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.
Scholarships
Check for scholarship opportunities for Girl Scouts in Orange County to support the amazing things they do!
Addiction Resource Scholarship Essay
Contest
Next Deadline: April 12, 2025
AddictionResource.net offers a $1,000
scholarship for full-time students age 18 and over pursuing an
Associate's, Bachelor, Master, or Doctorate degree. A first and
runner-up prize is available through an essay contest, highlighting a
subject that is common amongst students, binge drinking on college campuses.
Aspiring
Scholars of Yorba Linda
Next Deadline: April 10, 2024
The Yorba Linda Chamber of Commerce Foundation provides
scholarships of $500 - $1000 each to high school seniors within the
Placentia Yorba Linda Unified School District service area who have a
2.3 or better cumulative grade point average.
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.
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, 2024
The Cirkled in Scholarship is a quarterly scholarship of $2,500
with a generic theme of “Cirkled In - No Sweat” Scholarship and no
essay. There is no minimum GPA or any income requirement for 8-12th
grade students and the scholarship can be applied to any educational
need, such as tuition, books, supplies, or transportation.
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.
Cora Change the Cycle Scholarship
Last
day to apply! October 4, 2024 @ 11:59 PM PST
Cora is
awarding $10,000 to three college visionaries who are raising
awareness about period poverty and reproductive health on their
campuses. This scholarship aims to support the next generation of
change makers who support period access and education for all.
Corinne Jeannine Shillings Foundation
Next Deadlines: May 17, 2024 (for Initial and Renewal Academic
Scholarships, and Full Year, 1st Semester and Summer Travel Abroad
Scholarships) and December 6, 2024 (for 2nd semester 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.
Create Real Impact
Contest
Next Deadline: April 2025
Impact Teen
Drivers, a nonprofit organization founded by the California Highway
Patrol, holds an annual contest and calls on students, ages 14-22, to
showcase their positive solutions and strategies to stop the #1 killer
of young people–car crashes caused by reckless and distracted driving!
Students enter by using their creativity to either design a poster or
produce a 3-minute video on the message of safety for passengers and
drivers. There are two ways to enter: individual for personal prizes
of $1,000, $500 or $250 OR one entry per high school with prizes of
$10,000, $7,500 or $5,000 (ie. a group of Girl Scouts can contact
their principal to ask to represent their high school.)
Diller Teen
Tikkun Olam Awards
Next Deadline: Applications and
Nominations open August 2024
The Helen Diller Family
Foundation honors 15 Jewish teens annually with awards of $36,000
each. The Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards recognize young changemakers
who have significant impact in leading initiatives that embody the
values of tikkun olam, repairing the world.
Dragon Kim Foundation Fellowship Program
Next Deadline: January 2025
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.
Edison Scholars
Next Deadline: January 2025
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. Edison International will award $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.
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
Apply between March 15 –
April 17, 2024
The 2023 GSUSA Gold Award Scholarship
Program provided a $5,000 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.
LA Tutors
Next
Deadline: the 20th of each month
LA Tutors
awards students who showcase their creativity and make positive
impacts with a $500 Innovation in Education scholarship. On an ongoing
monthly basis, this scholarship is open to all currently enrolled high
school, college, and graduate students who showcase their creativity
while helping those around them (whether that be in a creative
fundraiser, an inventive new app, series of blog posts on a particular
theme, or another idea). The application deadline is 11:59 pm PST on
the 20th of each month.
Medical Physician Preparation (MPP) Academy
Deadlines Vary
MPP is an early outreach "pre-med and medical/health
professional school readiness" program, committed to preparing
the next generation of medical doctors (MD's | DO's), health
professionals (i.e., Physician Assistants, Nurses, Dentists,
EMTs/Paramedics) and scientists for the physician and healthcare
workforce with scholarships and financial aid available.
$2,000 Nitro Scholarship
Next
Deadline: February 29, 2024
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: November 2024
Prudential Emerging Visionaries recognizes young people, ages
14-18, for innovative solutions to a financial or societal challenge
and accepts applications from September-November annually. Selected
applicants may qualify for up to $15,000 in awards, an
all-expenses-paid trip, and coaching and skills development..
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 2025
Graduating high school seniors write a 400-500 word essay for a
chance to win $2500.
SoCalGas
Scholarship Program
Deadline is March 19, 2024
The SoCalGas Scholarship Program encourages students to pursue
higher education and supports their academic endeavors. Up to $315,000
will be awarded to high school seniors attending four-year university,
community college or trade school.
Society
of Women Engineers SWE Orange County Section Scholarship
Next deadline: March 2024
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
Ambition Accelerator
Next deadline: February 15, 2024
Early Entry Deadline: March 19, 2024
Taco Bell Foundation’s Ambition Accelerator aims to fuel the
next generation’s bold ambitions for creating change. Youth ages 16-26
with an idea to impact your community for the better or an already
established social impact initiative can apply and win total cash
prizes up to $25,000. Applications will be accepted until March 14
(US) and March 15 (India), 2024!
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.
