The Pride Foundation and The Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) are giving scholarships to promote diversity in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and straight-ally communities. Although there are numerous scholarships, there is only one application. To be eligible, you must live in one of these states: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon or Washington.

Credit Unions all over the country are offering high school students scholarships.  Because there are hundreds of credit unions and because their guidelines vary from one to the next here are some of the basics.  Most Credit Union Scholarships are for high school seniors with application deadlines in March.  The number and amount of scholarships vary.  In addition, there are other requirements like membership (it's not hard to do, just open an account), most require it, but not all.  Below is a listing of just of few of the credit unions that offer scholarships.

If you’re a high school senior living in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington and you have an Oil Can Henry's center nearby, you may be eligible for a $1,000 scholarship.  The company is giving 88 scholarships to students.  Applicants must submit a 400 word essay on "What trust means to me."  The students will be selected based on academic record, leadership, participation in school and community activities and work experience.  The deadline is January 31, 2011.

The GEAR UP program provides grants to local governments, some of the funds are also used to provide college scholarships to low-income students.  The program is a Federal discretionary grant program whose purpose is to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.  GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) serves students beginning no later than the seventh grade and follows them through high school.

The Arc of Washington Trust Fund gives grant money for research into intellectual and other developmental disabilities.  The purpose of the Arc Trust is to promote research on the causes, prevention, and treatment of intellectual and other developmental disabilities and their personal, social, and legal consequences.

Washington State University has received a gift of more than $2.5 million from the estate of Barbara Bethards a 1974 economics major at WSU.  The gift will be used to support students in the Regents Scholars program and encourage Washington’s best students to remain in the state.