The 2024 CYC scholarship application process is now open. The deadline to apply is Friday, May 3, 2024.
Siu Family Charitable Fund Scholarship
The Siu Family Charitable Fund Scholarship helps students from low-income immigrant families afford a college education. The dream of being able to pursue a higher education is a life-changing moment with a lifetime impact. Through this scholarship, youth in the community are being offered the opportunity to achieve success and develop their knowledge and passion into becoming the next generation of leaders.
Number of awards: 2
Scholarship amount: $2,500 each
Eligibility Criteria:
- Immigrant youth or youth of immigrant parents who is the first person in their immediate family to attend college
- Incoming freshman and enrolled full-time at an accredited two-year or four-year college in 2024
- A citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the United States
- Current CYC youth participant
- Minimum 3.0 GPA
- Residency: San Francisco
- Ethnicity: Asian Pacific Islander
Selection Criteria:
- Immigrant experience(s)
- Strong family and community support
- Creativity and resourcefulness
- Personal strengths including maturity, motivation and potential to succeed
- Financial need
- Civic engagement and community service experience
- Leadership qualities
Make a Difference Scholarship
The Make a Difference Scholarship recognizes that being accepted into college is a major milestone, but also realizes there are other factors that could also inhibit someone from receiving a higher education to pursue their ambitions. The Make a Difference Scholarship’s goal is to ease the financial constraints of higher education with a four year scholarship so one can fully concentrate on their potential in life.
Number of awards: 6
Scholarship amount: $5,000 each
Award period: To be renewed annually for 4 years ($1,250 each year)
Eligibility Criteria:
- First generation immigrant or first in family to attend college
- A citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the United States
- Accepted and committed to a University of California for 2024
- 3.0 GPA to renew scholarship every year
- Maintain full course load during the academic year
- Current CYC youth participant
- Residency: San Francisco
- Ethnicity: Chinese
Selection Criteria:
- Financial needs
- Personal story
- Character traits
- Potential to succeed
- Financial need
Eddy Zheng Scholarship
Eddy Zheng has a lifelong commitment in serving the children, youth, and families in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Eddy immigrated to the United States from China with his family when he was 12 years old. “Like many immigrant youth before and after me, I did not have a choice on whether or not I wanted to come to the U.S.,” he says. “I know firsthand the difficulties, barriers and frustrations the young people in our community are going through, and what can happen when they can’t get the help and support they need to succeed.” Eddy’s mission is to use his experiences to inspire and motivate young people to invest in their education, raise awareness about the detrimental impact that the Prison Industrial Complex has on the Asian and Pacific Islander population, and building racial solidarity among people of color.
Eddy is the President & Founder of New Breath Foundation, and works to mobilize resources to support Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) harmed by violence and the unjust immigration and criminal justice systems. A 2019-21 Rosenberg Foundation Leading Edge Fellow and a 2015-17 Open Society Foundation Soros Justice Fellow, he served as Co-Director of the Asian Prisoner Support Committee and co-founded the first ever ethnic studies program in San Quentin State Prison – ROOTS.
Number of awards: 2
Scholarship amount: $1,000 each
Eligibility Criteria:
- Current or former CYC youth
- Minimum GPA: 2.0 or GED
- Financial need
- Residency: San Francisco
Selection Criteria:
- Demonstrates understanding or desire to understand how culture, history and identity play an important role in building racial solidarity.
- Culture: historical practices/traditions
- History: significant past events such as those affecting a nation(s), institutions, or groups of people and their effects on society; immigrant experience(s)
- Identity: the discovery of oneself; their unique personality, character, and values
- Personal strengths including maturity, motivation and potential to succeed
- Demonstrates strong desire to share their scholarship experience with other youth through social media or video
James and Karen Lee Scholarship
The James and Karen Lee Scholarship hopes to help a student from a low-income immigrant family with a bit of college education expenses so that they can better focus on their education. As a low-income immigrant student, James worked part time throughout his school years from elementary school through UC Berkeley to pay for his own education. James hopes this scholarship can make it a easier for the deserving candidate to better achieve education success and therefore life success.
Number of awards: 1
Scholarship amount: $1,000
Eligibility Criteria:
- Current CYC youth participant & high school senior
- Residency: San Francisco
- Ethnicity: Asian Pacific Islander
Selection Criteria:
- Immigrant experience(s)
- Leadership qualities with a track record of handling responsibilities
- Financial need
- Personal strengths including maturity, motivation and potential to succeed through hard work
Financial Opportunity Scholarship
This scholarship is given to those expecting to go to college and are facing financial hardships. The hardship could potentially impact their decision to pursue a higher education. This scholarship is meant to ease the financial burden.
Number of awards: 7
Scholarship amount: $1,000 each
Eligibility Criteria:
- Accepted or enrolled in a 2-year or 4-year college
- A citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the United States
- Residency: San Francisco
Selection Criteria:
- Financial need
- Personal story