First in the Family Humanist Scholarship: Freedom From Religion Forward Freethought Scholarship 2025
About the Scholarship

Six $5000 scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school students of color (African American, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American) who identify as agnostic, atheist, humanist, freethinker and/or secular.

*Scholarships will be awarded in August 2025*

Eligibility Requirements:

  1. Preference will be given to students who are the first in their families to go to college.
  2. Students who are (or have been) in foster care, homeless, undocumented, disabled and/or identify as LGBTQI+ are encouraged to apply.
  3. Applicants must have a record of service to and participation in school and/or community-based organizations.
  4. Applicants must provide a letter of recommendation from an advisor/teacher and complete the two-paragraph essay below with specific detail and background on how their advocacy qualifies as “humanist”.
  5. Applicants must provide an admission letter to a 2 or 4 year college.
How to Apply

Deadline:   June 20, 2025

We have two easy ways to apply.  You can use our online form, or you can use the  PDF application.  Choose your application type below.

*IF YOUR ESSAY DOES NOT ADDRESS THE PROMPT, YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.  IF YOU ARE NOT A GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE DISQUALIFIED*

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First in the Family Humanist Scholarship:Freedom From Religion Foundation Forward Freethought Scholarship 2022
About the Scholarship

Six $5000 scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school senior students of color (African American, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American) who identify as agnostic, atheist, humanist, freethinker and/or secular.

*Scholarships will be awarded in August 2022*

Eligibility Requirements:

I. Preference will be given to students who are the first in their families to go to college.
II. Students who are (or have been) in foster care, homeless, undocumented, disabled and/or identify as LGBTQI+ are encouraged to apply.
III. Applicants must have a record of service to and participation in school and/or community-based organizations.
IV. Applicants must provide a letter of recommendation from an advisor/teacher and complete the two-paragraph essay below with specific detail and background on how their advocacy qualifies as “humanist”.
V. Applicants must provide an admission letter to a 2 or 4 year college.

How to Apply

Deadline:   June 24, 2022

We have two easy ways to apply.  You can use our online form, or you can use the  PDF application.  Choose your application type below.

Apply Online or
Use PDF Form

Our Applications are Closed for 2024