 Scholarship money will be paid directly
to the institution for the second term of
the applicable school year.
 GPA of 3.0 or above in a nonweighted 4.0 scale.
 Graduating senior, preparing to enter
1st Place an Education or Education-related
$3,000
degree program requiring certification
2nd Place from a state board of education.
$2,000
 Applications must be postmarked on
or before February 14, 2014 and
returned to the Illinois PTA
Scholarship Director.
 Entering SIUC first-time, full-time
freshmen whose parents have no
more than 2 (two) years of college
beyond high school and have not
earned a post-secondary degree.
 Scholarship criteria include financial
$5,000 (Potential need and demonstrated academic
annual renewal
ability as shown by ACT and/or SAT
for up to four
scores and high school GPA.
years)
 All incoming freshman are required to
reside in the First Scholars Living
Learning Community located on
campus.
Unspecified
Amount
http://www.uapb.edu/a
dmissions/funding_you
r_education.aspx
Multiple
Scholarships
with multiple
award amounts
www.villageofmatteson
.dollarsforscholars.org
Minimum of
$500
 Be a citizen of the US or provide proof
of Naturalization.
 Resident of Illinois
 Provide proof of financial need by
submitting a current copy of IRS 1040
or proof of electronic filing.
 Maintain at least a 2.0 cum. GPA
 Must plan on attending University of
Arkansas Pine Bluff in the Fall of
2014.
 Each award has eligibility reqs.
 Recipients and their parent/guardian
must be willing to support the “paying it
forward” campaign by committing to
volunteer for future Village of Matteson
Dollars for Scholars fundraising
events.
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
No
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
WEBSITE TO
APPLY!!!)
Blacks at Microsoft
African American
Heritage
Scholarship
3/1/2015
Illinois Lumber and
Material Dealers
Scholarships
3/14/2015
Achievement
Scholarship
($1,000)
3/27/2015
Coca-Cola
3/30/15
Fred & Lena Meijer
Scholarship
Microsoft
Corporation –
Seattle
Foundation
The Seattle Foundation
c/o BAM Scholarship
1200 5th Ave Ste. 1300
Seattle, WA 98101
N/A
Illinois Lumber
and Materials
Dealers
Association
Illinois Lumber and
Materials Dealers
Educational
Foundation
932 South Spring St.
Springfield, IL 62704
N/A
https://www.microsoft.c
om/enus/diversity/programs/b
lacksscholarships.aspx
http://www.ilmda.com/i
mages/pdfs/sch.pdf
 Proof of Matteson residency.
 High school senior.
 Cumulative GPA of 2.5 as reflected on
an official transcript.
 Show acceptance to an accredited
post-secondary educational facility for
the summer or fall semester 2014.
 Current high school senior of African
descent (for example, African
American, Ethiopian, African, or
Black).
 Plan to attend a four-year college or
university of higher learning, in the fall
of the year following high-school
graduation.
$5,000
 Declare a major in engineering,
(Potential annual
computer science, computer
renewal for up to
information systems, or declare a
four years)
major in business that is approved by
BAM.
 Demonstrate a passion for technology.
 Demonstrate leadership at school
and/or in the community.
 Cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher.
 Require financial assistance to attend
college.
 Any student enrolled full-time in a
certificate or degree program in an
$500 - $1,000
accredited trade school, 2-year
(Potential annual
college, or 4-year college or university.
renewal)
 Must be resident of Illinois.
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes
N/A
Yes

4/1/2015
1000.00
Coca-Cola Pay It
Forward
Grand Rapids
Community
Foundation
https://cocacola.promo.
eprize.com/payitforwar
d2015/faq.html
185 Oakes Street SW
Grand Rapids, MI
49503
William J. Cook
Scholarship
4/15/2015
Williams J. Cook
Scholarship Fund
N/A
National
Organization of
Black Law
4/15/2015
National
Organization of
Black Law
N/A
https://cocacola.promo.ep
rize.com/payitforward20
15/
Ruther
Bishop
rbishop@g
rfoundatio
n.org
Mary
Meyer
1-(507)931-0465
N/A
http://meijerscholarship
.egrant.net
5000
$2,500 - $10,000
https://www.scholarshi
pamerica.org/williamjc
ook
$1,000 - $5,000
http://www.noblenation
al.org/communityoutre
ach/noblescholarships.
$1,000 - $3,500
 13+ TO PARTICIPATE. Nominees must
be between the ages of 13 and 18 and
enrolled full-time as a student in grade 9 –
12 as of May 1, 2015
 Full or part-time Meijer Team
Members or Children of full or parttime Meijer Team Members
 MALE high school senior.
 Attending a high school in Cook
County.
 Planning to enroll in a full-time
undergraduate course of study at an
accredited four-year college/university.
 Must be a high school senior.
 Must be pursuing a degree in any of
the Social Sciences, including
Enforcement
Executives
(MULTIPLE
SCHOLARSHIPS!!!)
SC Foundation
(Shawn Carter” Jay
Z”)
I’m First Scholarship
The Walt Disney
Company
Jack and Jill
Scholarship
Illinois Promise
Scholarship
Congressional
Black Caucus
Foundation
Scholarship
Enforcement
4/30/15
5/22/15
5/31/15
5/25/2015
No set
scholarship
deadline;
Determined
based off of
the
undergradu
ate
admission
application
to the
University
of Illinois at
UrbanaChampaign
Deadlines
vary for
each
scholarship.
