Bootstraps Scholarships

Bootstraps provides scholarships and interest-free loans to graduating high school students from the mountain-area. Our awards are funded by generous local individuals and families, businesses, and civic organizations.

You are eligible to apply if:

• You will graduate from high school in the current school year.
• You are a legal resident of the State of Colorado.
• You reside within the attendance boundaries of Clear Creek, Conifer, Evergreen, or Platte Canyon High Schools.
• Students who are part of homeschool programs, online programs, private, or alternative schools living within these attendance boundaries are also eligible.
• You plan to pursue postsecondary education (college, university, community college, or trade/vocational/certification program) full-time in the fall of 2026.
• Having financial need is a consideration we take into account for all of our students. You have financial need if the cost of attendance for the school you plan to attend exceeds your Student Aid Index (SAI) as determined by the FAFSA. Some of our scholarships and interest-free loans consider financial need, and others require financial need. Please note: if you plan on attending an out-of-state school, we will use an average COA of $42,738.94, which is the average of all Colorado public universities and the four largest private colleges, to calculate your financial need, unless your school's COA is lower. We do this to honor your school choice while also allowing for greater distribution of available funds and maintaining fairness and consistency for all students.
• Application Deadline: January due date at midnight.