Student Applications
To be eligible to receive a scholarship you must be:
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A graduating senior from Antioch, Concord, Deer Valley, Mt. Diablo, Pittsburg, or Ygnacio Valley high school.
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After graduation, you must be planning to attend a 2-year college or a 4-year college or university, or a trade school that is accredited by a federally approved accrediting agency.
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For graduating seniors from the six high schools, the application process closed February 5, 2024.
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A graduating student at Diablo Valley College (DVC) or Los Medanos College (LMC).
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After graduation, you must be planning to attend a 4-year college or university or a trade school that is accredited by a federally approved accrediting agency.
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For those graduating from Diablo Valley College or Los Medanos College (LMC) the application process closed February 20, 2024.
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You must be an employee of the Golden Rain Foundation (GRF) or the child of a GRF employee.
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The GRF employee must have worked for GRF for at least one year prior to the application process and continue to be employed until the scholarship payment has been received by the award recipient. Seasonal or part-time workers must have begun work by April 1st and have worked at least 1,040 hours the year prior to submission of the application and continue to be employed until the scholarship has been received by the award recipient.
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An employee award recipient must be enrolled in at least two post high school classes.
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Employee children must be enrolled in post high school education full time.
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For a GRF employee/employee-child, the application process closed February 5, 2024.
Revised Student Aid Index (SAI) Requirement for 2024 Scholarships
After much discussion, the trustees of Rossmoor Scholarship Foundation voted to not require the Student Aid Index (SAI) that is calculated from either the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the California Dream Act Application (CADAA). This exception applies only for Rossmoor Scholarships awarded in 2024.
Scholarship applicants are still encouraged to email their SAI scores to fss@rsf1965.org by April 1 but if they do not, they will not be penalized and will be fully considered for a Rossmoor scholarship.
Scholarship applicants will be notified no later than the middle of April as to whether or not they are scholarship recipients.