Aid & Scholarships

On the Web

Tuition Funding Sources	Access more than $41 billion in scholarship awards along with a career personality test and detailed college and career information. Library card required for non-library computers.
Scholar Match	Scholar Match connects donors with college-bound students and helps bring college within reach.
Educators for Fair Consideration	E4FC supports low-income immigrant students in their pursuit of higher education and citizenship. Scholarships that don't require social security numbers.
FAFSA on the web	Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
FinAid!	A comprehensive annotated collection of information about student financial aid.
U.S. Department of Education	Grants, Contracts, Financial Aid, Education Resources. etc.
FastWeb	Find college financial aid, conduct a scholarship search with the scholarship search engine, and get the money you need to pay for college.
College Board Scholarship Search	FREE tool to find scholarships, other financial aid and internships from more than 2,200 programs, totaling nearly $6 billion.
Cal Grants	Students attending qualifying colleges and technical schools in California are eligible for approximately $12,000 a year to pay for college expenses. That's a grant, not a loan! This website tells you all you need to know, including how to submit your FAFSA.
Chegg Scholarships	Browse over 25,000 scholarships.
California Dream Act	The California Dream Act allows students who meet AB540 criteria to apply for different types of financial aid.
Hispanic Scholarship Fund	The nation's largest not-for-profit organization supporting Hispanic higher education
Chicana/Latina Foundation	Each year the Chicana/Latina Foundation awards merit-based scholarships to Latina college students.
TheDream.US	TheDream.US is a new multimillion dollar National Scholarship Fund for DREAMers, created to help immigrant youth who've received DACA achieve their American Dream through the completion of a college education.
MALDEF Scholarship Guide	The 2014/2015 Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund scholarship guide
CHCI Next Opp	New online tool that allows users to search for scholarships, internships, and fellowships by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. Also provides helpful reading materials to further educate users about the college-going process.
GoodCall	FREE data based guide to scholarships of all types. One thing that makes this site unique is that you can search by a scholarship's entry difficulty and competition level.
Zip Recruiter Scholarship	ZipRecruiter is offering a $3,000 scholarship for students, available each semester! Looking to have students write: a) 250 word follow-up email for after a job interview b) A brief 250 word description discussing each section they chose to include in their email template

Around the Bay

OPL Teen Opportunities lists	For regular updates on local and national scholarships, see the "Teen Opportunities" binder at your local branch. Or ask for our "Si Se Puede" guide to assist immigrant youth in achieving their college dreams. Available in Spanish.
East Bay Consortium	More than 200 local (East Bay) and national scholarships. The Consortium also provides approximately 40 scholarships for East Bay students attending 4-year colleges or universities and/or community colleges.
East Bay College Fund	Scholarships, mentoring, counseling and life skills training for East Bay (primarily Oakland) public high school students from low income families and communities with historically low college attendance rates. Provides annual Great Expectations scholarships to more than 30 local students.
Port of Oakland Asian Employees Association Scholarship	Scholarship program to encourage deserving Oakland high school students (of any ethnicity) to pursue post-secondary education. The program has grown steadily over the years, and to date, the AEA has awarded 203 scholarships totaling $293,500.
Boys and Girls Club of Oakland	Scholarships for students who have been active members of Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland for at least three years.