The Kennedy-King Memorial Scholarship Fund

We give about twenty-five $10,000 college scholarships to students from minority groups under-represented at California’s four-year colleges and universities with financial need and who have demonstrated academic success at one of the three community colleges in Contra Costa County.

We also offer up to six $5,000 scholarships for graduate study to previous recipients of our undergraduate scholarships

We provide a number of $1,000 one-time scholarships to current EOPS students attending one of the Contra Costa Community Colleges who have  encountered great financial difficulties and may be hindered from getting their associate degree without this assistance.

Each year in May, we host a special awards celebration to recognize the scholars receiving our college and graduate school scholarships. 

Each board member is assigned one or more of our college or graduate school scholars to work with them through the academic year. 

We welcome internship or job opportunities to help our scholars launch their professional careers.