Outside Scholarship and Grant Opportunities for United States Students

PLEASE NOTE: The resources and information listed on this page are accurate to the best of our knowledge. However, dates and other information may change so you must contact the organization for the most up to date information. The organizations listed on this page are the final authority on application for and awarding of aid.

http://www.thefund.org/quickguides/undergrads.phtml
Fellowships Plus provides information about financial resources for theological students beyond those offered by FTE and individual theological institutions. Sources of financial assistance in Fellowships Plus can be searched alphabetically, by keyword, and by specific categories. They include aid offered by various church denominations as well as particular resources for women, racial ethnic minorities, undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, postdoctoral, and international students.

Access to Education Scholarships
USA Funds
C/O Scholarship Management Services, CSFA
1505 Riverview Road
PO Box 297
St. Peter, MN 56082
www.usafunds.com/borrowers/access_to_education_scholarship.html
scholarship@usafunds.org
Scholarships for U.S. citizens or eligible noncitizens. Eligible noncitizens must be permanent U.S. resident aliens with a Green Card, or refugees with a Departure Record (Form I-94) from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service showing one of the following designations: Refugee; Asylum granted; Alien paroled into the United States for at least one year; Alien granted a stay of deportation due to fear of persecution on account of race, religion or political opinion; Conditional entrant (if I-94 was issued before April 1980).

Acton Institute Homiletics Award
161 Ottawa Avenue Suite 301
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
http://www.acton.org/
awards@acton.org
The annual Homiletics Award recognizes and promotes outstanding achievement in effective Christian preaching. It is one of the Acton Institute's many programs designed to assist future religious leaders in developing an understanding of the relationship between morality and the marketplace. Eligibility is for seminarians and graduate students in degree programs preparing them for preaching and teaching ministries. Awards in the amounts of $2,000, $1,000 and $500.

American Association of University Women
Career American Educational Foundation
Dept. 60
2201 N. Dodge St.
Iowa City, IA 52243-4030
(319) 337-1716 ext. 60
http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/career_development.cfm
aauw@act.org
Grants for female students who are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force.

Barber Education Fund Scholarship
Rev. Charles G. Shelquist
109 E. Seminary Ave.
Onarga, IL 60955-1240
chuck@shelquist.net
Scholarship for students seeking to become full-time workers in the church.

Baptist Foundation of Illinois
The Scholarship Committee
P.O. Box 19247
Springfield, IL 62794-9247
Scholarships will be given to individuals who are members in good standing for at least one year with a church affiliated with Illinois Baptist State Association, who demonstrate the potential for Christian leadership, and who have financial need.

Biblical Witness Fellowship Scholarship
PO Box 102
Candia, NH 03034
1-800-494-9172
http://www.biblicalwitness.org/
worldetc@aol.com
Scholarship for students who can affirm the Dubuque Declaration and are willing to serve a church in the United Church of Christ for five years

Bill Raskob Foundation, Inc.
PO Box 507
Crownsville, MD 21032-0507
www.billraskob.org
Interest-free loans for U.S. students who have completed one year of study.

Calihan Fellowships
Action Institute
161 Ottawa NW Suite 301
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 454-3080
http://www.action.org/
Fellowships for qualified seminarians and graduate students in theology, philosophy or related fields.

Dora Maclellan Brown Scholarship
Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation
736 Market Street
Suite 1706
Chattanooga, TN 47402
(423) 266-5257
http://www.cccfdn.org/
Scholarship for MDiv or ThM students from the greater Chattanooga area.

Female Student Scholarship Award
The Village Club of Vernon Hills
Scholarship Committee
61 Monterey Dr.
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
Scholarship for female students who reside in Vernon Hills, Libertyville or Mundelein, IL.

Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowships for Minorities
National Research Council
The Fellowship Office/FD, TJ2041
2101 Constitution Avenue
Washington, DC 20418
(202) 334-2860
www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/Ford_Fellows_Home_Page.html
infofell@nas.edu
Fellowships for minority students who are U.S. citizens or nationals and enrolled in, or planning to enroll in, a PhD program.

Fund for Theological Education
The Fund for Theological Education, Inc.
The Expanding Horizons Partnership
825 Houston Mill Rd., Suite 250
Atlanta, GA 30329-4211
(404) 727-1450
fax: (404) 727-1490
http://www.thefund.org/
fte@thefund.org
Fellowships for students entering their first year of seminary education.

Grace Foundation Scholarship Fund
Grace Foundation
PO Box 924
Menlo Park, CA 94026-0924
Scholarship for students from Southeast Asia countries.

