Black United Fund Scholarships
According to a special report by from the Lumina Foundation for Education, "A Stronger Nation through Higher Education" published in September 2010, only 26.2% of African Americans attain college degrees, as compared to 42.2% of white Americans. Even scarier, is that the gap in earnings between college graduates and those without degrees is widening, making it nearly impossible to break out of the working poor without higher education.In 1994, we established ACCESS (Achieving College Competency and Educational Success for Students) to ensure educational success and access to higher education. We award scholarships to African/African American students, who are selected based on their academic standing, financial need, school participation, community service activities, oral and written performance.
We welcome colleges and universities to become ACCESS partners by contributing an unrestricted gift to the ACCESS Fund. Gifts of any size can be made to the general scholarship fund, but $40,000 ($10,000 per year for four years) is necessary to establish a named scholarship. To learn more, please contact Adrienne Livingston at or 503-282-7973.
The following Scholarships are available. Download the 2012/2013 Scholarship Application here! 2012-2013 Scholarship Application (PDF Document)
Ron Herndon Scholarship
(Three $1,500 Awards)Concordia University/Johnson Scholars Scholarship
www.cu-portland.edu (One $8,000 award)George Fox University Scholarship
www.georgefox.edu (Two $10,000 awards)Lewis & Clark College
www.lclark.edu (Five awards from $5,000 to full unmet need)Reed College Scholarship
www.reed.edu (Five awards from $10,000 to full unmet need)University of Portland Scholarship
www.up.edu (Three $12,000 awards)Willamette University Scholarship
www.willamette.edu (Two $15,000 awards)Please contact Black United Fund of Oregon if you'd like to establish an ACCESS Scholarship fund, or for additional information regarding the ACCESS Program, call (503) 282-7973.