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Foundation Merit Scholarships

Foundation Merit Scholarships will be awarded to students who excel academically (by earning the criteria listed below): Students must submit a completed application to be eligible for a merit scholarship. Students are only eligible for one merit scholarship. 

ACT/GPA Merits:

ACT/GPA Platinum - $1,750 scholarships to applicants who earned a 28+ ACT & 3.9+ GPA.

ACT/GPA Gold - $1,400 scholarships to applicants who earned a 27+ ACT & 3.8+ GPA.

ACT/GPA Silver - $1,.250 scholarships to applicants who earned a 25+ ACT & 3.6+ GPA.

GPA Merits:

GPA Platinum- $750 scholarships to applicants who earned a 3.5+ GPA

GPA Gold - $500 scholarships to applicants who earned a 3.3-3.5 GPA

GPA Silver - $250 scholarships to applicants who earned a 3.0-3.3 GPA

Foundation Supplemental Scholarships

The following Foundation scholarships are available for applicants with no GPA or ACT requirements. Students must submit an application to be eligible.

Workforce Scholarship: Up to four $500 scholarships awarded to students going directly into the workforce or military.  

Foundation Career: Up to four $1,000 scholarships awarded to students attending a technical, two-year, or vocational post-secondary institution who exhibit good character and strong work ethic. No GPA or ACT requirement.

Lee & Kathy Bunz Endowed Scholarship: One $1,500 scholarship awarded to a high school senior student who exhibits strong character, while excelling in academics and activities that have a positive impact on the community. No GPA or ACT requirement. 

ASK Employee Scholarships: 
$500 scholarship to graduating seniors who have been employed by the All Star Kids Program for at least one school year and meet other criteria outlined in the employee handbook.

$750 scholarship to an employee who has been employed for two years and meets criteria outlined in the scholarship rubric. 

27 Community-based Scholarship awards can be found here: 2025 BPSF Scholarship list

Application Information:

The Foundation utilizes a customized scholarship software platform, for students to apply for over 30 Foundation AND Community funded scholarships. The application is done completely online, which eliminates redundant tasks and paper applications.  Our system is easy and user-friendly!

The online scholarship application portal will be available December 1st- February 1st. The deadline to submit online applications is 5pm on February 1st. 

Student must be enrolled for a minimum of 12 hours OR demonstrate plan to enter the workforce directly following graduation to be eligible to receive scholarship funds.

Acceptance Process:

Scholarship recipients will be notified early April and invited to be recognized at the Foundation’s Annual Awards Ceremony held in April where they will receive their scholarship certificate(s).

Scholarship recipients must submit their fall class schedule, student ID and other identification info to the Foundation via online form that will be sent to you and linked below following the Awards Ceremony. Once verified, scholarship checks are sent directly to your post-secondary education institution in early August. 

If a scholarship recipient does not claim his/her scholarship on or before January 1st of the following year, the scholarship is deemed forfeited.

 

Questions? Contact Scholarship Program Coordinator Megan Detjens at mdetjens@bennps.org.