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Leonard and Dorothy Custer Memorial Scholarship

Offered independently by The Denver Foundation

Open to any schoolColorado and California

About this scholarship

Scholarships for students in Colorado or California who spent time in foster care, for trade school, community college, or a 4-year institution.

Who can apply

In foster care for 12 or more months within the last 5 years; age 30 or younger as of September 1; 2.5 GPA or higher with financial need.

Every scholarship in this directory is exclusively for current or former foster youth. Read the sponsor’s own eligibility rules before you start — they decide who qualifies.

How to submit your application

  1. 1. Check the deadline. No fixed deadline published — check the sponsor's site.
  2. 2. Gather your documents. Use the checklist to the side so you are not scrambling at the last minute.
  3. 3. Open the sponsor’s application. The button below takes you straight to The Denver Foundation. Your application is submitted there, directly to them.
  4. 4. Save your confirmation. Keep the confirmation email or reference number, and follow up with the sponsor if you do not hear back.

Amount and deadline not published. The sponsor's page The sponsor does not publish a fixed award amount or deadline., so we could not confirm the figures. Contact their financial aid or program office to confirm the timing before you apply.

Start your application on The Denver Foundation’s site

Opens the sponsor’s own application. Thank a Teacher does not receive applications and never collects or stores any of your information.