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[Page 4] Top Need-Based Scholarships to Apply for in 2025

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  1. Dental Hygiene Basics Scholarship

    Funded by
    Dental Hygiene Basics
    This scholarship seeks to support the next generation of dental hygienists by making college more affordable.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate student
    • Field of Study: Dental hygiene
    $1,000
    Deadline:Jun 03, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  2. Dr. Connie M. Reece Future Teacher Scholarship

    Funded by
    Nathan Allen
    This scholarship aims to continue the legacy of Dr. Reece by supporting budding teachers who will educate the next generation.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate or graduate student
    • Financial Background: Low-income
    • Field of Study: Teaching or education
    $500
    Deadline:Jun 04, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  3. Dr. Michael Paglia Scholarship

    Funded by
    Amber Wojcik
    This scholarship aims to honor the life of Dr. Michael Paglia by helping students overcome the barriers they face so they can achieve their ambitions.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate or graduate student
    • Background: First-generation college and graduate student
    • Financial Status: Comes from a lower socioeconomic status
    • Field of Study: Healthcare
    $1,000
    Deadline:Jun 04, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  4. McEntee Memorial Scholarship for Lifelong Learning

    Funded by
    Earl Family
    This scholarship seeks to honor the legacy of William McEntee by supporting individuals dedicated to pursuing higher education and personal growth.
    • State: Tennessee
    • GPA: 3.0 GPA or higher
    • Background: Financial need
    • Education Level: Warren County High School student
    $1,000
    Deadline:Jun 04, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  5. James B. McCleary Music Scholarship

    Funded by
    James McCleary
    This scholarship aims to support students who are majoring in music so they have the motivation necessary to thrive.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate or graduate student
    • Field of Study: Music
    • Background: Financial need
    $1,000
    Deadline:Jun 07, 2025
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  6. Education Empowerment Scholarship

    Funded by
    Julie Leone
    This scholarship aims to honor the dedication of two incredible parents to education and learning by supporting students in NY and IL who have faced language barriers in their pursuit of education.
    • Education Level: High school senior
    • GPA: 3.2 GPA or higher
    • Financial Status: Low-income
    • Background: First-generation American, English as a second language
    • Service/Leadership: Extracurricular activities, volunteer work, part time job, family responsibilities, band, choir, or sport involvement, etc.
    $5,000
    Deadline:Jun 09, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  7. Lancheros Scholarship

    Funded by
    Maria Lancheros
    This scholarship aims to encourage younger generations to explore alternatives to college, such as vocational or trade schools.
    • Education Level: High school senior
    • School Name: Dwight Morrow High School, the Academies at Englewood, or home school
    • State: New Jersey
    • Financial Status: Financial need
    • Background: Volunteering or extracurricular experience
    • Education Plans: Vocational or trade school
    $1,000
    Deadline:Jun 09, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  8. Mark L. Williams Scholarship

    Funded by
    Williams
    In memory of Mark L. Williams, this scholarship aims to support hardworking high school students in California who are going to continue their education through college or trade school.
    • Grade: High school senior
    • City: Redondo Beach, Lomita, Torrance, Lawndale, Wilmington, El Segundo, or Manhattan Beach, CA
    $2,000
    Deadline:Jun 10, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  9. Endeavor Public Service Scholarship

    Funded by
    Ashok Pai
    This scholarship aims to support students who are passionate about helping others through careers in public service.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate or graduate student
    • Field of Study: Public service
    $1,500
    Deadline:Jun 10, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  10. Medford Volunteer Ambulance Aspiring Healthcare Hero’s Scholarship

    Funded by
    Medford Volunteer Ambulance, Inc
    This scholarship seeks to support students in New York who are pursuing careers in healthcare so they have the necessary resources to achieve their goals.
    • Education Level: High school senior
    • State: New York
    • Field of Study: Healthcare
    $2,000
    Deadline:Jun 13, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  11. Private (PVT) Henry Walker Minority Scholarship

