A Dollar A Day In May Fact Sheet

What is Dollars for Scholars?

Dollars for Scholars is a program of Scholarship America, the nation's largest private sector scholarship and educational support organization. Dollars for Scholars is a network of over 1,200 volunteer-managed scholarship programs in cities, towns, and neighborhoods throughout the United States. Last year, Dollars for Scholars chapters awarded more than $42 million in scholarships to more than 40,000 students.
 

How is Higher Education in Crisis?

Consider these facts:

  • During the last decade an estimated 1 million low-income, academically qualified U.S. students failed to attend college due in some part to financial need.

  • Nationwide an estimated 400,000 students do not go on to college each year simply because they cannot afford the cost.

  • Up to 25% of academically-qualified low-income students don't even apply to college.

  • Over the next decade, 4.4 million qualified students across our country won't be able to afford a four-year college and 2 million won't be able to attend any college at all.

  • Since 1990, the United States has dropped from having the highest level of college participation rates in the world to 13th among developed nations.

  • Private scholarships and access to information are seen as key elements in helping meet the financial need for lower-and middle-income students.

 
 

Can You Make a Difference?

Through A Dollar A Day In May you have the opportunity to help build scholarship funds to support students across America. You can do this by donating as little as $31 to Dollars for Scholars. This may seem like a small amount but the combined efforts of a few individuals can help thousands of students.


What Will Your Money Support?

Funds raised during the A Dollar A Day In May campaign will go toward local scholarship funds and to enable Dollars for Scholars to develop new Dollars for Scholars chapters and provide resources, training, and guidance to strengthen existing chapters.

 
 
There are more than 1,200 Dollars for Scholars community-based, volunteer-led chapters nationwide.
More than 500 Collegiate Partner colleges and universities across the country have pledged to maximize the benefits of Dollars for Scholars' scholarships. Many of those schools will match all or part of our scholarships.
Visit dollarsforscholars.org to find out more.