Applications for the 2025-26 awards are now open!
Scholarship Assistance Fund Dollars for Scholars scholarships are offered to residents of Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights, Rolling Meadows, and Wheeling, Illinois and/or students attending or graduated from a high school in District 214. In addition to meeting the residency requirement, all applicants must:
- Be a current high school senior or have received a high school diploma or equivalent
- Attend a 2 or 4 year college or university (full time) or vocational, trade or technical school (full or half time) in the 2025-26 school year
- Have a minimum overall unweighted GPA of 3.0/4.0 for academic scholarships or 2.0/4.0 for Vocational/Trade School scholarships
Applicants are evaluated on the following criteria:
- Financial Need
- Academic Achievement
- Community Service, Extracurricular Activities and Employment
- Two Written Essays (150 words or less) - Academic Applicants
- Career related questions - Vocational Applicants
- Letters of Recommendation (two required)
Top scoring applicants will be invited for an interview with members of the Board of Directors during April. Following the interviews, a recipient announcement will be made by April 30, 2025. Scholarship winners are expected to attend an awards celebration to be held on May 30, 2025.
For more information on submitting an application, visit our Students & Parents page.
We are pleased to announce that we awarded thirteen (13) Academic One-Year Scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic year.