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Scholarship review volunteers needed
We need your help – it’s Pride Foundation Scholarship time!Another exciting batch of Pride Foundation scholarship applications are on their way and we’d love your help again in reviewing them. Pride Foundation’s scholarship program would not be successful without the hard work and support of volunteers like you. We are in the midst of coordinating volunteers for this upcoming cycle. Please contact me by January 12, 2011 to see if there is a volunteer role that fits for you (they are described below).
There are volunteer opportunities throughout the five states that we serve. We will be doing online training to serve regional volunteers outside the...
Rainbow City Band-ing together to create scholarship
Immaculate conception of a new musical arts scholarship.
The 75+ members of Rainbow City Band – Puget Sound’s own LGBTQ and allied band – are a group that welcomes a challenge! A new project means time to work together, learn and laugh – all skills that RCB has in spades. Five years ago the idea was hatched to raise funds to endow a new scholarship fund at Pride Foundation for student leaders focused...
Apply now! 2011 Scholarship apps now online
Apply online today!
Applications for the 2011 scholarship cycle are now available online at www.PrideFoundationScholar.org!
Since 1993, more than $2 million in scholarships to support education and leadership development has been awarded to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and straight-ally students. Pride Foundation would like to encourage you to share this excellent opportunity for students...
What’s your story? Help us celebrate 25 years!
Pride Foundation’s history is a collection of stories – your stories. They are stories about challenge, isolation and struggle. And they are stories of community, resilience and triumph.
Visit our special anniversary website at IamPrideFoundation.org and share your story today!...
How One Scholar Read Our Letter
Scholar Natalie Washington
Natalie Washington received Pride Foundation scholarships in 2007 and 2008 while at Central Washington University pursuing her B.A. degree. We asked Natalie to speak at this year’s Scholarship Awards Breakfast, where she updated us on how her career in student affairs has progressed since graduation. Probably, what most people will remember most though...
Open Letter to All Scholarship Applicants
To: The hundreds of applicants who were incredibly qualified but did not receive a scholarshipFrom: Anthony Papini, Pride Foundation Scholarship Director
Dear Scholarship Applicants (Who were incredibly qualified but did not get scholarship funds),
I am writing this open letter to you to let you know first and foremost, we are incredibly proud of you. Your contributions to your communities and your drive to be academically and professionally successful are telling of you as individuals. You are all strong leaders in your own right, and we know this even if we weren’t able to give you a scholarship.
I want you to know that it was...
Update on 2010 Scholarships
The 2009/10 scholarship applications are in and the application cycle is now closed.
I’m sure some of you are curious about what is happening with the applications right now.
If you applied you should have received an email confirmation that your application was received. Over the next six weeks hundreds of volunteers are reading and rating applications to decide who will be selected for interviews. You’ll hear back from us in late March or early April regarding your interview status. Interviews might happen in your local community and/or in Seattle.
After that, award announcements are made in early May and our scholarship awards ceremony takes place that same month.
Best of luck to all of you who applied!
Scholarship...
Record Applicants- How Did That Happen?
The first question everyone asks when I tell them that we have a 113% increase in scholarship applicants is; how did that happen? I have heard some people make assumptions that it is due to the economy, and so many people returning to school, but I don’t think that tells the full story.I believe there are two major factors that attributed to this record increase, and those are outreach and accessibility. We had a significant increase in outreach efforts this year as more and more past scholars are volunteering to do scholarship workshops at their schools and in their local communities. I think it is tremendously helpful when a prospective scholar can talk directly to someone who has received a scholarship. It demystifies the process and can make their...
Update on 2010 Scholarships
The 2009/10 scholarship applications are in and the application cycle is now closed.I’m sure some of you are curious about what is happening with the applications right now.
If you applied you should have received an email confirmation that your application was received. Over the next six weeks hundreds of volunteers are reading and rating applications to decide who will be selected for interviews. You’ll hear back from us in late March or early April regarding your interview status. Interviews might happen in your local community and/or in Seattle.
After that, award announcements are made in early May and our scholarship awards ceremony takes place that same month.
Best of luck to all of you who applied!
Scholarship Timeline
January...
$300,000 in Scholarships Available
Pride Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2010-11 school year. We anticipate awarding $300,000 in scholarships during this cycle. Along with our scholarship partner, the Greater Seattle Business Association, we offer 50 different scholarships, but have only one application to complete.
New this year is our online application. Gone are the days of paper, as now students can create an account at
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