Financial Assistance Opportunities
The Girl Scouts of Orange County believes that all girls should have the opportunity to participate in the Girl Scout experience and not be limited by economic factors. The Board of Directors annually approves Financial Assistance to help girls fund membership, purchase uniforms, attend camp, and participate in troops, events, or activities.
Financial Aid is Available
We know families may be financially impacted by current events and wantto make sure all girls can experience Girl Scouts.
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Camperships Assistance Fund
Financial aid "camperships" are awarded to campers on thebasis
of financial need only and are available for resident camps.
Scholarships
Check for scholarship opportunities for Girl Scouts in Orange County to support the amazing things they do!
Boom & Bucket’s Student Scholarship
Program
Next Deadline: June 15, 2024
Boom
& Bucket offers a scholarship of $1,000 to be awarded each year to
a currently enrolled students or future student student pursuing a
heavy machinery themed program and planning to attend a program within
the next 12 months at a college or a trade school anywhere in the
United States or Canada.
Cirkled in Scholarship
Next Deadline:
September 30, 2023
The Cirkled in Scholarship is a $2500
scholarship for 8-12th grade students that can apply to any
educational need, such as tuition, books, supplies, or
transportation. It’s an easy scholarship to apply for, with no income
requirements, no minimum GPA and no lengthy essay to write.
Chapman University Institutional Awards
Next Deadline: Contact Chapman University for additional
information on financial aid, scholarships and grants, and
institutional awards.
Chapman University offers institutional awards for students to
help pay for the cost of education.
Corinne Jeannine Shillings Foundation
Next Deadlines: December 1, 2023 (for 2nd semester Travel Abroad
Scholarships) & May 17, 2024 (for Initial and Renewal Academic
Scholarships, and Full Year, 1st Semester and Summer Travel Abroad Scholarships)
The Corinne Jeannine Shillings Foundation awards Academic
Scholarships and Travel Scholarships to Silver and Gold Award Girl
Scouts who plan to/are currently majoring/minoring in a foreign
language at a four-year college/university or who plan to study
abroad, regardless of their major/minor.
Edison Scholars
Next Deadline: 2024 application will open in the Fall
The Edison Scholars Program recognizes students who want to be
makers of tomorrow — the dreamers, inventors, guardians and pioneers —
those who dare to be great. In 2023 Edison International awarded
$50,000 college scholarships to 30 high school seniors to help them
follow their dreams in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM)
and empower them to change the world. This is a chance for students
with big dreams to advance their education and take part in shaping a
brighter future.
Disney Super
Fan Scholarship
Next Deadline: September 1, 2023
The Bold.org Disney Super Fan Scholarship will support students
who share a strong connection to Disney and want to share their unique
stories. This scholarship will give a deserving recipient $1,000 to
use towards their pursuit of higher education.
Dragon Kim Foundation Fellowship Program
Dragon Kim Fellowship Program awards up to $5,000 community service
grants to support motivated high school students who want to create
and manage a program next summer that will make an impact in the community.
Edwards
Lifesciences Scholarship Program
Next deadline: Opening March 2024
The Edwards
Lifesciences Scholarship Program provides renewable $2,500 awards for
students pursuing a major in science, technology, engineering or math
(STEM majors). Applicants must be United States citizens or legal
residents who are high school seniors and residents of Orange County,
CA; Salt Lake County, UT; or Puerto Rico, and recipients must
demonstrate financial need.
GSUSA
Gold Award Scholarship Program
Next deadline: TBD for
2024
The 2023 GSUSA Gold Award Scholarship
Program provided a $10,000 academic scholarship to one Gold Award Girl
Scout per council who demonstrated extraordinary leadership,
measurable and sustainable impact, and addressed an issue of global
and/or national significance.
Gloria
Barron Prize for Young Heroes
Next deadline: April 15
annually
The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, a
program of the nonprofit organization Young Heroes Project, celebrates
inspiring, public-spirited young people from diverse backgrounds all
across North America. Each year, the Barron Prize honors 25
outstanding young leaders ages 8 to 18 who have made a significant
positive difference to people and the environment.
$2,000 Nitro Scholarship
Next Deadline:
July 31, 2023
The $2,000 Nitro Scholarship Sweepstakes is
open to legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of
Columbia and any US Territory age 17 or older at the time of entry,
and who meet one (1) of the four (4) following eligibility
requirements at the time of entry.
Prudential Emerging Visionaries Program
Next deadline: Early entry in September; Final Entry in
November
Prudential Emerging Visionaries is a national
program celebrating changemakers ages 14-18 with innovative solutions
to financial and societal challenges in their communities and beyond.
QuestBridge College Prep Scholars Program &
National College Match
Next deadline: September 26,
2023
The College Prep Scholars Program equips
high-achieving high school juniors from low-income backgrounds with
the knowledge, confidence, and resources to apply to top colleges.
Rover College
Scholarship
Next deadline: May 1, 2024
Graduating high school seniors write a 400-500 word essay for a
chance to win $2500.
Society of Women
Engineers - Orange County
Next deadline: Applications
open in January and are due in March
SWE-OC
offers Graduate and Undergraduate Student Scholarships to students at
our local colleges, and an Endowed Scholarship that Orange County for
high school seniors.
T-Mobile
Changemaker Challenge
Next deadline: Challenge opens
February and applications are due in May
T-Mobile, the
T-Mobile Foundation, and Ashoka are teaming up for the fifth
Changemaker Challenge, a nationwide contest that gives young leaders
ages 13-18 with bold ideas for driving digital empowerment, putting
equity into action, and supporting a thriving planet the opportunity
to take their ideas for creating a more connected, equitable, and
sustainable future to the next level.
Taco Bell
Foundation Live Más Scholarship
Next deadline:
Application is open from November-January
The Taco Bell
Foundation Live Más Scholarship is This scholarship is for students
(ages 16-26) who are passionate about creating a better future and
making a positive impact on their community. This is not needs or
achievement based; it is a passion-based scholarship program.
VFW Scout of the
Year
Next deadline: March 1 annually
Veterans
of Foreign Wars recognizes Gold Award Girl Scouts for standout
citizenship, patriotism and love of country.
Search for scholarships
available for Girl Scouts on the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) website.
