Partner Colorado Foundation Scholarships: A Comprehensive Guide

For high school students considering their post-graduate plans, scholarships can be a crucial resource in making higher education accessible and affordable. Colorado offers a variety of scholarship opportunities through organizations like the Partner Colorado Foundation and others, each with its own specific criteria and focus. This article explores various scholarships available to students in Colorado, providing information on eligibility, award amounts, and deadlines.

Partner Colorado Foundation Scholarship Program

The Partner Colorado Foundation’s scholarship program offers grant money to individuals to enable them to pursue a degree in the field of their choice at an accredited educational institution. The Partner Colorado Foundation Scholarship is available to students between 17 and 40 years of age. You must be a resident of Colorado to be eligible for this award. Current college students must carry a coarse load of at least nine credit hours and have a minimum 2.0 GPA.

General Scholarship Opportunities

Student-View Scholarship

The Student-View Scholarship is a unique opportunity for high school seniors, and is open to all students regardless of academic achievement or financial need.

Scholarships.com

By using your state as a search criterion, Scholarships.com can help you find awards only made available to Colorado students.

Scholarships Based on Specific Criteria

Academic Excellence and Leadership

The Boettcher Scholarship: The Boettcher Scholarship covers the cost of a scholar’s tuition, fees and books for eight semesters/12 quarters at approved Colorado four-year universities or colleges.
Equitable Excellence Award: Equitable Excellence award winners come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, but are united by their drive, determination, and strong character.
Elks National Foundation Scholarship: The Elks National Foundation will award 500 four-year scholarships to the highest-rated applicants in the 2021 competition. The Foundation works with more than 20,000 high school guidance counselors across the country.

Community Service and Civic Engagement

The Jesse Brown Memorial Youth Scholarship Program: The Jesse Brown Memorial Youth Scholarship Program honors young volunteers who are dedicated to serving veterans. Each year, one outstanding applicant receives the top scholarship in the amount of $20,000 to help fund their higher education. In addition, the top winner and parent receives an expense-paid trip to DAV National Convention to receive the award and be recognized for their dedication and commitment to veterans.
The Bonner Program: The Bonner Program provides a scholarship to students in exchange for weekly commitment to intensive and meaningful service with a local community organization over the four years as an undergraduate student with our campus partners.
The Puksta Foundation Scholarship: The Puksta Foundation promotes civic engagement among students at five of Colorado's top universities. By offering scholarships to students ready to get involved in causes on and beyond their campuses. Human rights. Impacts of music education on at-risk students. Get-out-the-votes efforts. Must be accepted to one of our partnering universities.

Specific Fields of Study

The Dorian De Long Arts and Music Scholarship: The Dorian De Long Arts and Music Scholarship is awarded annually to one or more graduating Colorado high school students who plan on majoring or minoring in the arts (visual or performing) at a Colorado university/college/post-secondary institution.
AIGA Worldstudio Scholarships: AIGA Worldstudio Scholarships benefit minority and economically disadvantaged students who are studying photography, illustration, and design disciplines in colleges and universities in the United States. Our primary aims are to increase diversity in the creative professions, and to foster social and environmental responsibility in the artists, designers, and studios of tomorrow. Scholarship recipients are selected not only for their talent and their need, but also for their demonstrated commitment to giving back to the larger community through their work.
CHFA Building the Future Scholarship: The CHFA Building the Future Scholarship is available to first-generation students in Colorado who are pursuing a degree in construction management, civil engineering, business, or a related field. To be considered for this award, you must be enrolled on a full-time basis and have a minimum GPA of 3.0.
Undergraduate Scholarship: Undergraduate Scholarship is available to students majoring in one of the following areas of study: landscape horticulture, floriculture, turfgrass management, botany, entomology, plant pathology, landscape design, or landscape architecture.
The Western Colorado Horticultural Society (WCHS) Scholarship: The Western Colorado Horticultural Society (WCHS) funds up to a $1,000 scholarship to a deserving student who is interested in pursuing a career in a horticulture-related industry. This scholarship is available to high school seniors and college students pursuing continuing education through accredited institutions, who are seeking careers in horticulture or in closely related fields of study.
Honda Scholarship: Eligibility: Full-time undergraduate student enrolled in a degree program in manufacturing engineering or technology, or other closely related engineering discipline. Preference given to students attending Colorado State University or any of the University of Colorado campuses. Must have a 3.0+ GPA. The Honda scholarship has been available to manufacturing students since 2012. Students may submit a scholarship application in succeeding years.

