The Higher Foundation Grant

The Higher Foundation Grant promotes post-secondary education by providing need-based financial aid to Georgia college students. We award grants at $500 each directly to Georgia college students to help cover their cost of attendance expenses. Grant recipients are selected monthly August through May at random to eliminate bias, and students will remain in our random selection pool for up to one year. Our grant application has a rolling deadline, so students are encouraged to apply at any time. If you have any questions regarding your application, please contact our Higher Coordinator, Edithe Rose, at editherose@higherfoundation.org.

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The Higher Foundation Grant Categories

Food

We will help you purchase food and groceries to make sure you have the energy and nutrition you need.

Transportation

We will help you pay for gas, rideshare, and public transit to make sure you get to class and work.

Housing

We will help you pay your monthly housing bills to make sure you have a place to call home.

Healthcare

We will help you pay for therapy, medicine, dentist, and doctor visits to ensure you are in a healthy condition.

Career Advancement

We will help you pay for fees related to professional development and getting into graduate school.

Higher Education

We will help you with the costs of your tuition, textbooks, and technology to help you go higher in your education.

The Higher Foundation Grant Process

Stage 1

Application

Application Requirements:

  • Official transcript showing current enrollment in a Georgia post-secondary institution
  • The Give Higher Campaign Video Submission (Please see the criteria here)
  • Headshot

Stage 2

Selection

To ensure our grant application process is without bias, our grant recipients are randomly selected on the 1st of months August through May. All accepted applications will be entered into our random selection pool and will remain active for 1 calendar year. If a student’s application is not selected within 1 calendar year, the student’s application will be removed, and the student is encouraged to reapply if he or she still needs financial assistance.

Stage 3

Approval

Once a student’s application is randomly accepted, we will request the student to provide his or her Enrollment Verification from the Office of the Registrar by the 15th of the month. Once received, the student will receive the grant award via PayPal by the 1st of the following month between August and May. All grant recipients are encouraged to submit a Higher Testimonial once the grant award has been received.

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Higher Alum Testimonials

For privacy reasons, the Higher Students’ pictures here are for illustration purposes only.

As a homeless student, the Higher Foundation Grant has given me more food security. Not being able to have food every day has been a huge stress on my mental health, but I feel more financially comfortable with the grant. I will be forever grateful.

Higher Alum, Georgia Institute of Technology

Honestly, when you’re worried about financial means, sometimes you cannot concentrate to your full ability. Being a college student requires you to have your concentration at full capacity. The Higher Foundation Grant allowed to relieve some stress by not having to worry where I was going to pull out money from without getting into more debt. This allows me to slowly thrive and pay my attention 100% to my classes.

Higher Alum, Georgia State University

Higher Foundation has been so helpful to me. While it may seem small, the grant to purchase a parking pass has made my life so much easier. I was spending an hour in both the morning and the afternoon waiting for the bus. Since school started, I was already rained on repeatedly. With my pass, I am able to get back and forth to school much more efficiently. As a law student, this is invaluable. I now have another hour to sleep, study, or cook — all these that are much more important to my future than simply waiting on the bus. Thank you so much. I cannot wait to pay it forward.

Higher Alum, University of Georgia College of Law