Heritage Scholarships
A number of resources are available on the web and through various local government agencies designed to help people trace their roots through extensive searches or DNA tests to discover what ancestry is in their bloodlines.
Where Do I Come From?
A number of resources are available on the web and through various local government agencies designed to help people trace their roots through extensive searches or DNA tests to discover what ancestry is in their bloodlines.
Check out these sites to get a head start on your heritage scholarship search:
- RootsForReal.com: Provides you with a map to estimate the location of your ancestral origins.
- Ancestry.com: Offers ethnicity testing, a list of ancestral names and a map to determine which ethnicities run in your bloodline.
- FamilySearch.org: Lists who is in your genealogy or personal ancestry by comparing your results to others from the same lineage or to different ethnic groups, both current and historic.
Think you’re part Native American? Indians.org is sponsored through the American Indian Heritage Scholarship Foundation to help people prove if they are of Native American descent. The requirements to obtain tribal benefits vary from tribe to tribe and can range from having any percentage of Indian within one’s bloodline to being at least ½ part native to qualify.
To view a full chart of the lineage requirements for each tribe, visit native-american-online.org.
Click here to sign up for our $1,000 scholarship!
Nationality
German German-American Heritage Foundation
Filipino Asian Pacific Fund
African Black Community Scholarship Fund
Irish Irish American Home Society, Inc.
Chinese Institute of China Studies
Italian National Italian-American Foundation
Polish American Institute of Polish Culture, Inc.
Korean US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce
Japanese Japanese-American Citizens League
Puerto Rican Hispanic Scholarship Fund
Arabian The Arab American Institute
Russian Russian American Foundation
Native American United South & Eastern Tribes Scholarship Fund
Greek The AHEPA Educational Foundation
“I have won several awards given by Greek heritage organizations, including winning the Bob Costas Scholarship for Broadcast Journalism,” said Callie Corley, a TV news producer at WBRC in Birmingham, Alabama. “Getting plugged in with a church group or heritage association is a great way to learn about opportunities.”
Lineage
Mayflower General Society of Mayflower Descendants
Jewish Jewish Community Foundation
Confederate United Daughters of the Confederacy
Amish Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund
American Revolution Daughters of the American Revolution
U.S Armed Forces American Legion Legacy Scholarship
Korean War Descendants Of Korean War Foundation
