Overview

As a small business owner, obtaining adequate funding for your child's education can be a difficult challenge.  Sensitive to this need, Padgett annually provides numerous $500 scholarship awards to the dependents of small business owners throughout the United States and Canada.  Since its inception in 1990, the Padgett Scholarship Program has provided over $800,000 to the dependents of small business owners.  In order to be eligible for a Padgett Scholarship award, an applicant must meet the two following requirements:

1.) Applicant must be a dependent of a business owner who employs fewer than 20 people, owns at least 10% of the stock or capital in the business, and is active in the day-to-day operations of the business.

2.) Applicant must be a graduating high school senior who will attend an accredited post-secondary institution.

Each regional winner in the U.S. will become eligible for a U.S. National Scholarship of an additional $1,000.  Each regional winner in Canada will become eligible for a Canada National Scholarship of an additional $1,000.  The International Scholarship of an additional $2,000 will be awarded to one of the two National winners. 

Applying for the Padgett Scholarship

Applications for the Padgett Scholarship Program can be downloaded from this site.  If you have a local Padgett Business Services office in your community, a representative from the office will need to sign your application.  The phone number and address of your local office can be found using our online office locator.  If there is no local Padgett office in your area, you may note so on the application before sending it to the address provided.  To double check the availability of a local office, email your zip code to scholarship@smallbizpros.com.  All applications must be postmarked by March 1st.  

Contact Information

Have questions about the application or anything else regarding the Scholarship Program?  Send us an e-mail at scholarship@smallbizpros.com (in the U.S.) or scholarship@rogers.com (in Canada). To learn more about the Padgett Foundation click here.
 

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