Imagine America Promise Scholarship Program

The Foundation is no longer accepting 2009 nominations.

In 2002, the Imagine America Foundation created the Imagine America Promise scholarship program. This exciting program is the actualization of the Foundation’s promise to assist students who are currently attending participating Imagine America colleges by way of the Imagine America high school scholarship and whose exceptional grades show a strong commitment to their current program of study. The Imagine America Promise scholarship program builds upon the Foundation’s award-wining Imagine America scholarship program, for which career colleges provide the funding. However, Imagine America Promise scholarships are funded in another way – entirely from grants made by our sponsors. The Imagine America Promise scholarship provides $500 and $1,000 cash grants toward the student’s schooling.

Participating colleges can nominate as many eligible students as they desire. To date, the Foundation has provided more than $500,000 in grants, which have supported more than 600 continuing career college students.

Prospective recipients must be nominated by a participating college and meet the following scholarship criteria:

• Student must have been an Imagine America (high school) scholarship recipient;
• Student must be currently enrolled in his/her course of study;
• Student's graduation date must be after December 31;
• Student must have a cumulative 3.5 or higher GPA;
• Student must currently have a 95 percent or higher attendance record;
• Student must obtain a written recommendation from a faculty/administrator representative of his/her career college; and
• Student's transcripts must be sent with the nomination form.

Imagine America Foundation responsibilities

• Scholarship monies will be forwarded and applied to student’s tuition balance
• Scholarship is non-transferable, non-negotiable and non-refundable
• Scholarship can be revoked if recipient's current education is discontinued for any reason
• All incomplete applications will be deemed ineligible
• Imagine America Promise is a onetime award

The Foundation will begin accepting 2009 Imagine America Promise nominations in the fall of 2009.

2008 Imagine America Promise Scholarship Recipients (PDF)

2007 Imagine America Promise Scholarship Recipients (PDF)

To read the stories of other Imagine America recipients, click here.

The Imagine America Foundation would like to thank the following Imagine America Promise sponsors:

Bridgestone Firestone Trust
Nelnet, Inc.

To participate, contribute or for more information about Imagine America Promise, please contact Jenny Faubert at 202.336.6743 or jennyf@imagine-america.org.