Education

Civil Society Grants 2025 from Aga Khan Foundation: How Local NGOs Can Secure 100K to 1.5M for Long Term Impact

If you run a community-rooted organization in East Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, or the Middle East, you already know the usual funding story: one-year project grants, impossible reporting, and then… goodbye.

Amount: USD $100,000–$1,500,000 Deadline: May 2, 2025 Location: Central Asia, East Africa, Middle East and South Asia

Cobell Scholarship Guide 2025: How Native Students Can Earn $5,000–$12,500 Per Year for College

If you’re an Indigenous student mapping out how to pay for college or graduate school, the Cobell Scholarship is one of the big ones you should know about.

Type: Scholarship Amount: $5,000 to $12,500 per academic year Deadline: Mar 31, 2025 Location: United States

CollegeCounts Scholarship Alabama 2025: How to Secure $4,000 for Your Freshman Year

College is thrilling, messy, life-changing—and expensive.

Amount: $4,000 (four-year enrollees) or $2,000 (two-year enrollees) Deadline: Feb 28, 2025 Location: United States - Alabama

Crowdfunded Classroom Grants for K12 Teachers 2025: How to Secure an Average $700 for Your Project with DonorsChoose

If you teach in a public or charter school and have ever quietly wished for more books, a science kit, or a way to take students on a field trip, DonorsChoose is the platform that turns those wishes into packages at your classroom door.

Amount: Varies; average project $700 funded within 30 days Deadline: Dec 31, 2025 Location: United States

Federal Pell Grant

Need-based grant for undergraduate students pursuing their first bachelor’s degree or certain post-baccalaureate programs.

Amount: Up to $7,395 for the 2025-2026 award year Deadline: Jun 30, 2026 Location: United States

Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants 2025 Guide: How Need Based Students Can Get 100 to 4,000 Per Year

If you are an undergraduate staring down a tuition bill that looks bigger than your bank account (and your parents bank account, and possibly your grandparents bank account), the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant — FSEOG for sho...

Amount: $100 to $4,000 per year (2025-06-30 by school and need) Deadline: Jun 30, 2025 Location: United States

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant: Get Up to $4,000 for College

Undergraduate students with exceptional financial need can secure up to $4,000 annually through this campus-based federal grant that helps cover tuition, fees, and other college expenses.

Type: Grant Amount: Up to $4,000 per year Deadline: Varies by institution (file FAFSA as early as possible) Location: United States

Free and Reduced-Price School Meals

Provides nutritious breakfasts and lunches at low or no cost for eligible K-12 students through the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.

Amount: Value varies; full-price meals waived or reduced to $0.40 for lunch and $0.30 for breakfast Deadline: annual application (varies by district) Location: United States

Free Job Training and Housing for Young Adults 16 to 24: Your Complete Guide to Job Corps

If you are 16 to 24, low on cash, and unsure how to turn “I need a job” into “I have a career,” Job Corps might be the most valuable program you have never had fully explained to you. This is not a loan.

Amount: Free training, housing, meals, health care, stipend, and transition bonuses Deadline: Rolling Location: United States

Fry Scholarship: Full College Funding for Children and Spouses of Fallen Service Members

Provides Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to children and surviving spouses of service members who died in the line of duty after September 10, 2001.

Type: Scholarship Amount: Covers up to full tuition and fees, monthly housing allowance, and book stipend Deadline: Rolling Location: United States