Black Skeptics First in the Family Humanist Scholarship

The Black Skeptics First in the Family Humanist Scholarship awards six monetary scholarships to graduating high school seniors of color who identify as agnostic, atheist, humanist, freethinker, and/or secular. Awards are intended to support students who have demonstrated commitment to humanist values and social change and who will attend a two- or four-year college. Preference is given to students who are the first in their families to attend college; other disadvantaged backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Scholarships are $5,000 each and recipients are selected and awarded in August.

$5,000 scholarship to each selected recipient (six awards total).

Graduating high school seniors of color (African American, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American) who identify as agnostic, atheist, humanist, freethinker, and/or secular. Applicants must provide a letter of recommendation, proof of admission to a two- or four-year college, and have a record of service/participation in school or community organizations. Preference given to first-generation college students; students who are or have been in foster care, homeless, undocumented, disabled, and/or identify as LGBTQI+ are encouraged to apply.

Submit a 500–700 word essay addressing the prompt, one letter of recommendation from an advisor or teacher, and a copy of college admission letter; submit all required documents by the deadline (June 19).