Words of Faith

If you are reading this post, it is highly likely you support educational opportunity and know that a degree benefits not only the holder of it but also the community in which...

Today is April 15, a deadline for U.S. taxpayers and for applicants to The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis. Applications to the Foundation for approximately $7.5 million in scholarship grant and interest-free...

“To provide scholarships.…is a social strategy of the first order. It is the permanent line of social defense. It is moreover a vital part of public economy. Education is our common cause,...

Richard Atkins, former Scholarship Foundation board member and lifelong champion of educational opportunity and democracy, passed away on December 16, 2024. Richard joined the board in 2004 and was nominated by friend...

noun the action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties watchfulness, attention, care, caution, prudence, heed It is a new year, and many are on edge at what...

Welcome to the close of 2024, a hard year for so many. I’m so glad you’re here! Before I share the story I came here to tell, I’ll begin by retiring the...

  Look, there is a reason that in the days following a tumultuous election a host of horrible text blasts and threatening messages are being sent to high school and college students...

Would you look at this?! I’m waking up today speechless at what a community of determined young people, proud families, generous contributors, devoted educators, and fearless advocates can do. Though I’ve had...

Worldwide, certain types of rituals are common across cultures. Communities come together to announce births, mark passages to adulthood, recognize jobs well done, and mourn deaths. On Saturday, August 3rd in the...

Recently, our staff took 90 minutes for a “good news only” staff meeting amidst an application cycle harder than any other we have experienced (and if you’re wondering why, click here for...

This is all wrong. In any other year except worldwide pandemic in 2020, today would have been our application deadline at The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis. On this day, we should...

Just six weeks into the application season and The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis has already found it necessary to issue three alerts to all students, especially those applying to college for...