EXCITING NEWS! The 2026 versions of the How to Win College Scholarships ebooks are now available!
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Scholarships For Students With Deceased Parents
College scholarships for students with deceased parents are tricky to find, but they ARE out there.
Use this list to save time and find more awards.

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Sadly, “scholarships for students with deceased parents” is a popular search phrase when it comes to trying to get financial help for college.
If you or someone you know is the child of a deceased parent, there IS help.
Check out the scholarships at each of these sites, remembering to note the application requirements and deadlines. If the deadline has already passed for this year, save it for next year. Use the Scholarship Toolkit Organizer to save SMART!
The Lisa Michelle Memorial Fund
The Quell Foundation Scholarships
The Gloria Borges WunderGlo Scholarship (Open to students who have lost a parent to colorectal cancer)
NOTE: Find other scholarships available to students affected by cancer right HERE.
Scholarships for a Kid with a Deceased Parent
College Scholarships for Children with a Deceased Parent
A Better Financial Future Scholarship Open to All Students
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Child of Single Parent Scholarships
Military Dependent Scholarships
Life Lessons Scholarship Program (One of the readers of my How to Win College Scholarships ebooks applied SMART and won this one!)
College Scholarships If You’ve Been Affected by Cancer
Remember, winning scholarships is not about IF YOU APPLY, it’s HOW YOU APPLY that truly makes a difference.
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Monica Matthews is the author of How to Win College Scholarships. She helped her own son win over $100,000 in college scholarships and now shares her expertise with other parents and their students. She truly has “been there, done that” in regard to helping parents and students navigate the scholarship process.
Her method of helping students in finding college scholarships, writing unique and compelling scholarship essays, creating amazing scholarship application packets, and more have taught desperate parents to help their own students win thousands of scholarship dollars. She teaches them how to apply S.M.A.R.T. with outstanding results.
Monica’s scholarship tips have been featured on many prominent websites, and she has been dubbed the “Go-To” expert on college scholarships.























Please send all & any information on scholarships to : po box 633 Virginia city NV 89440
Gina and or Ethan Breckenridge
thank you Much gratitude Senior in High School
Hi, Gina. You can find my scholarship information and strategies in my How to Win College Scholarships ebooks found here. I also encourage you to join my private Facebook group, Scholarship Help and College Talk for Parents here. I would love to help you! 🙂