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The application program will be live on or after January 7, 2025.
Please return then to view the updated Eligibility and Awards for the upcoming academic year!

Catalina Marketing Charitable Foundation Scholarship Program
Live application window: January 7, 2025 through March 13, 2025 3:00 pm CT

Catalina Marketing Charitable Foundation has established a scholarship program to assist children of employees who plan to continue their education in college.

This program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor, and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.

Applicants to the Catalina Marketing Charitable Foundation Scholarship Program must be:

  • Children*, age 24 and under, of full-time Catalina Marketing employees who have a minimum of six months of employment with Catalina Marketing as of the application deadline.
    *Children are defined as natural and legally adopted children or stepchildren living in the employee’s household or primarily supported by the employee and claimed as dependent on employee’s Federal income tax.
  • High school seniors or graduates who plan to enroll for the first time or students who are already enrolled in full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year.

Awards

If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $2,500 award. The number of new awards will be determined by the number of eligible applicants. One scholarship will be awarded for every four qualifying applications submitted. Awards may be renewed for up to three additional years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first. Renewal is contingent upon satisfactory academic performance in a full-time course of study, and continuation of the program by Catalina Marketing Charitable Foundation.

Awards are for undergraduate study only.

Notification

Applicants will be notified in May. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. Students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.

Payment of Scholarships

Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Catalina Marketing Charitable Foundation. Payment is made in one installment in August.

Selection of Recipients

Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

  • Academic record
  • Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
  • Work experience
  • A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
  • Unusual personal or family circumstances
  • An online recommendation

Financial need will be considered for need-based awards. Financial need will not be considered for merit-based awards.

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Catalina Marketing Charitable Foundation play a part in the selection. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

As part of your application, you must upload the following:

  • A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
    • Student name
    • School name
    • Grades
    • Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.

NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.

One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than March 18, 2025 3:00 pm Central Time.

Your application is not considered complete unless all required documents are submitted electronically.

Catalina Marketing Charitable Foundation has partnered with Scholarship America. Selecting the button below will redirect you to the Scholarship America Student Hub!

Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address provided below in the footer as safe senders in your email contact list.