Bel-Air Country Club Family Education Fund Application 2026-2027 Academic Year

SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA listed here.

SCHOLARSHIP TIMELINE listed here.

Scholarship Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for a scholarship, applicants must meet one of the following criteria prior to the application deadline:

• Be a current full-time or part-time employee of Bel-Air Country Club in good standing with a minimum of 850 hours, and a minimum of 1 year of employment;

• Be a dependent child or dependent grandchild of such an employee described above. Dependents are defined as biological, grand-, step- or legally adopted children.

To apply for a scholarship, applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Be in their final year of high school, a graduate of an accredited high school, or have earned a high school equivalency (GED).

• Plan to enroll, have applied to, or accepted into an educational program in the United States during the Fall 2026, Spring 2027 or Summer 2027 terms that leads to a degree or certificate of completion. Eligible programs include junior colleges, two- or four-year colleges, trade schools, certificate programs, vocational-technical schools, and graduate-level education beyond a bachelor’s degree.

• Applicants seeking their first Associate, Bachelor, Master, Certificate or Credential degree will be eligible to apply. Professional Development Certifications will be accepted at the discretion of Desert Scholarship Foundation.

• Personal development education will not be accepted for a scholarship opportunity.

• Maintain active enrollment and a 2.0 cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA), or better.

Annual Scholarship Opportunity

       i.          Scholarships are valid only for the academic year in which the applicant applies or receives an award. Scholarships are not renewable, and no guarantees or carryover awards will be made for future academic years.

      ii.          All applicants must reapply each year and meet the eligibility requirements in effect at the time of application. Previous recipients are encouraged to apply annually.

     iii.          A maximum of five scholarship awards may be granted to any individual student.

Maximum Award Amounts:

• $10,000.00 maximum award towards a bachelor’s degree, associate’s degree, trade school/trade study or certification

• $15,000.00 maximum award towards graduate school

All eligibility criteria will be reviewed and approved by the committee each year.

For questions or support, please contact:

Blair Moss, CEO of Desert Scholarship Foundation

[email protected]

760-797-7484