    Funded by
    Steven Franklin
    This scholarship seeks to support students attending HBCUs so they can complete their higher education journeys and achieve their career goals.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate student
    • Race: African American
    • School Type: HBCU
    • Background: Volunteer experience
    • GPA: 2.8 or above
    $1,000
    Deadline:Jun 14, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  12. Khai Perry All-Star Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Khai Perry All-Star Memorial Scholarship Fund
    This scholarship seeks to honor Khai Perry's spirit, life, and memory by embracing the qualities he exhibited the most while he was here and paying it forward to support those in need.
    • State: Massachusetts
    • Financial Status: Low-income
    • Identity: Underrepresented minority student
    • Education Level: High school, trade school, undergraduate, or graduate student
    $1,000
    Deadline:Jun 15, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  13. Minority Women in STEM Financial Need Scholarship

    Funded by
    Donald Huschle
    This scholarship will support BIPOC women in STEM at the specific universities in Texas.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate
    • Race/Ethnicity: BIPOC
    • Gender: Female
    • Major: STEM
    • School: University of Texas at Dallas, University of Texas at Austin, University of North Texas, The University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Woman's University, Texas A&M University- College Station
    $10,000
    Deadline:Jun 15, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  14. Hacia Delante! Scholarship

    Funded by
    Hacia Delante
    This scholarship seeks to support the Hacia Delante! mission by supporting students who are undocumented so they can achieve all of their goals.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate student
    • Citizenship: Undocumented student
    • Schools: Moorpark College, Ventura College or Oxnard College
    $1,500
    Deadline:Jun 15, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  15. Brian Leahy Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Leahy Family
    This scholarship aims to honor the life of Brian Leahy by supporting students who are pursuing nursing or who have a parent with cancer.
    • Education Level: High school or undergraduate student
    • State: North Carolina
    • Background: Parent has cancer and/or student is pursuing nursing
    $3,000
    Deadline:Jun 15, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  16. Empowering Affected Students from the Tri-State Mining District Scholarship

    Funded by
    Kate Kim
    This scholarship seeks to support students who have been affected by disasters so they have all of the resources they need to succeed despite the formidable challenges they face.
    • Education Level: High school or undergraduate student
    • State: Missouri, Kansas, or Oklahoma
    • Background: Victim of a man-made or natural disaster
    $1,000
    Deadline:Jun 15, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  17. Special Needs Advocacy Bogdan Radich Memorial Scholarship

    Funded by
    Special Needs Advocacy Incorporated
    This scholarship seeks to honor the memory of Bogdan Radich by supporting students who are dedicating their lives to helping those with special needs.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate or graduate student
    • Field of Study: Pursuing a career helping those with special needs (special education, occupational or physical therapy, social work, etc.)
    $1,500
    Deadline:Jun 21, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  18. Marcus Stroman Scholarship

    Funded by
    Marcus Stroman's HDMH Foundation
    The Marcus Stroman Scholarship seeks to support ambitious students from Pasadena and Altadena, CA who are preparing to graduate from high school and have been accepted to the college of their dreams.
    • Location: Altadena or Pasadena, California
    • Education Level: High school senior
    • GPA : 3.0 or above
    • Financial Status: Low-Income
    $50,000
    Deadline:Jun 26, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  19. Joanne and Richard Seelaus Scholarship

    Funded by
    R. Seelaus & Co
    This scholarship aims to support young women who are forging their own futures by pursuing their dreams of higher education.
    • State: New Jersey
    • Field of Study: Finance, business, or economics
    • GPA: 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale
    • Gender: Female
    • Education Level: High school senior
    • Background: Self-identified low-income students or first-generation college attendees
    $20,000
    Deadline:Jun 30, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  20. Hubert Colangelo Literacy Scholarship

    Funded by
    Lupe Colangelo
    This scholarship seeks to support students who are mostly self-funding their education so they have the assistance they need to succeed.
    • Education Level: High school senior
    • Financial Status: Financial need
    • Identity: Underrepresented Minority
    • Identity: First-generation and/or has at least one immigrant parent
    $600
    Deadline:Jun 30, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  21. American Dream Scholarship for Nurses

