We create and manage impactful scholarship funds for you

When someone holds a special place in your heart, makes a significant impact on you and your family or changes the community for good, a scholarship can be the perfect way to honor their life. Education is the gift that lasts a lifetime, and creating a scholarship in memory of someone special will recognize a remarkable individual and make a positive difference in the lives of others. 

Scholarship America can help you design and deliver a custom memorial scholarship programs to meet your needs, whether you're new to the process or looking to amplify an existing program. Our expert Scholarship Design team takes care of every detail so you can focus on honoring their legacy.

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Efficient, impactful scholarship management

  • Full service onboarding. Your Senior Scholarship Advisor works to understand your industry, purpose and goals, ensuring your program makes the largest impact.

  • Fully customized scholarship programs. Custom design and implementation, including a branded landing page.

  • Comprehensive scholarship administration. We take care of the admin tasks, from application to evaluation to disbursement, so you can focus on the students, not the rules and regulations.

- Other DIY Solutions

Wasted time and energy navigating complex scholarships

  • Self service onboarding. You are required to set up your scholarship—including funding, award criteria and the application process—manually.

  • Cookie-cutter scholarship programs. Usually built with templates that have limited customization options, making it difficult to stand out and reach the right audience.

  • No assistance with scholarship administration. You may need to navigate financial aid rules and nonprofit regulations on your own.

The Scholarship America difference

No matter the school, location, or area of study, we build around you. Our experts are ready to help design programs for students at any stage of their educational journey—in high school preparing for the future, in college or trade school pushing toward completion, or experiencing a financial emergency during their studies.

Industry experts

We have decades of experience helping individuals and organizations create and maintain ongoing programs with impactful budgets. We are trusted to manage scholarships sponsored by nearly half the Fortune 500.

a reputable non-profit partner

Scholarship America has distributed over $5.7 billion to 3.2 million students since 1958, making us the largest and most experience provider of private scholarships in the country.

a human touch

We offer a full service onboarding experience with personal, one-to-one contact from day one. You will be assigned a dedicated Program Designer, Program Manager and Customer Service Lead who work with you to develop, implement and analyze every aspect.

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How it works

The process, regulations and administration of a scholarship can be complex. Working with Scholarship America makes it simple. Our expertise means you don't have to figure it all out on your own.

Our Scholarship Design team is ready to work with you, whether you're seeking to help students in your hometown or around the globe. Here's how a collaboration with Scholarship America comes together.

Step 1

Define Your Strategy

We collaborate with you to shape a scholarship program aligned with your goals, whether you're supporting employees, their children, or a specific community or field of study.

Step 2

Design & Launch Your Program

Our experts handle the setup from start to finish, including custom applications, branded materials, and promotional support to ensure a smooth launch.

Step 3

Oversee Applications & Select Recipients

We manage the full application cycle, from intake and eligibility screening to recipient selection and award notifications, providing hands-on support every step of the way.

Step 4

Ongoing Support & Insights

We provide ongoing support through award renewals, student assistance, and program updates. You’ll also receive detailed reports that highlight key metrics and outcomes as we work to continuously strengthen your program.

What's included with our Scholarship Management Services®

•  Program strategy and custom scholarship design
•  Application development that ensures you're finding the right students
•  Third party evaluation and selection of recipients
•  Notification, disbursement of funds and coordination with colleges
•  Yearly renewals
•  Responsive, personal customer service for applicants and families
•  Business intelligence that includes success tracking and custom metrics reporting
•  Optional marketing, promotion and translation services

See what our partners are saying

Scholarship America gave us options on how our program could be designed. With their many years of experience, they have pretty much done it all with their various clients. It’s great to have a partner with experience and candor looking out for you.

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ezra garrett
Vice President of Community Relations
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)

Wells Fargo strives to open doors for more students. By partnering with Scholarship America, we are able to provide significant, impactful support to those who didn't think they could ever afford college.

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Muneera Carr
Chief Accounting Officer
Wells Fargo

Improving youth employability is one of our key imperatives, and there’s no better place to start than with the children of our own employees. Scholarship America is the logical choice of partner for us, since they are the preeminent leader in the education assistance space.

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Kristina Mangelsdorf
Senior Director
Global Citizenship, PepsiCo

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