Scholarship Programs / Opportunities

El Camino Real District 20

We encourage those who qualify to submit their application to the Scholarship Foundation.

The El Camino Real District 20 AHEPA Scholarship Foundation is proud to provide Scholarships for worthy undergraduate students. Students themselves must be members of District 20’s Sons of Pericles or Maids of Athena for at least one (1) full year; or whose parents are current members of District 20’s Order of AHEPA or Daughters of Penelope (Parents must be residents of District 20 and a member of their chapter for at least one (1) year prior to their son/daughter applying for a scholarship). A student may not receive more than two (2) scholarships. .

2024 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

Post Graduate Student Grants are now available to students who themselves are members of District 20’s AHEPA, Daughters of Penelope, Sons of Pericles, or Maids of Athena for at least one (1) full year prior to applying for a grant.

2024 POST GRADUATE STUDENT GRANT

Applications must be postmarked by April 27, 2024
Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Additional Scholarship opportunities
please be aware of deadlines

Arizona Hellenic Foundation (azhellenic.org)
Education – The Order of AHEPA
Daughters of Penelope Foundation, Inc. – Women Empowering Women (dopfoundationinc.com)
Scholarships | PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation | United States (panhellenicsf.org)

El Camino Real District #20 AHEPA Scholarship Foundation
A Brief History

In 1959, spearheaded by several dedicated members of the AHEPA family, the dream of a scholarship program was realized. Members of the AHEPA family were given piggy banks and asked to save a penny a day. Thus, the program became known as the Piggy Bank Fund, a term still in use today.
In 1963 the Scholarship Fund began awarding scholarships from the income generated each year from these donations. As the fund continued to grow, the decision to incorporate was made in 1972.
In 1995, to better reflect our tax-exempt status, the corporation's name was changed to El Camino Real District 20 AHEPA Scholarship Foundation. As a tax-exempt foundation, the number of scholarships awarded is based upon the amount of interest derived from investments. The AHEPA Scholarship Foundation takes the stewardship of investments very seriously. Investments are professionally managed in conservative financial investments. The foundation's goal is to be able to provide a scholarship for all qualified applicants. Perpetual scholarship funds are established when a donor, or group of donors, deposits cash or securities with the AHEPA Scholarship Foundation.
2021, the Scholarship Foundation was approached by a separate foundation to establish and administer a scholarship program for them. After careful consideration, the Scholarship Foundation Board decided to partner with this anonymous foundation to disperse funds under the umbrella of the El Camino District 20 AHEPA Scholarship Foundation. Our Partner Grant Foundation then pledged to donate $100,000 per year for the next ten years to supplement our Scholarship giving. The following year, 2022, Undergraduate Scholarships were awarded, and a new Post Graduate Student Grant program was begun. 2022 and 2023 combined saw the distribution of over $200,000 scholarships and grants..

The Board of the El Camino Real District 20 AHEPA Scholarship Foundation thanks each and every member of the District 20 AHEPA Family for their generous and continuous support.

El Camino Real District #20
AHEPA Scholarship Foundation

2023 SHOLARSHIP REPORT