This page is a resource for high school students interested in applying to the Yawkey Scholars Program and for current Yawkey Scholars. It contains guidelines and application materials as well as current program materials and forms.
The Yawkey Foundations’ mission is to continue the charitable legacy of Tom and Jean Yawkey to make immediate, significant, and positive impacts on the quality of life of underserved children, youth and families. The Yawkeys valued the importance of education and understood its ability to alter the course of young lives. To honor this legacy of learning, the Yawkey Foundation Board of Trustees established the Yawkey Scholars Program in 2005 to help talented and motivated disadvantaged young people from Massachusetts and Georgetown County, South Carolina meet the rising costs of undergraduate education. Over the past five years, the Yawkey Scholars Program has provided over $5 million in tuition supports to more than 130 Scholars as they pursue a college education in Massachusetts. The Yawkey Scholars Program is administered by The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI). For more information about the Yawkey Foundations, please visit the Foundations’ website at www.yawkeyfoundations.org
Current Yawkey Scholars Program Materials
2012-13 Renewal Application - Renewal applications are due JUNE 15, 2012. If you do not submit an application, your scholarship will not be renewed.
(Please Note: Renewal applications may NOT be submitted electronically. All applications must be mailed by June 15, 2011. The application available for download above is a writable PDF. Some versions of Adobe do not allow users to save changes. If you fill out the application electronically, please remember to print it before closing the document - your changes might not be saved. Microsoft Word version available here.)
2011-12 Scholar Handbook - This handbook contains important information describing the benefits of the program, Scholar responsibilities and the current program policies and procedures.
Opportunites Fund Request Form - Use this form to make requests to the Opportunities Fund. Submit to your Yawkey Advisor for review. (PLEASE NOTE: If you fill out this form electronically in some versions of Adobe Reader, you may not be able to save your changes. You may need to print it once completed OR download the Microsoft Word version here.)
Updated Contact Information Form - Please submit this form any time your contact information changes.