Boilerplate Descriptions

Mission Statement

Scholarship America’s mission is to mobilize America, through scholarships and educational support, to make postsecondary success possible for all students.

Scholarship America®

Scholarship America mobilizes support for students getting into and graduating from college. Since 1958, Scholarship America has distributed more than $2.9 billion in scholarship assistance to more than 1.9 million students, funding both entry-level and multi-year scholarships and emergency financial grants. More information is available at www.scholarshipamerica.org.

Dollars for Scholars®

Dollars for Scholars®, a program of Scholarship America, is a national network of nearly 1,000 local chapters, driven by local volunteers that help hometown students in 2,850 communities across the country. In addition to raising funds and distributing scholarships for students, chapters also provide assistance with college readiness and the financial aid process.

Scholarship Management Services®

Scholarship Management Services®, a division of Scholarship America, is the leading scholarship services program in the country, helping corporations, foundations and individuals design and administer scholarship and related educational assistance programs.

DreamkeepersSM

Scholarship America’s Dreamkeepers program is designed to help community and open-enrollment colleges keep students from dropping out of school when faced with unexpected financial emergencies.

Collegiate Partners®

Scholarship America’s Collegiate Partners® are postsecondary institutions that pledge to treat scholarships awarded through Scholarship America programs fairly. Many Collegiate Partners are also Matching Partners that match Scholarship America-awarded scholarships for students attending their schools.

Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund®

The Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund, a program of Scholarship America, provides post-high school education funding to financially needy dependents of those killed or disabled in the 9/11 attacks and rescue efforts.

The Dream Award

Dream Award Scholarship America’s Dream Award is a new multi-year, performance-based scholarship fund targeted toward completion. These renewable, annually-increasing awards will be given to students selected from across the nation who are entering their second year of education beyond high school.

The Scholarship Coach

The Scholarship CoachScholarship America's blog, The Scholarship Coach, appears weekly at USNews.com, featuring expert advice on all kinds of scholarship issues. Here on the site, we feature a new highlight from the blog every week, and you can also download a free Scholarship Coach e-book!

Inspired By You

Annual Report 2012: Inspired by You Our 2012 Annual Report, Inspired By You, features the students who are inspired by their scholarship support—and the donors and friends who inspire them.Visit the online report to read their stories and hear from our President, Lauren Segal.

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