Grants and Education Support
Scholarships, Grants, and Financial Aid Programs
Financial Assistance for Learners
Provides scholarships, grants, and funding to help students and educators access quality education without financial burden.
Career and Skill Development
Supports professional growth through funding for vocational training, certifications, and higher education programs.
Inclusive and Accessible Opportunities
Offers diverse funding options for underprivileged communities, ensuring equal access to education for all.
Ava's Grace Scholarship
Provides financial support to students with incarcerated parents to pursue higher education.
Eligibility: Students with incarcerated parents residing in Missouri or parts of Illinois.
Cost: $5,000 per year, renewable up to 10 semesters.
Venus Morris Griffin Scholarship
Scholarship for students with an incarcerated parent to assist with college costs.
Eligibility: Students with a currently incarcerated parent and demonstrated financial need.
Cost: $10,000 annual scholarships.
Hallam Law Group Scholarship
Supports students with an incarcerated parent pursuing higher education.
Eligibility: Students with an incarcerated parent pursuing higher education.
Cost: Varies; check the application details.
ScholarCHIPS
Provides scholarships and mentorship for children of incarcerated parents.
Eligibility: Students with a parent who is or was incarcerated, attending college.
Cost: $3,500 tuition + $1,000 books annually, renewable for four years.
Pullan & Young Supporting Prisoners' Families Scholarship
Assists students impacted by familial incarceration with college expenses.
Eligibility: Students with an incarcerated parent or close family member, attending college.
Cost: $1,000 per semester.
Ohio Access to Justice Foundation
Funds legal aid initiatives for low-income and justice-impacted individuals.
Eligibility: Nonprofits and legal aid organizations serving justice-impacted individuals.
Cost: Grant amounts vary based on project scope.
Racial Justice Initiative by Ohio State Bar Foundation
Supports projects that address systemic racism and benefit marginalized communities.
Eligibility: Nonprofits proposing racial justice projects benefiting impacted communities.
Cost: Grant amounts vary based on proposals.
New Beginnings Project by Ohio Credit Union Foundation
Provides financial assistance for reentry support and financial literacy programs.
Eligibility: Nonprofits and organizations implementing reentry and financial programs.
Cost: Up to $10,000 per project.
OneOhio Recovery Foundation Grants
Funds addiction recovery services, reentry programs, and justice initiatives.
Eligibility: Nonprofits and agencies focusing on recovery and justice-impacted reentry.
Cost: Grant amounts vary based on need.
Inmates to Entrepreneurs
Offers free entrepreneurship education and mentorship to justice-impacted individuals.
Eligibility: Formerly incarcerated individuals seeking entrepreneurship training.
Cost: Entrepreneurship training; potential seed funding opportunities.
Defy Ventures
Provides entrepreneurship training, employment resources, and mentorship for ex-offenders.
Eligibility: Currently and formerly incarcerated individuals interested in entrepreneurship.
Cost: Mentorship and training; potential funding for select participants.
Justice for Families Program
Supports programs improving community responses to families affected by violence.
Eligibility: State and local government, courts, and nonprofit organizations.
Cost: Grant amounts vary.
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction – Workforce Development
Offers workforce training and vocational programs for incarcerated individuals.
Eligibility: Incarcerated individuals within the Ohio correctional system.
Cost: Free vocational training and workforce development.
Transform Business Grant
Offers workforce training and vocational programs for incGrants and business development support for formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs.arcerated individuals.
Eligibility: Business owners from historically marginalized or justice-impacted groups.
Cost: $1,000 microgrants + business strategy support.