Dollars for Scholars is a way to maximize scholarship dollars. Through Collegiate Partner connections, Dollars for Scholars scholarship awards are given preferential treatment in the financial aid process. When a student with a Dollars for Scholars award attends a Collegiate Partner institution, the school agrees to use the award to fill any unmet need remaining after the student's initial financial aid package has been calculated. Collegiate Partners further agree that the first $1,000 in Dollars for Scholars scholarships will not be used to reduce grant assistance from the institution.

Some Collegiate Partners make an additional commitment as Matching Partners, matching scholarship awards coming to them from Dollars for Scholars chapter. Every year, at least 2-4 scholarship recipients have received matching awards from the college they are attending, due to this program.

Arlington Dollars for Scholars Foundation has been in existence since the summer of 2000, awarding the first scholarships under our umbrella to the graduating seniors of 2001.

SPECIAL THANKS  to our corporate sponsors:

Flowers by George, Frontier Bank (Arlington Branch), and Helping Hands!