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Building Beautiful Futures Scholarship

Scholarship Details

The Building Beautiful Futures Scholarship, powered by Dark & Lovely, is one of many funding opportunities available to Black female students and female students of color through NAACP's Inspire Initiatives. We offer scholarships to outstanding and qualified students pursuing undergraduate degrees. Through the generosity of our donors, we advance efforts to ensure equity in educational opportunity that prepares students for success in school, work, and life.

Scholarship amount: $10,000 

This is a non-renewable scholarship opportunity.

Scholarship Requirements

  • Be a member of the NAACP. If you are not a member of the NAACP, join today.
  • Be a Black female or female of color.
  • Be currently enrolled full-time or accepted to an accredited college or university in the U.S.
  • Be a graduating high school senior or undergraduate student for applicable scholarships.
  • Possess a grade point average of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 system.
  • Demonstrate interest in pursuing careers in communications, marketing, finance, business, or science.
  • Be a U.S. resident or citizen.

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Scholarship timeline

Scholarship applications open on March 3, 2025, and close on April 11, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET. Recipients will be announced in the Summer of 2025. 

All completed applications are reviewed and scored. If selected, you will be notified by official notice to your email. All declinations are also sent by email. Awards are final and cannot be appealed.

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