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The Foundation Scholarship fund was established to provide funds to students of the PXU who are pursuing a post-secondary education.

New applications

PXU Graduating Students

Applications will open in September 2025 for senior graduating spring of 2026 from a PXU school who will attend a post-secondary school (university, community college, or accredited trade school) in the Fall of 2026 and Spring of 2027 are eligible to apply for these scholarships. 

If you are selected for a scholarship you will be notified at the end of March and the award will be released to the scholarship office of your school.


Important Dates:
Application Opens: Sept. 2025
Application Closes: Jan. 12, 2026
Scholarships Reception: April 2026
Scholarships sent to school of choice: July-August 2026


New Application

2025 Scholarship Application Essay Questions

  1. Essay 1: Resilience and Persistence - select one prompt
  2. How have you overcome or persisted after a failure? What did you learn from it?
  3. Explain how your personal views and/or values have changed over time.
  4. Describe a time when you stepped outside your comfort zone. Explain how this impacted you and how it helped you mature.
  5. Essay 2: Future Foward & Changing the World - select one prompt
  6. Describe a time when you put someone or something before your own needs. How did that change you?
  7. If you could give your younger self a piece of advice about your education or future, what would it be and why?
  8. Describe one need in your community. How have you or what could you do to address this need? 
  9. Essay 3: Creativity & Personality - select one prompt
  10. What are your academic, career, and personal goals for your future? What excites you about them?
  11. Describe the person who influenced you the most. How have they shaped you into the person you are today?
  12. If you could give an incoming high school student one piece of advice, what would it be and why?

AvAnzando Scholarships

Previous PXU Scholarship Awardees

PXU ALUMNI: Alumni Award Scholarships are available to students who were awarded a one-time scholarship award from the Phoenix Union Foundation for Education. These awards will vary in amount based on the students who apply and the funds available each year. This award application is by invitation only.

Foundation scholarship

award Renewals

Renewal Criteria

Scholarship renewals are available to students who were awarded a Foundation Scholarship for more than one year. The renewal each year is conditional pending verification that student has maintained all criteria and are contingent on review of final semester grades. Below are the required pieces of the renewal process.


Please contact scholarships@foundation4education.org or 480-269-3634  if you have questions.

  • Renewal Application

    Renewal Application (via Arizona Community Foundation)


    • Transcripts – 2.5 GPA required
    • School information – Must be an Arizona university, community college or accredited vocational/trade school
    • Personal statement
    • School Information

  • Meeting with the Scholarship Committee

    The 2027 meeting dates will be in January 2027. Please check back for updates this fall.


     A meeting with the scholarship committee will be scheduled mid-year. This gives us the opportunity to stay in touch with you and see if you need any assistance meeting the renewal requirements. You will be contacted regarding this meeting in late fall or early winter. Please make sure you have updated any necessary contact information in your Arizona Community Foundation account so we are able to reach you.

  • Communication Piece

    Communication piece is as follows:


    Can be a video (can be taken with your phone) providing a testimonial of the impact of your scholarship, a service project, or leadership involvement that has been meaningful to you and why.


    OR


    a written testimonial based on the guidelines and prompt to be released fall 2025.


    Communication pieces will be published.



  • Community Service Hours

    COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS (13 TOTAL) 


    Seven (7) hours of service at your college, university, and/or accredited vocational school community. Can be part of a service with a student organization on campus (ie. Changemaker Central (ASU), Volunteer Services (UA), and American Medical Student Association (AMSA to name a few.)


    Six (6) hours of service with an organization of choice (ie. St. Vincent de Paul, Be a Leader, Aliento). This can also be completed with a college/university/accredited vocational or trade school organization should the scholar choose.


    ***Community service hours cannot include activities like student teaching. Hours must be separate from what you are earning school credit and/or getting paid for as part of work.***


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