Scholarships FAQ

The Denver Foundation administers and stewards over 60 different scholarship funds that were established by individuals, families, and businesses. That means that there is no one Denver Foundation scholarship program. Instead, we have dozens of exclusive scholarship opportunities for students of all ages. Our scholarship funds are as unique as our donors are. Each scholarship fund's focus is often narrow; we have one fund that supports graduate students studying early childhood education and another that supports African American high school seniors attending East High School in Denver.

Absolutely! Give us a call and tell us about your post-secondary plans, and we'll be able to tell you if one of our scholarship funds is a good fit.

Yes! The Denver Scholarship Foundation is a separate organization from The Denver Foundation.

Learn more about The Denver Scholarship Foundation.

The majority of our scholarship applications are posted in January and February each year, and awards are made for the following academic year. Most of the scholarship deadlines fall between February and April. The earlier you start your application, the better!

We've partnered with AcademicWorks to bring several of our scholarship applications online. View the online applications. This online portal allows applicants to save and edit their work, as well as apply for multiple opportunities without having to re-enter their basic personal information. We think it is pretty great, and hope to bring more of our applications online in the future.

Some of the scholarship funds are administered through a nomination process instead of an application process. This means that your counselor at your high school or your financial aid officer at your college must nominate you for the award. If you're curious if your school participates in a nomination process for any of our scholarship funds, just give us a call.

All notification and declination letters will be mailed and/or emailed to all applicants 6-8 weeks after the deadline of the application.

Contact Charmaine Brown at 303.996.7328 or email.

The best source of scholarship information is often the Financial Aid or Scholarship Office of the school you plan to attend. Most schools have a number of scholarships for which only their students are eligible. Librarians and high school guidance counselors can also provide resources. Also, visit collegeincolorado.org and collegeinvest.org for more scholarship information.

Details of acceptable headshots can be found here: in English and in Spanish.