Please note: the Fall 2024 application deadline has passed.
The Golden LEAF Foundation makes scholarships available to students from qualifying counties who demonstrate financial need to help them attend a North Carolina community college. The goal of the Golden LEAF Foundation is to support funding of scholarships for recipients to gain talent, knowledge, and the skills to help their communities thrive.
The Golden LEAF Community College Scholarship provides scholarships for Fall 2024 of $750. The scholarships help cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, supplies, credentialing tests, transportation, childcare, and other components of the total cost of attendance for the 2024-2025 academic year. Workforce Development scholarships are also available. Please reach out to your program coordinator for an application when applying to your program.
Eligible students must:
- Be enrolled at least full time in a curriculum program for Fall 2024. Less than full-time students may be considered pending the availability of funds.
- Have financial need as determined by completion of the FAFSA.
- Be a resident of North Carolina as determined by Residency Determination Services (RDS).
- Reside in a rural county that is tobacco dependent, or economically distressed, as determined by the Golden LEAF Foundation (view qualifying counties for 2024-2025).
- Complete a Golden LEAF Application and submit to the financial aid office by the designated deadline date of September 12, 2024.
Please return applications to the financial aid office. For assistance, email Financial Aid.