Guild Giving Foundation has established a scholarship to assist students who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs. Continuing their mission to support education and financial literacy, the Guild Giving Foundation has partnered with Scholarship America®, to annually award up to 10 higher education students with scholarships of $1,500 each. Since 2017, 100 students from across the country have received over $388,000 in tuition assistance. Visit guildgiving.org/scholarships/ to see testimonials from our winners!
This scholarship is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarship and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual program is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor, and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.
Eligibility
Applicants to The Guild Giving National Scholarship must meet all of the following criteria:
Applicants residing in New York are not eligible to apply.
Award
If selected as a recipient, the student will receive $1,500. Up to ten (10) awards will be granted.
Awards are not renewable for 2025 recipients and beyond; however, students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements.
The program will continue to honor the annual renewals for recipients prior to 2025-26 academic year until they are complete.
Awards are for undergraduate and graduate study.
Notification
All applicants will be notified in June.
Payment of Scholarships
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Guild Giving Foundation Payment is made in one installment in August.
Selection of Recipients
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of
Financial need is not a consideration.
Assuming there are qualified applicants, the diversity of the recipient pool will reflect the diversity of the
applicant pool.
Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Guild Giving Foundation play a part in the selection.
Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. Students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
As part of your application, you must upload the following:
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.
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.
