Scholarships

The Stephen Phillips Memorial Scholarship Fund - Scholarships from the Phillips Fund are awarded every year to over 150 new applicants and over 300 returning scholars. Awards from the Phillips Scholarship range from $2,000 to as high as $17,000 in a few cases. Individual award amounts are based on each applicant’s unmet need. The average award each year is in the $6,000 to $10,000 range. Fore more information please click here

Reading Community Singers - Reading Community Singers supports the advancement of music education by providing a scholarship to a student pursuing a career in music. The one-time award is for $1,000. The application process is open to any graduating high school senior or full time undergraduate college student pursuing a major or minor in music. Application deadline is January 31, 2026. For more information and an application please click here. 

The Hagan Scholarship - The Hagan Scholarship is a nationwide need-based merit scholarship, providing recipients with the opportunity to achieve their goals and graduate college debt-free. Application deadline is 12/1/2025. For more information please click here

Student Scholarships - StudentScholarships.org is the largest collection of scholarships on the web. To learn more about available scholarships please click here

Henry David Thoreau Foundation - Each year the Foundation selects several Massachusetts high school seniors interested in environmental studies to receive up to $26,000 for tuition to the college of their choice. Students can submit applications from 10/15/2025 through 2/1/2026. For more information please click here.

Massachusetts JCI Senate - The Massachusetts JCI Senate will award two (2) $1,000.00 scholarships to graduating students in Massachusetts. The Senate winners will be forwarded to the National JCI Senate and will be eligible for an additional $1500.00 scholarship. We will also award a special $500 scholarship to a student attending vocational school. Applications must be mailed via USPS by 1/12/2026. For more information click here

Burger King Scholarship - Founded over a decade ago, the Burger King McLamore Foundation has raised more than $35 million to support over 33,000 students. The co-founder of Burger King, James W. McLamore started this foundation with the intention to help employees and their families pursue higher education. The Burger King McLamore Foundation serves the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. For more information click here

Marine Corps Scholarship - Are you the child of a Marine? If so, then you’re probably eligible for an award from the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, which has been honoring Marines for 56 years by supporting their children. They’ve given out 40,000 scholarships totaling $120,000,000. While a GPA of 2.0 is the minimum most recipients have a 3.0 or higher. For more information click here

Naval ROTC Scholarship - The purpose of the Navy ROTC Program is to educate and train qualified young men and women for service as commissioned officers in the Navy's unrestricted line, the Navy Nurse Corps and the Marine Corps. As the largest single source of Navy and Marine Corps officers, the Navy ROTC Scholarship Program plays an important role in preparing mature young men and women for leadership and management positions in an increasingly technical Navy and Marine Corps. For more information click here 

Air Force ROTC Scholarship - Offered at more than 1,100 colleges and universities across the country, Air Force ROTC develops the leaders of tomorrow by preparing students to become officers in the U.S. Air Force or Space Force while earning a college degree. In AFROTC, you’ll not only build lifelong friendships, but you may also have the opportunity to pay for school through our scholarship programs. Most importantly, unlike many other college students, you’ll have a rewarding career waiting for you after graduation. For more information click here

Taco Bell Scholarship - The Live Mas Scholarship is for creators, dreamers, and innovators. Eligibility is not based on grades, essays, or your athletic abilities. Instead, it focuses on students who think outside the box to make this world and their community better. $1 million is divided between all selected new applicants, $2.5 million to all Live Mas scholarship renewals, and $750,000 to employees of Taco Bell restaurants. For more information click here

NCAA Athletic Scholarships - Athletic scholarships are given to thousands of students each year for just about every sport you can think of. Some are given by specific schools to entice skilled athletes to play for them, while others are offered by professional leagues to encourage the sport and its success. For example, the NCAA provides more than $2.9 million in scholarships each year to about 150,000 students for division I and II schools. These are most often full scholarships that also help with room and board, books, and other fees. For more information click here