Equitable Excellence Scholarship

Equitable Foundation has established the Equitable Excellence Scholarship® Program program to assist high school seniors who are planning to continue their education at a two- or four-year college in the United States by Fall 2025.

This program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarship and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team. In compliance with Federal law, this program will not discriminate in the terms, conditions, or privileges of participation on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or sexual orientation.

Eligibility

Applicants to the Equitable Excellence Scholarship® Program Scholarship Program must:

• Be current high school seniors in one of the 50 U.S. states, District of Columbia or Puerto Rico who plan to enroll full-time in an accredited two-or four-year college or university in the United States for the entire upcoming academic year.
• Demonstrate ambition and self-drive to be a force for good in your community by encouraging others to pursue higher education.
• Be willing to provide a release to publicize their identities and information about their achievements along with photographs for use in program promotion and information.
• Have a 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale.

Employees, associates, financial professionals, or immediate family members of employees, associates, or financial professionals of Equitable, Equitable Advisors and all Equitable affiliated companies or Scholarship America, or their affiliates, subsidiaries, or advertising and promotion agencies, are not eligible to apply to this program.

Awards

The authorized distribution for new awards is up to $500,000. Up to 100 renewable awards of $5,000 each will be granted.

• $5,000 awards are renewable up to four years or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first, on the basis of satisfactory academic performance and continued enrollment, and
• $500 gift card will be provided to each recipients’ teacher of choice who has had an impact on their school journey.

Sponsor will require recipients to attend at least 4 professional development workshops during their 4 years in college/during their renewable scholarship timeline (1 session per year).

Awards are for undergraduate study only. Enrollment at an accredited postsecondary institution outside of the United States may be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Selection of Recipients

Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

• Demonstrate ambition and self-drive to be a force for good in your community by encouraging others to pursue higher education
• Work experience
• Unusual personal or family circumstances
• A custom essay
• Financial need will be required. Applicants must have financial need.

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Equitable Foundation play a part in the selection. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.