How Lansing students can get $10,000 in scholarship funds
What is the Lansing Promise?
Lansing Promise is a place-based scholarship program that plays an active role in helping students succeed now and in the future. We do this by raising money and …
What is the Lansing Promise?
Lansing Promise is a place-based scholarship program that plays an active role in helping students succeed now and in the future. We do this by raising money and using it in strategic ways to support students. We also work to create the right conditions for success by providing the resources and support students need after high school and beyond. We do this work together with our partners across the city, including families, teachers, students, and leaders from other nonprofit groups, businesses, and faith-based communities.
In the 2024-2025 school year, Lansing Promise awarded 1.2 million dollars in scholarships to 340 Lansing Promise Scholars and is working hard to help even more students pursue their goals of a postsecondary education in the 2205-2026 school year.
Who qualifies?
Students who live, attend, and graduate within the boundaries of the City of Lansing from 9th through 12th grade may qualify for the full Lansing Promise Scholarship. Students who live and attend school in the district for at least one full academic year and graduate may qualify for the Lansing Promise Guarantee. Eligibility includes graduates from public, private, charter, online, homeschool, or GED programs within the City of Lansing boundaries.
How much can students get for the Lansing Promise scholarship?
Eligible students can receive up to $20,000 toward a bachelor’s degree at Michigan State University, The University of Olivet, and Davenport University. Up to $10,000 at Lansing Community College or Douglas J Institute. The scholarship can also support approved skilled-trades training programs in Michigan.
How can students and families sign up for this?
An email is sent to all qualifying students in their senior year via their school email, notifying them of their eligibility, usually by Feb. 1st. In the email, students will find a link to the Lansing Promise acceptance form. To receive the scholarship, students must submit the acceptance form, complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and apply to a Promise-eligible post-secondary institution or an approved skilled-trade program.
How can donors and volunteers get involved? What if I have more questions?
(517) 512-3616
info@lansingpromise.org
What are some additional scholarships?
Our Lansing Promise Scholars can apply for additional scholarships in addition to their Lansing Promise Scholarship through LEAF. The Lansing Educational Advancement Foundation (LEAF) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1984 to support students and educators in the Lansing School District. LEAF works to raise and manage funds that enhance educational opportunities through scholarships, classroom mini-grants, fellowships, and special programs that benefit both teachers and students.
LEAF is connected with the work of the Lansing Promise, and its information and resources are now housed on the Lansing Promise website. Bringing LEAF under the Lansing Promise umbrella helps align both organizations’ missions of expanding educational opportunity for Lansing students. These scholarships are reviewed by a committee and are awarded to students based on additional eligibility criteria, their applications, and essays.
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