For 2022-2023 Scholarships

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The Bonta California Progress Foundation invites high school seniors and entering or current first-year college students — especially those who are low-income and/or from disadvantaged backgrounds — to submit an application in response to this scholarship announcement.

In 2017, then Assemblymember Rob Bonta launched the Foundation with the purpose of supporting communities, organizations, and individuals that lift up the social, economic, educational, civic, and environmental well-being of Californians and advance progressive values in California and around the world. To this end, the Foundation will provide a limited number of scholarships to students with a record of academic achievement, leadership, and service to their communities, who would benefit from additional support to realize a higher education.

Please complete the online form and submit the remainder of the application in PDF format to bonta.foundation@gmail.com by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 13, 2022. (Recommenders may submit letters directly, if they wish, to bonta.foundation@gmail.com by the deadline.)

Application and Award Overview:
• Deadline: Friday, May 13, 2022
• Award Announcement: July 1, 2022
• Awards: $5,000, $2,500, and $1,000 scholarships (one-time)

Eligibility Requirements:
• High school senior, entering first-year college student, or current first-year college student
• California resident (residents of the 18th Assembly District — Oakland, Alameda, and Emeryville — will be given preference)

Application Components:
• Completed Scholarship Application Cover Sheet
• 2022-2023 Student Aid Report, SAR or CADAA
• One-page resume
• Official transcript, including Fall 2022
• 500-word essay responding to the following theme: “Overcoming adversity, giving back, and promoting opportunity, equity, justice, and/or inclusion”
• Two letters of recommendation that speak to the applicant’s character, integrity, and/or uniqueness (these may be from teachers, counselors, supervisors, coaches, and/or mentors)