Our Scholarships

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need.

Young Scholars Program

Offers the most personalized, generous scholarship and educational support to exceptionally promising students from families across the nation who have financial need.

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College Scholarship Program

An undergraduate scholarship program available to high-achieving high school seniors with financial need who seek to attend the nation’s best four-year colleges and universities.

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Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship

A highly-selective scholarship for the nation’s top community college students seeking to complete their bachelor’s degrees at selective four-year colleges or universities.

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$230 Million

Awarded in Scholarships

2,939 Cooke Scholars

Current Scholars and Alumni

$119.5 Million

Awarded in Grants

Emily, Jesús Valencia, and two others co-founded a nonprofit community organization, Building Dignity, with the vision of supporting neighborhood development by empowering local leaders. It now has four full-time staff members and a network of more than 90 volunteers.

Emily Hedin
Cooke Scholar

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Last week, we had the pleasure of congratulating 100 community college students and welcoming them as Cooke Transfer Scholars. Read about the cohort and see their names and schools here:

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