    Funded by
    FVI School of Nursing and Technology
    The American Dream Scholarship for Nurses aims to support students at FVI in their pursuit of higher education. This scholarship provides vital financial assistance to help these students achieve their academic and career aspirations in their professional fields.
    • Current School: FVI School of Nursing and Technology
    • State: Florida
    • Field of Study: Healthcare
    $1,000
    Deadline:Jun 30, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  22. Debra Victoria Scholarship

    Funded by
    Thomas-Banks
    This scholarship aims to honor the legacy of Debra Victoria by supporting underrepresented students from single-parent households so they can complete their education.
    • Race: BIPOC
    • Education Level: Undergraduate student
    • GPA: 3.0 or higher
    • Family: Single-parent household
    $645
    Deadline:Jun 30, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  23. S3G Advisors NextGen Scholarship

    Funded by
    Sunil Agarwal
    This scholarship seeks to support the next generation of students who plan to do big things by forging their own paths.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate student
    • Race: BIPOC
    • Field of Study: STEM, business, or other disciplines with a strong problem-solving or innovation focus
    • Background: First-generation college student
    • Location: From the Midwest attending a Midwest state school
    $5,000
    Deadline:Jun 30, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  24. Elevate Mental Health Awareness Scholarship

    Funded by
    Calvin Rosser
    The Elevate Mental Health Awareness Scholarship is designed to inspire greater awareness about mental health and fuel innovative solutions that help the millions of people who are suffering.
    All students are eligible
    $500
    Deadline:Jun 30, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  25. DEI&B Bridging the Gap Scholarship

    Funded by
    Therapeutic Associates Inc.
    This scholarship aims to increase the representation of minority populations in leadership by supporting students in their endeavors to become physical therapists.
    • Education Level: Graduate student
    • Field of Study: Physical therapy
    • Identity: Historically excluded or underrepresented
    $4,500
    Deadline:Jul 01, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  26. Boundless Scholarship

    Funded by
    Griffin Furlong
    This scholarship aims to support a student in Duval County, Florida, who has defied the odds by graduating at the top of their class while battling poverty and/or homelessness.
    • Education Level: High school senior
    • Financial Status: Low-income
    • Background: Has overcome adversity (poverty, homelessness, etc.)
    • GPA: 3.0 or greater
    • Location: Duval County, Florida
    $500
    Deadline:Jul 01, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  27. Detective Sergeant Robert Feliciano “IMPACT” Scholarship

    Funded by
    Erica Diaz
    This scholarship seeks to honor the memory of Detective Sergeant Robert Feliciano by supporting students following in his footsteps and entering law enforcement.
    • Education Level: High school senior or undergraduate student
    • Race: BIPOC
    • Field of Study: Law Enforcement
    $2,500
    Deadline:Jul 01, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  28. WCEJ Thornton Foundation Low-Income Scholarship

    Funded by
    WC & EJ Thornton Foundation
    This scholarship exists as one small way to make higher education more accessible to low-income students.
    • Financial Status: Low-Income
    • Education: Current undergraduate student or a high school graduate/high school senior who will be enrolled in an undergraduate program by August 2025
    $20,000
    Deadline:Jul 01, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  29. WC&EJ Thornton Tools of the Trade Scholarship

    Funded by
    WC & EJ Thornton Foundation
    This scholarship seeks to help provide funding for vocational and alternative career students to obtain the tools they need for their chosen trades.
    • Financial Status: Low-income
    • Education Level: Current trade or vocational student or student planning to start a trade or vocational program by August or December 2025
    $10,000
    Deadline:Jul 01, 2025
    One Click Apply
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  30. Future Leaders Scholarship

    Funded by
    Realign, Inc.
    This scholarship aims to support the next generation of leaders in their respective industries so they can make an impact.
    • Education Level: Undergraduate or graduate student
    $1,000
    Deadline:Jul 01, 2025
    One Click Apply
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