Case Studies
Learn how scholarship providers are using Scholarships360 Connect to reach qualified students and make a bigger impact with their scholarship programs.
The Rise Up Scholarship
The Casa BruMar Foundation
Challenge
The Casa BruMar Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Virginia that supports their local LGBTQ+ community. To support LGBTQ+ students and allies in pursuing their higher education goals, they started the Rise Up Scholarship. The foundation found that they had trouble reaching students across the entire state of Virginia, and wanted the scholarship opportunity to be visible to more students.
Solution
In 2024, Casa BruMar Foundation discovered Scholarships360 and joined our Quick Apply scholarship program. The foundation felt Scholarships360 was a good fit for them as a platform that had prior experience with non-profit organizations that prioritizes the safety and privacy of applicants, all while increasing the overall reach of the scholarship.
Results
Scholarships360 built a custom application for the Rise Up Scholarship that could be tailored to specific requirements. Once live, Scholarships360 promoted the scholarship to its network via email and social media, surfacing it to the right student candidates. Since using Scholarships360 to host the Rise Up Scholarship, the number of applicants has tripled and the partnership ultimately helped the Casa BruMar Foundation identify and select a deserving winner for the award.
And the fact that you make it so easy and affordable for them [small non-profit organizations], I can't imagine why they wouldn't choose Scholarships360.
The Craig D. Butler Scholarship
Craig D. Butler Scholarship Foundation
Challenge
The Craig D. Butler Scholarship Foundation has been providing scholarships for almost five years. Based in Philadelphia and Camden County, New Jersey the foundation aims to support students of African American descent in achieving their educational goals. Over the years, the scholarship program has expanded, but with growth came increasing challenges in managing the application process.
Solution
Khadijah Butler and her team discovered Scholarships360 while researching platforms to streamline their scholarship application process. They chose Scholarships360 to help them manage applications more effectively by ensuring that applicants provided all necessary information and met the foundation's eligibility requirements. This reduced the need for manual disqualification of applications and minimized errors.
Results
Since using Scholarships360, the Craig D. Butler Scholarship Foundation has experienced a dramatic improvement in the quality of applications submitted. The number of incomplete or ineligible applications has significantly decreased, allowing the foundation to focus on reviewing qualified candidates. The platform's user-friendly design has also reduced the administrative burden on the foundation, freeing up time for more strategic activities.
The biggest thing was ease for us as an organization, but also ease for the students. Meeting the scholars where they are is important—whether they're finding us on your website or applying to other scholarships there as well.
Micky Golomb Scholarship
The Jazz Society of Fairfield County
Challenge
The Jazz Society of Fairfield County is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the appreciation of jazz in Connecticut. To support students from Fairfield County pursuing jazz studies at the higher education level, the organization established the Micky Golomb Memorial Scholarship. Due to the niche nature of the scholarship, the Jazz Society found it challenging to discover qualified applicants for the award.
Solution
To address these issues, Mark Shornick discovered Scholarships360 through his research of online scholarship platforms. Shornick and the Jazz Society chose Scholarships360 because the platform was best suited for the organization's needs. Shornick wanted a platform that could 1) host the scholarship application 2) match the scholarship to eligible students and 3) be discoverable to a large audience. Scholarships360 checked all of these boxes, making it the perfect solution for the Jazz Society's needs.
Results
Since using Scholarships360, the Jazz Society has had a much easier time administering and marketing their scholarship. The Scholarships360 team created a custom application for the Micky Golomb Scholarship, which Shornick was able to easily fine tune to the Jazz Society's needs. After launching the application, Scholarships360 promoted the scholarship to its audience through email and social media to connect it to the right students. As a result of their partnership with Scholarships360, the Jazz Society was able to successfully find a qualified winner for their award.
I looked at a whole bunch of [scholarship] platforms and very few could offer the process that Scholarships360 offered…meaning you would host the application for us, you would match qualified participants to our criteria regardless of how niche they were, and you would be available to the whole world who logged in online.