Four $5000 scholarships are available for BIPOC high school youth to assist with their tuition, room and board, books, and other academic resources. This award is available to graduating high school seniors who live in the U.S. and identify as atheist, agnostic, humanist and/or secular, and are accepted into two or four-year colleges. Preference is given to Black/African American, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Native American students, as well as BIPOC youth whose families have been economically and personally impacted by COVID-19.

Students who are (or have been) in foster care, homeless, undocumented, disabled and/or LGBTQI+ are encouraged to apply.

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Deadline:   June 25, 2021

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.

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.

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.