The Alpha Impact Charitable Foundation (AICF) promotes scholarship, public health, and community service. The foundation recognizes the challenges of rising tuition costs and the financial strain it may cause to some families. With this in mind, AICF is pleased to offer limited assistance through $1,000 scholarships to qualified applicants.

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ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Scholarship applicants, at the time of the application, must:

• Be an African American male in his senior year of high school in the Katy/ Cypress area.
• Have a minimum scholastic average of 2.5 cumulative on a 4.0 scale verified by official transcripts.
• Be actively seeking enrollment in a 2-year college or 4-year university for the Fall 2025 semester.
• Submit a minimum of two (2) letters of recommendation, one of which must be from the high school counselor and the other from someone who can speak to the character of the applicant such as a teacher or community leader.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications must be submitted through the online application by the deadline. Submissions are final and will not be returned to the applicant. 

For questions, please contact an AICF Representative:

Mr. Wayne A. Oliver Jr., Co-Chairmen (wao1906@gmail.com)

Mr. Jason Bullen (jbullen1906@gmail.com)

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

All applications and supporting documentation MUST be submitted by 11:59 PM, Wednesday, April 30, 2025.

FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED ABOVE WILL DISQUALIFY YOUR APPLICATION

SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION

Applications are judged based on grade point average, scholastic achievements, writing abilities, and a personal interview (to be scheduled after the deadline for applications). Applicants will receive acknowledgment of receipt of the application and all applicants will receive notification of selections by May 31, 2025. 

All awards will be made within the first month of college attendance and will be mailed directly to the awardees upon verification of enrollment from the college registrar.

Essay

In no less than 200 words, and no more than 500, briefly discuss the impact your educational goals, career goals, and objectives are going to have on our ever-changing society as a whole and the African American community in part.

Please upload your essay submission below: 

I ACKNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT I MUST SUBMIT A MINIMUM OF TWO (2) LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, ONE OF WHICH MUST BE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR AND THE OTHER FROM SOMEONE WHO CAN SPEAK TO THE CHARACTER OF THE APPLICANT, SUCH AS A TEACHER OR COMMUNITY LEADER.

Letters of recommendation are to be forwarded to the following email addresses directly by the recommender:

Mr. Wayne A. Oliver Jr., Co-Chairmen (wao1906@gmail.com)
Mr. Jason Bullen (jbullen1906@gmail.com)

IF I AM A RECIPIENT OF AN AICF SCHOLARSHIP AWARD GIVEN BY ALPHA IMPACT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, I WILL USE ALL FUNDS RECEIVED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. I HEREBY AUTHORIZE THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE TO VERIFY ANY OF THE REQUIRED APPLICATION INFORMATION AS NEEDED.

Established in 2013, The Alpha Impact Charitable Foundation (AICF) is a non-profit (501c3) organization created to promote scholarship, public health and community service in the Katy/Cypress area. At the core of its mission, AICF is committed to helping humanity achieve greater intellectual, social, and economic prominence thus improving the communities in which we live. AICF has a number of established of partnerships including but not limited to: March of Dimes, Big Brothers, Big Sisters of America, Cy-Fair I.S.D., The Church Without Walls, Lakewood Church and the American Cancer Society.