The River City Scholarship Fund can be used for any educational program after high school: university undergraduate education, bachelor degree, associate degree, vocational school, trade school, apprenticeship programs and graduate school.

Tuition, books, student fees while in school, or you can also use scholarship money to fund costs that you need to get into school: testing fees, test preparation costs, application fees and other similar costs.

Professional certificate programs or professional designations.

Scholarships are given in annual amounts with a maximum of $4,000 per student and average of $1,000 per student. You can get scholarships each year you are in school, but you must apply each year. Amounts will be determined based on the total funds raised for scholarships and each applicant’s personal needs.

Students interested in this must first apply to the program.

Students who have a demonstrated commitment to River City or R CITY over the past year. We wish to prioritize those students who have been a part of the River City or R CITY community, consistently attending service, church events or participating in either River City or R CITY programs. This includes students in Harambee and Dreambuilders.

As much as we would love to support all students in need, we have to prioritize the students who have been active members of our communities.

You need to complete an application (see links above). A Scholarship Committee reviews applications and will select students to then interview individually with the committee.

For the academic school year starting in the fall, you must apply no later than May 15 of that year. (Example: For fall 2021 scholarships, applications are due May 15, 2021)

Scholarship recipients will be announced each year on July 1.

We will certainly consider emergency or immediate requests. You still need to complete the application and we need to have funds available.

We try to support as many students as possible. That said, we have to make choices about who receives money. We make selections based upon several factors, including (but not limited to):

*Your financial need, including access to other sources of funding

*Your demonstrated commitment to advancing your education

*Your history of participation with the River City or R CITY communities

*Your future goals and how you plan to use your education for yourself, your family and your community

Any interested scholarship recipient can be paired with a mentor from the River City or R CITY communities. This mentor will support you with counseling, advice, prayer and support.