Social Good Scholarship

Direct application

$2,000
3 winners

Eligibility

Education level
High school

About this scholarship

U.S. accredited public or private high school juniors and seniors with a 3.25+ GPA who demonstrate community service and civic engagement may apply for the D'Andre D. Lampkin Foundation Social Good Scholarship. Three awards are granted: one $2,000 grand prize and two $1,000 honorable mentions.

Submit a 30-second to 3-minute video on your community impact plus the online application; finalists complete a phone interview. Preference for students interested in public service.

Essay questions

What else to submit

  • Online application
  • 30-second to 3-minute community-impact video
  • Brief biography and recent photo participating in a social-good project
  • Most recent high school transcript
  • Two non-family references
  • Video submission required: 30 seconds to 3 minutes, in a YouTube-compatible format (WebM, MPEG4, 3GPP, MOV, AVI, MPEG PS, WMV, FLV). Video prompt (verbatim): 'Explain how you are making your community
  • Brief biography and a recent photo of yourself participating in a social-good project (uploaded together) — no stated length/word limit
  • Minimum 3.0 cumulative (weighted) GPA
  • List of current high school/community college courses
  • List of in-school and out-of-school extra-curricular activities
  • Highest single-sitting SAT and ACT scores
  • Two non-family references (names, phone, email)
  • Most recent high school transcript (upload)
  • Finalists complete a phone interview.
  • Provide lists of current courses and in-school and out-of-school extracurricular activities.
  • Submit highest single-sitting SAT and ACT scores; no minimum score is stated.