Dollars for Scholars Recognized by Scholarship America

Detroit Regional Dollars for Scholars, Southeast Michigan's leading private nonprofit scholarship program, is the only organization in Michigan to receive honors from Scholarship America. The honors were presented at the Dreams for Success dinner in Washington D.C. The event celebrated the connection between students and passionate education supporters, and honored student stories of determination. In addition to the honors, DFS also presented at a Partner Summit to discuss students' needs and how to enhance existing scholarship programs.

"At Detroit Regional Dollars for Scholars, we are honored to receive these honors after decades of dedication to helping students prepare for life after high school," said Christa Funk, DFS Executive Director. "We hope the best practices we presented at the Partner Summit will influence programs across the country, and in turn, allow more students' dreams to become a reality."

Since 1990, Dollars for Scholars has been helping students achieve post-secondary success that they otherwise wouldn't have had the chance to pursue. The program is highly engaged in student participants' lives for three years leading up to high school graduation providing academic support and scholarship assistance. DFS has provided more than $1 million in scholarships to over 700 students in the Metro Detroit community.

Detroit Regional Dollars for Scholars recently celebrated their largest graduating class of 105 students. 81 percent of this year's class are the first in their families to attend a post-secondary institution.

Applications for the next DFS class will open in September for sophomores at partnering high schools. For more information about applying and the DFS program visit drdfs.org.