Center Scholarships

Applicants for all Center scholarships must be 23 or younger. To be eligible for Center Youth scholarships you must be a registered member of Center youth programming. Preference is given to applicants who have had a longer tenure as active participants in Center programs.

All scholarship applications require a personal statement (750 words max) explaining what the LGBTQ+ community and community service means to you, highlighting your educational goals, and explaining your financial need. Scholarship recipients will need to document enrollment in the upcoming academic semester.

Open Scholarships below!

Youth of color and trans, gender nonconforming, nonbinary, two-spirit, intersex applicants, and youth with multiple marginalized identities are highly encouraged to apply.

Scholarship Writing Support Workshops

Join us from 4-5 p.m. in our vibrant Center Youth Space for an upcoming scholarship writing workshop! No registration is required.

Monday, May 20, 2024

FAB “Finish A Bachelor” Scholarship

$2,000

• Be a Center programs and services participant. Preference is given to applicants who have been active participants in Center programs
• Be entering your Junior or Senior year in college & verify completion of at least 50% of credits required for a bachelor degree (B.A. or B.S.) at the enrolled institution with a grade point average of B- or above
• Demonstrate financial need
• One award are available
• Please note that recipients of financial awards will need to be able to complete 1099-MISC forms which require a SSN or TIN

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Her/Him/Them for STEM Scholarship

$2,000

• Be a Center programs and services participant. Preference is given to applicants who have been active participants in Center programs
• Verify enrollment in a STEM program/major/field of study. Fields of study will be considered STEM-eligible based on their inclusion in this U.S. Department of Education report, pages 5-10
• If the scholarship will be applied towards a STEM internship stipend, verification of the internship is required
• Demonstrate financial need
• Two awards are available
• Please note that recipients of financial awards will need to be able to complete 1099-MISC forms which require a SSN or TIN

Apply here

The Harry Bartel Memorial Scholarship Fund of Stonewall Community Foundation

$2,000 available in awards total

• Be a Center programs and services participant. Preference is given to applicants who have been active participants in Center programs
• Identify as LGBTQ+
• Have community service experience, especially in the LGBTQ+ community
• Verify enrollment in a 2 year college or (preferably) a 4 year college
• Demonstrate financial need
• Please note that recipients of financial awards will need to be able to complete 1099-MISC forms which require a SSN or TIN

Apply here

Imperial Court of NY Coco Lachine Student Scholarship

$1,000

• Be a Center programs and services participant. Preference is given to applicants who have been active participants in Center programs
• Identify as LGBTQ+
• Have community service experience, especially in the LGBTQ+ community
• Verify enrollment in a 2 year, 4 year, technical or vocational school
• Demonstrate financial need
•3 awards of $1,000 are available
• Please note that recipients of financial awards will need to be able to complete 1099-MISC forms which require a SSN or TIN

Apply here

The Jane Wagner Writing Award

First place $2,000 and second place is $500
The Center Youth Program is thrilled to announce the second annual Jane Wagner Writing Award. This new writing initiative is made possible by the generous donation of Hiltons Als, celebrated writer and theater critic
• Be a Center programs and services participant. Preference is given to applicants who have been active participants in Center programs
• LGBTQ+ youth ages 15-21
• This writing initiative welcomes submissions in the form of fiction and essays no longer than 2000 words each, with the subject matter entirely up to the author.
• Two awards are available
• Please note that recipients of financial awards will need to be able to complete 1099-MISC forms which require a SSN or TIN