The Ramos Family Endowed Scholarship is intended for youth in foster care, youth who are or who have experienced homelessness and youth from indigenous communities across San Bernardino County.
Donor Name: Children’s Fund
State: California
County: San Bernardino County (CA)
Type of Grant: Scholarship
Deadline: 07/31/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Ramos Family Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance to deserving Native American students, homeless youth (as defined per the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act), transitional, unaccompanied, foster or former foster youth, extended foster care youth, or other vulnerable youth; and, between the ages of 17 and 24 years old, enrolled and/or accepted at a community college or university or accredited vocation school in pursuit of an undergraduate or graduate degree.
Criteria
Applicants must plan to attend a community college, university, or accredited vocational school located in San Bernardino County. Preference will be given to a Native American student, contingent upon all other qualifying criteria being met.
The scholarship award is to provide funds to help meet the cost of education – fees, books, expenses, room, and board – for students who meet all the following scholarship criteria:
- Students who are homeless, foster or former foster youth under the jurisdiction of the San Bernardino County Children and Family Services or emancipated foster or homeless youth or transitional or unaccompanied youth from San Bernardino County who are less than 24 years old and are enrolled (or have been accepted) at a community college, university or accredited vocational school.
- Incoming freshman students enrolled full-time, a cumulative high school GPA of 2.0 or higher. Transferring or returning students who have completed 45 or more quarter units OR 30 or more semester units with a GPA of 2.0 or higher. A GPA of 3.0 or higher is required for students applying for scholarship renewal for a subsequent school year.
- Demonstrate financial need.
For more information, visit Children’s Fund.
