Scholarship opportunities

Finding ways to fund your education can feel overwhelming, but scholarships are an excellent resource to help reduce financial stress and make your academic goals more achievable. There are countless scholarship opportunities designed to support the Class of 2025. Below, we’ve compiled a list of scholarships that cater to a variety of interests, backgrounds, and career aspirations.

Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT)

Manages over 60 funds, including the ECLAT Foundation Scholarship, which offers $2,000 for students in North Texas counties.

North Texas Community Foundation

Awards, such as the H.O.P.E. Farm Scholarship, are tailored for specific, local student populations.

East Texas Communities Foundation (ETCF)

Provides various, often donor-named, scholarships with awards typically starting around $1,000. 

Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF)

Focuses on local students with applications typically distributed through counselors in January.

The Community Foundation (Hill Country)

Supports students in the Hill Country area, focusing on various fields including agriculture and nursing.

Wharton County Community Foundation

Provides scholarships for vocational and traditional college paths. 

The Dallas Foundation

The Dallas Foundation has about 10 scholarship funds, each with a different purpose and eligibility requirements.

STARS Scholarship Fund

East and West Texas students.

North Texas Community Foundation

Manages over 10 scholarship funds for North Texas students.

The Greater Houston Community Foundation (GHCF)

Administers a variety of unique scholarship funds that grant over $5.9 million annually to college students.

Austin Community Foundation

Offers more than 60 different scholarships, each with varying criteria and award eligibility.

Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation

Home to 50 scholarship funds established by generous individuals, organizations and businesses to help students from our community and surrounding areas pursue their dreams through education.

The Community Foundation of West Texas

Awards over 100 scholarships to South Plains area students each year. 

New Braunfels Community Foundation

NBCF matches caring donors with deserving students who want to continue their studies at colleges, universities, trade or technical schools.

Southwest Community Foundation

there is the opportunity to award 75 different college scholarships based on financial need, academic merit, involvement in extracurricular activities, and/or community service

Coastal Bend Community Foundation

Scholarships are available to students who graduated from a high school in one of the counties in the CBCF Service Area: Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and San Patricio. 

The Amarillo Area Foundation

Offers a variety of scholarships for different colleges/universities and fields of study and eligibility for scholarships based on the student’s county of residence, planned college or university, and/or anticipated field of study.

Greater Fayette Community Foundation

Offers about 10 scholarships focused on rural Austin 

Community Foundation of the Brazos Valley

Administers scholarship funds for Brazos Valley students. These funds often carry the name of the donor, school district, or field of education that the scholarship serves. Presently, there are three scholarships 

El Paso Community Foundation

Awards over 100 recipients that are selected by counselors, principals, and/or scholarship committees. 

Permian Basin Area Foundation

Offers scholarships to those pursuing higher education and vocational opportunities. While most Foundation scholarships are available to students originating from the Permian Basin region, each scholarship is unique in its focus and criteria. 

Rural/Trade School Scholarships

Texas Rural Water Association

Supports students who seek a career relating to the water and/or wastewater industry or a career that will support rural Texas.

Texas Rural Education Association

Awarded annually to 20-30 graduating high school seniors. In 2025, 386 completed scholarship applications were reviewed for consideration. The judges selected 25 recipients.

Texas Farm Credit

Each Texas Farm Credit branch location selects one local student each year who will be awarded a $1,000 academic grant and the title of Ag Champ, with a total of 25 Ag Champs in all.

Texas Farm Bureau

Annually award over $532,000 in scholarships in a variety of packages designed to meet different student needs.

Foundation for Rural Service

Annually awards scholarships to an exceptional group of rural students for their first year of college or vocational school. All applicants require partnership with an NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association member company to be eligible.