Applications for 2025-2026

The Benjamin and Fredora K. Wolf Memorial Foundation supports low-income, first-generation college students who graduated from Philadelphia district or charter high schools. A scholarship starts in the college student's freshmen year and is renewable annually until graduation. Scholarships for the 2025-26 school year will be $1,900 ($950 each semester).  

First-time applicants must be:

  1. Graduate of a Philadelphia School District high school or charter high school.
  2. Philadelphia city resident.
  3. Student Aid Index (SAI) less than $2,000.
  4. Neither parent/guardian attended college.
  5. Took high-school algebra and received minimum grade C.
  6. Unconditional acceptance to an accredited college/university as full-time student.
  7. Full completion of our application and submission of supporting documents
  8. Deadline: May 15, 2025 at midnight.

To begin, go to first-time application below: click "guidelines" for requirements or "submit" to start an application. Click here to resume work on your saved unfinished application.

Renewal Students must be: 

  1. Previous recipient of a Wolf scholarship.
  2. Enrolled at an accredited U.S. college or university.
  3. Eligible academically (full-time course load and minimum 2.0 GPA each semester. Exceptions allowed in some situations if you contact us -- use message function in your account.)
  4. Deadline: June 30, 2025

To renew, go to renewal application below: click "guidelines" for requirements or "submit" to begin an application. Click here to resume work on a saved unfinished application.

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Go to Renewal 2025-2026

We are honored to continue supporting your college education. The deadline to renew is June 30, 2025 at midnight. If you cannot finish in one sitting, click "Save Draft" and return to finish by June 30. After full completion (including upload of spring transcript and fall roster if available), click "Submit" and check your email for confirmation.    

To continue receiving our scholarship in the coming academic year, you must have: 

  1. Previously received a Wolf scholarship.
  2. Enrollment at an accredited U.S. college or university.
  3. Completion of full-time course-load with minimum 2.0 GPA each semester. Exceptions allowed in some situations if you contact us -- use message function in your account.

 To complete this application, please be prepared to upload: 

  1. Final transcript from the 2025 Spring semester showing GPA and number of credits earned for each course.
  2. Roster of registered courses for next Fall semester showing titles of courses and number of credits for each course. If roster is not yet available, please finish our application anyway. As soon as you receive your roster before classes start, upload it to your Submittable account. We will not send your grant without receiving your roster.

Instructions: 

  • On this form, please enter the email address that you use for your Submittable login. 
  • If you cannot finish this form in one sitting, click "Save Draft" and return by June 30 midnight to finish.  After full completion (transcript and roster), click "Submit" and check your email for confirmation.
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