Location-Based Scholarships

The Arapahoe Pass Scholarship: The Arapahoe Pass Scholarship is available to students who are graduates of a public high school within Boulder County, Colorado. To be eligible for this renewable award, you must be under the age of 30 years old and attending a public post-secondary institution within Colorado.
Ascend St. Vrain Scholarship: The Ascend St. Vrain Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors and to current college and trade school students who graduated from a St. Vrain Valley School District school. You must attend an institution within Colorado to be eligible for this award.
The Stewart Golden Music Scholarship: The Stewart Golden Music Scholarship is available to graduating high school seniors within the St. Vrain Valley School District and to current college students who graduated from a St. Vrain Valley School District and are attending an institution within Colorado.
The Davies Scholarship: The Davies Scholarship is available to college students who graduated from a St. Vrain Valley School District school and are currently enrolled in STEM studies at an accredited institution within Colorado.
The Peters Foundation Scholarship: The Peters Foundation Scholarship is available to high school seniors who plan to attend a college located in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, or Colorado.
WGA Celebrate The West High School Art Competition: Students must be in a school in Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming. WGA's panel of art experts will select one finalist from each state and territory.Amount$600DeadlineApril 24, 2026
The Ernest Morgan Memorial Scholarship: The Ernest Morgan Memorial Scholarship is available to graduating students from the following high schools: Apollo, Cathedral, Technical, Area Learning Center, Foley, Sartell, Sauk Rapids, St. John's Preparatory, Annandale, Sauk Centre, Holdingford, Albany, Elk RIver, Monticello and Melrose.

Scholarships for Specific Populations

The Ron Brown Scholarship: The Ron Brown Scholarship honors the legacy of Ronald H. Brown through a selective scholarship program that advances higher education for community-minded and intellectually gifted African Americans. RBSP competitively awards Ron Brown Scholars four-year $40,000 scholarships ($10,000 each year) to the most talented and economically-challenged high school seniors who demonstrate a keen interest in public service, community engagement, business entrepreneurship and global citizenship - the four pillars of the late Ronald H.
The Traub-Dicker Rainbow Scholarship: The Traub-Dicker Rainbow Scholarship was established by Peggy Traub and Phyllis Dicker to encourage and support women-identified lesbians in their pursuit of higher education. Scholarships are paid directly to the recipient’s school and are applied toward tuition. Applications are usually accepted from January through April. Decisions are usually made in July. The program is open to self-identified Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender graduating high school seniors meeting the prescribed criteria. Prepare a detailed list of community involvement. Deadline: Apply online through the LEAGUE's application portal.

Other Unique Scholarship Programs

The Aurora Gives Scholars Program: The Aurora Gives Scholars program was created to provide select graduating high school seniors with debt-free access to an Associate Degree from the Community College of Aurora (CCA).
The Voyager Scholarship: The Voyager Scholarship was created by the Obamas and Brian Chesky to help shape young leaders who can bridge divides and help solve our biggest challenges together. The Voyager Scholarship is open to students entering their junior year of college at an accredited four-year college or university in the US, who have demonstrated a financial need, and who are US citizens, permanent residents, or DACA recipients.
The Civitas Foundation Scholarship: The Civitas Foundation scholarship program offers $10,000 for one yer to be applied at an accredited 2 or 4 year higher education program.
The Rising Voices Awards: The Rising Voices Awards are a collaboration between seven youth literary magazines, as well as Humanity Rising. Humanity Rising is a youth-centered nonprofit focusing on giving young changemakers a voice. We are excited to announce that we will be working with them to create the Rise Up Writing Challenge, a scholarship for ONE writer who sends in the best work centered around anti-bullying. Entrants are allowed one submission per category. One submission is one google form entry, and includes up to a collection of pieces (see above). All submissions must be in DOCX, PDF, or txt. format. Previously published work is allowed, and so are simultaneous submissions. Amount: Varies from $100 - $1000, depending on submission type and adherence to judging criteria.
The Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund: The Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund aids people active in movements for social and economic justice.
Colorado ASCENT program: The Colorado ASCENT program is available to high school seniors in Colorado who will complete at least 9 credit hours (semester hours or equivalent) of transcripted, credit-bearing, college-level postsecondary coursework prior to completing their 12th grade year.

Additional Scholarship Resources

Latin American Educational Foundation (LAEF): The Latin American Educational Foundation (LAEF) has established itself as a leader in meeting the higher educational needs of Hispanic students in Colorado.
USPAACC Scholarship: USPAACC, since its founding in 1984, has donated over two million dollars in scholarship benefits to exceptional high school students who are pursuing post-secondary education.
Denver Alumnae Scholarship: Denver Alumnae Scholarship award amounts vary from $6,000 (awarded $1,500 per year over 4 years) to one time $1,500.00 scholarships.
Burg Simpson Scholarship Program: Burg Simpson recognizes the importance of access to a good education. We know that when a parent is seriously injured in an accident, life suddenly becomes a lot harder for the whole family. That’s why we created our scholarship program - to ensure that despite things beyond your control, you still have an opportunity to pursue your academic goals.

Tips for Scholarship Applications

Letters of Recommendation: CYL Staff is happy to write a letter of recommendation for you!
Citizenship/Legal Status: Meet the requirements and have applied or started the process of applying for citizenship, legal status or lawful presence.
Detailed Community Involvement: Prepare a detailed list of community involvement.

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