Your Affordable Education.
Your Affordable Education.
While private high schools require tuition, many families receive financial support that lowers the overall cost. We guide you through financial aid and scholarship opportunities so you can plan ahead and make informed decisions about your education.
4,200+
Students Supported Annually
Big Shoulders Fund provides need-based scholarships to students in elementary and high school who attend or have attended a school in the Big Shoulders Fund network. Students may receive a scholarship in high school through one of two ways.
Big Shoulders Fund
150+
Students Supported Annually
The mission of the Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund is to unlock educational opportunities for talented Chicago-area students facing financial need. DMSF partners with Scholars, families, and schools through high school and beyond by providing scholarships, academic programs, and personal support so that each Scholar can reach their potential. Applications open each year on May 1st for students currently in 7th grade. The application will remain open until October 1st of the same year.
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund
150+
Students Supported Annually
The mission of the Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund is to unlock educational opportunities for talented Chicago-area students facing financial need. DMSF partners with Scholars, families, and schools through high school and beyond by providing scholarships, academic programs, and personal support so that each Scholar can reach their potential. Applications open each year on May 1st for students currently in 7th grade. The application will remain open until October 1st of the same year.
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund
200+
Students Supported Annually
HFS Chicago Scholars helps underserved Chicago high school students flourish in and out of the classroom by providing educational enrichment through our lifelong mentoring, college readiness and academic excellence programs, as well as providing financial assistance to attend top Chicago-area schools. Applications open each year in August for current 8th grade students. The application will remain open until November of the same year.
HFS Chicago
200+
Students Supported Annually
HFS Chicago Scholars helps underserved Chicago high school students flourish in and out of the classroom by providing educational enrichment through our lifelong mentoring, college readiness and academic excellence programs, as well as providing financial assistance to attend top Chicago-area schools. Applications open each year in August for current 8th grade students. The application will remain open until November of the same year.
HFS Chicago
50+
Students Supported Annually
HighSight’s mission is to provide scholarships, tutoring, mentoring, leadership development, and college readiness programs for students from low-income families attending private high schools in Chicago. This experience empowers our scholars to excel in high school and graduate from four-year colleges across the country. Applications for current 8th grade students open in February and are due in March.
Highsight
50+
Students Supported Annually
HighSight’s mission is to provide scholarships, tutoring, mentoring, leadership development, and college readiness programs for students from low-income families attending private high schools in Chicago. This experience empowers our scholars to excel in high school and graduate from four-year colleges across the country. Applications for current 8th grade students open in February and are due in March.
Highsight
50+
Students Supported Annually
LINK Unlimited connects economically disadvantaged African American high school students with mentors, resources, and foundational skills required for success as they advance into, through, and beyond college. Candidates must be academically motivated and exhibit a drive to succeed. From there, LINK can help them go anywhere. Applications open in the fall of students’ 8th grade year and are due in the winter.
LINK Unlimited
50+
Students Supported Annually
LINK Unlimited connects economically disadvantaged African American high school students with mentors, resources, and foundational skills required for success as they advance into, through, and beyond college. Candidates must be academically motivated and exhibit a drive to succeed. From there, LINK can help them go anywhere. Applications open in the fall of students’ 8th grade year and are due in the winter.
LINK Unlimited
60+
Students Supported Annually
The Madonna Scholars Program awards scholarships to female students of all faiths who demonstrate financial need and a desire for academic success. We are the only scholarship organization in the Chicago region focusing exclusively on women’s secondary education. As students from first-generation and minority backgrounds, our scholars face barriers. The Madonna Foundation’s programming helps them overcome these barriers and acquire the confidence, critical skills and competencies needed for success in high school, college and beyond. Applications will be available to eighth grade students who applied to and plan to attend an all-girls Catholic high school in Chicago in February each year and close in March.
Madonna Scholarship
60+
Students Supported Annually
The Madonna Scholars Program awards scholarships to female students of all faiths who demonstrate financial need and a desire for academic success. We are the only scholarship organization in the Chicago region focusing exclusively on women’s secondary education. As students from first-generation and minority backgrounds, our scholars face barriers. The Madonna Foundation’s programming helps them overcome these barriers and acquire the confidence, critical skills and competencies needed for success in high school, college and beyond. Applications will be available to eighth grade students who applied to and plan to attend an all-girls Catholic high school in Chicago in February each year and close in March.