Welcome to the Esperanza Scholarship Foundation Dollars for Scholars

--26 Years of Service to Our Community

--Over 1,400 Scholarships

--Raised more than $1.6 million

 

--2025 Scholarships are Open Until March 25th

--2025 Fundraising Campaign

--New Mailing Address for Esperanza Scholarship Foundation

2025 Scholarships are Open Until March 25th

Attention Students: Effective January 13, 2025 eligible students may initiate their application for an Esperanza Scholarship Foundation Dollars for Scholars award for the 2025-26 school year. Details are located on the following sections of this webpage:

News and Events and Students and Parents. Please review this information, create an account as directed and get started early on your application.

2025 Fundraising Campaign

With the help of donors in our own community, the Foundation is able to provide between 50 and 70 scholarships annually but there are many others that are eligible but there's not enough funding to meet our needs. So, please consider helping kids in our own community that are from underrepresented, low-income, high-performing families that have a dream of attending college. Almost all are first in their family to attend college. We'll be contacting you soon.

New Foundation Mailing Address

All correspondence with the Foundation should be mailed to :

Esperanza Scholarship Foundation Dollars for Scholars

P. O. Box 1237

Ontario, CA 91762 

Graduation Data About the Class of 2014

52% Graduated with Bachelor's Degree - a Great Investment in Our Community

Ontario, California, September 11, 2020 -- Last year the Foundation reported on the graduation rate for 2013 as many donors have asked if our Scholarship recipients have completed their coursework and what the graduation rate is for the recipients. The Foundation recently completed an extensive review of the 65 Scholars that graduated from High School in 2014 and we are pleased to present the following results:

  • Scholarships Awarded = 65 (100%)
  • Students Not Located = 23 (35%)
  • Number of Bachelor's Degrees Received = 34 (52%)
  • Number of Bachelor's with Master's Degrees = 0 (0%)
  • Number pursuing Master's Degrees=4 (6%)
  • Number still pursuing AA or Bachelor's = 0 (0%)
  • Number of pursuing PhD = 1 (1%)
  • Number that attended but no additional info available = 8 (12%)
  • Grand Total Receiving Bachelor's Degrees = 34 (52%)

The National graduation rate is about 60%. However, we are unable to access school records as privacy regulations make it impossible to locate some students including those that may have had name changes. If we look at the total graduation rate of the students we located, we get a resounding 81% graduation rate. Congratulations Class of 2014!

"Great futures are grown from the seeds of opportunity."