Hazel Stone Memorial Scholarship
Ruth Rosen
60 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 864-2600
www.jfjonline.org/pub/havurah/5760-31havurah/babe.htm
ruthrosen@jewsforjesus.org
(please put "Hazel Stone" in the subject line)
Scholarship for female students who have at least one Jewish parent and are committed to an evangelistic ministry after graduation.

Hispanic Scholarship Fund
College Scholarship Selection Committee
One Sansome St., Suite 1000
San Francisco, CA 94104
http://www.hsf.net/
scholar1@hsf.net
Scholarships for Hispanic students.

The International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons
Director, Student Ministry Department
P.O. Box 1040
Chautauqua, NY 14722-1040
www.iokds.org/studentministry.htm
Scholarships for MDiv students who are citizens of the U.S.A. or Canada.Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
2255 North Dubuque Rd.
PO Box 4030
Iowa City, IA 52243-4030
800-498-6478
http://www.jackkentcookefoundation.org/
jkc@jackkentcookefoundation.org
Scholarship for students who are nominated by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Faculty Representative at their undergraduate institution. See web site for list of faculty representatives.

Jonathan Theological Scholarship Fund
Jonathan Theological Scholarship Fund
P.O. Box 6756
Laguana Niguel, CA 92607-6756 
jtscholarship@yahoo.com 
Scholarship for students who have completed one year of theological study and who want to minister in a North American Chinese church.

Katzberg Education Fund
Bensenville Home Society
331 South York Road
Bensenville, IL 60106
(630) 776-5800, ext. 224
Interest-free loans for Protestant students who are residents of Illinois.

Korean-American Scholarship
Global Mission Church
13421 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20906
http://www.gmcusa.org/ 
gmcscholarship@gmcusa.org 
Scholarship for Korean-American students preparing for full-time ministry.

Mark Schubert Memorial Seminary Scholarship
Wilcox Area Community Foundation
PO Box 3
Wilcox, NE 68982
Scholarship for MDiv students displaying strong potential to enter into full-time Christian service. Preference given to Midwest students.

Military Chaplain Association
The Military Chaplains Association
P.O. 7056
Arlington, VA 22207
(703) 276-2189
www.mca-usa.org/scholar.htm 
chaplains@mca-usa.org 
Scholarships for students currently approved as and serving as a chaplain candidate in one of the Armed Forces (Army, Air Force, or Navy).

National Korean Presbyterian Women
Mrs. Hae Sook Nam, Moderator
10505 Water Point Way
Mitchellville, MD 200721
Grants for second generation Korean American women.

Onarga United Methodist Church
Nancy Meyer
109 E. Seminary Ave
Onarga, IL 60955
(815) 268-4320
oumc109@yahoo.com
Grants for students enrolled in theological schools; planning on entering full-time service to the church. 

Opal Dancey Memorial Foundation
Betty D. Godard 
Chair, Opal Dancey Memorial Foundation
2637 N. Revere Road
Akron, Ohio 44333
www.opaldanceygrants.org/ 
Grants for full-time MDiv students who are from the Great Lakes region (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania).

Sandy Ford Fund Scholarships
The Sandy Ford Fund
PO Box 34769
Charlotte, NC 28234-4769
704-973-4537
fax-704-364-1243
Scholarship for first-year students who are pursuing a career in missions and/or evangelism. Must be nominated by Trinity representative.

The Seminary Scholarship Fund Committee
108 Fieldstone Way
Lansdale, Pennsylvania 19446
http://www.rccc.org/tssfc/index.odb 
Scholarship for students preparing for full-time Christian ministry among Chinese in the Asia/Pacific region.

The Spencer Foundation
875 N. Michigan Avenue
Suite 3930
Chicago, Illinois 60611
312-337-7000
http://www.spencer.org/ 
fellows@spencer.org 
Fellowships and grants for doctoral students, especially for those studying education.

Stewards Ministry Grants for Commended Workers
Stewards Ministry
18-E Dundee Road
Barrington, IL 60010
(847) 842-0227
http://www.stewardsministries.com/
info@stewardsministries.com
Stewards Ministries has two scholarship plans. The first is for students who are dependent children of fulltime workers commended from Plymouth Brethren (Christian Brethren) assemblies in the United States and Canada. The second provides financial assistance to commended workers for courses, seminars and conferences that will increase the effectiveness of their ministry.

Vance H. Havner Scholarship Fund
The Vance H. Havner Scholarship Fund, Inc.
P. 0. Box 9946
Greensboro, NC 27429-0946
Scholarship for students preparing for ministry in evangelism and missions.
W.B. Small Trust
2709 Fairlane Avenue
Waterloo, IA 50702 
joblut@mchsi.com
Scholarship for MDiv students, with preference for those with an Iowa connection.

World Wide Baraca Philathea Union
610 South Harlem Avenue
Freeport, IL 61032-4833
Scholarship for students preparing for ministry.