Black Friday College Fund

Scholarship Application

Application for 2025 scholarships opens November 29, 2024 and closes March 30, 2025

The Black Friday College Fund is dedicated to helping students of color and students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds achieve their dreams. The BFCFund believes no student should be deprived of a quality education due to lack of tuition funds or social and mental health services. PLEASE NOTE: Our 2025 scholarship is only open to participants in Thrive Collective Programming.

We offer two scholarship opportunities. Our first scholarship is to four year university students, and it provides an initial award of $2000 and will hold another $1000 in reserve for support services. Our second scholarship is for students that have completed at least one semester at a community college or vocational school. This scholarship provides the $1000 in support services. Support services are defined in our guidance for applicants.

The application portal opens on Black Friday and closes on March 30. There is one award available to four year college students for a maximum of $3000.

Four year College Scholarship requirements include:

Must plan to attend or currently attending a 4 year college or university;
Be between the ages of 18-24
Underrepresented identities
Demonstrate financial need

Community College/Vocational School Scholarship requirements include:

Must plan to attend or currently attending a community college or vocational school
Be between the ages of 18 and 24
Underrepresented identity
Demonstrate financial need

Documents Needed:

All applicants must submit the following documents through the web app at the bottom of the page: :

Official high school or community college transcript
FAFSA application or proof of financial need

References must be submitted by April 15 in order to be considered for the scholarship. References will receive a separate form to fill out via email from info@bfcfund.org.