Ranges
S C Foundation
I’m first
Scholarship
html
https://www.shawncart
ersf.com/scholarshipfund/#app
Application
US citizen or Permanent Resident
http://www.imfirst.org/sc
holarship/
Application
The Walt Disney
Company UNCF
Corporate Scholars
Program 2015
Scholarship
Jack and Jill of
American, Inc.
Jack and Jill of
American, Inc., 1930
17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
Phone 202-232-5290
Fax 202-232-1747
N/A
University of
Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
N/A
N/A
Congressional
Black Caucus
N/A
technology, forensic investigations,
and other criminal investigative
studies, to further a career in law
enforcement or criminal justice.
 Check requirements for each
scholarship.
High school seniors, students with
GED diplomas, undergraduate (2 year
or 4 year) college students, and
students at vocational or trade schools
Application
N/A
https://www.jackandjillf
oundation.org/scholars
hips/
http://www.osfa.illinois.
edu/aid/promise.html
http://cbcfinc.org/schol
arships.html
$4,000
scholarship
($1,000 per year,
renewable for
four years of
college)
$1,000
25 years old or younger
Minimum 2.0 GPA
Current high school (or home-schooled)
seniors attending school in the United
States.
First-generation college student (neither
parent has earned a four-year college
degree).
Must be attending a CSO partner college
or university. View CSO College
Partners :
Minimum GPA:2.5
Ethnicities: African American/Black
Residency Status: U.S. Citizen, U.S.
national or permanent resident
Academic Classification:
High School Senior
 Must be an African-American high
school senior, attending a school in
Unspecified
the South Suburban Chicago area.
Amount
 Must be accepted into a four-year
college or university for the 2014/15
academic school year.
 Parents and student must be an
Illinois resident.
Fund the
estimated cost of  Student must be under the age of 24
and admitted as a new freshman or new
tuition, fees,
room and board, transfer student.
 Expected Family Contribution
and books and
supplies, through determined through FAFSA must equal
$0, Family income must be at or below
grants and
scholarships by the federal poverty level.
 Total family assets must be less than
working
$50,000, Enrolled at least 12 hours
approximately
during fall or spring semesters.
10-12 hours a
 Please check website for specific
week.
scholarship requirements.
Up to full tuition
scholarships
 Be preparing to pursue an
undergraduate degree full-time or
current full-time student in good
standing
 Must reside or attend a school in a
N/A
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
between
late March
and early
June.
Harrison Fellows
Scholarship
Illinois AMVETS
Scholarship
Program
Northern Illinois
University Scholars
Program
One Million
Degrees
Scholarship
Applications
are
accepted
on a rolling
basis
throughout
the
academic
year.
This
scholarship
has rolling
submission
dates.
Please
check
website for
updated
information.
Students
who meet
scholarship
criteria will
be
considered
for
scholarship
s.
Please
check
website for
specific
deadlines
regarding
various
scholarship
s
congressional district represented by a
CBC member
National Lewis
University
Illinois AMVETS
N/A
N/A
http://www.nl.edu/harri
sonfellows/
Up to $50,000
over four years
(Renewable for
up to 4 years)
N/A
N/A
http://www.ilamvets.org
/prog_scholarships_ap
ps.cfm
$1,000
 Have demonstrated exceptional
promise of becoming a leader in your
community.
 Have a 2.5 or higher cumulative GPA.
 19 or higher composite ACT score
 Agree to attend full-time (12+ quarter
hours per term) during the day on the
Chicago campus of National Lewis
University.
 Enroll in one of the 5 eligible daytime
degree programs.
 Students must adhere to the
satisfactory academic progress policy of
National Lewis University.
 Be an Illinois high school senior
 Have taken the ACTor SAT.
 Application required with
supplemental materials. Please
check website for updated
information.
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
 33 ACT or top 5% of senior class, or a
3.75 GPA.
 Must be admitted to NIU.
Northern Illinois
University
One Million
Degrees
Organization
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
http://www.niu.edu/sch
olarships/new_student
s/index.shtml
http://onemilliondegree
s.org/
$23,500/year
(Renewable for
up to 4 years)
Up to $750 per
semester
 Be enrolled or planning to enroll at one
of the following community colleges:
Malcolm X, Richard J. Daley, Harold
Washington, Wright, Olive-Harvey,
Kennedy-King, Truman, Prairie State or
South Suburban.
 Be enrolled full-time for the 2014-2015
academic year and be pursuing their
first degree or certificate.
 Have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or
higher
 Be U.S. Citizen or legal permanent
resident eligible for federal or state
financial aid.
 File FAFSA
 Be highly motivated and committed to
their own academic and professional
success.
***Students please CONTINUE to search for scholarships on your OWN. Other useful websites are
listed below. Visit the Guidance Office if you need further assistance.
(Please check websites for scholarship deadlines.)
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www.fafsa.ed.gov
www.collegeboard.com
www.isac.org
www.collegenet.com
www.fastweb.com
www.scholarships.com
www.scholarshipmonkey.com
www.zinch.com
www.studentscholarships.org
www.grantsforwomen.org
www.thesalliemaefund.org
www.nces.ed.gov
www.fairtest.org
www.educationplanner.com
www.scholarshipchicago.com
www.collegezone.com
www.guaranteed-scholarships.com
http://www.free-4u.com
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