Metro guide
The Tampa-St. Petersburg metro area covers Hillsborough County, Pinellas County and Pasco County in Florida, with principal cities including Tampa, St Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Clearwater and Largo. We found 1 open scholarship whose official rules name a place in this area; the next to close is Pinellas Education Foundation Scholarships on Jan 31, 2027.
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The IRS lists 2 community foundations with at least $1 million in assets based in the area’s principal cities; the largest is Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc in Tampa ($1.0 billion in assets). Community foundations hold hundreds of small donor-funded scholarships, often limited to graduates of specific high schools or residents of one county, and many use a single shared application each winter.
Statewide, 11 more open awards are limited to Florida residents, and state aid includes Florida Student Assistance Grant (FSAG). Federal Pell Grants stack on top for students who file the FAFSA.
Where local money hides: ask your school counselor for the local scholarship bulletin (many high schools keep one), check employer and union awards from your parents’ workplaces, and look at service clubs (Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions) and credit unions near you. These awards rarely appear on national sites, which is why their applicant pools are small.
Pinellas County, Florida students, mostly graduating seniors; each scholarship has its own criteria.
$200–$3,260 per year (2026–27)
Official page ↗High school seniors from Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach or Monroe counties with financial need, community involvement and 2.5+ GPA.
Graduating Florida high school or home-schooled seniors planning to attend college, and students currently enrolled at an accredited American college, university or community college (see Florida Elks rules).
2027 high school graduates from an eligible school in WFEC's four-county service area in Florida's Panhandle (or home-schooled students living there) whose parent or guardian is a WFEC member on the co-op's distribution lines. Usable at any accredited college, university, vocational or technical school.
Central Florida residents who are active, reserve or honorably/medically discharged Marines or FMF Corpsmen, or their children, grandchildren or spouses, plus USMC JROTC cadets, attending an accredited college or technical/vocational school.
Students under 24 who live in Sarasota, Manatee, DeSoto or Charlotte County, Florida, or graduated from a high school there, heading to college, vocational school or a certification program.
Collier County, Florida students and residents at many levels of education, GPAs and fields of study.
High school seniors no older than 20 on Aug 1, 2027, living in AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MS, MO, NE, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV or DC; financial need is a major factor.
Students in the South Lake County, Florida community applying to the foundation's college and technical scholarships.
Broward County, Florida high school students; several named scholarships with their own criteria.
Mostly for residents of states with UNICO chapters (CA, CT, DE, FL, IL, MA, MN, MO, NJ, NY, PA, TN, VA, WI); the Southern Italy Scholarship is open to all 50 states.
Florida high school graduates (2027 graduation between Sept 1, 2026 and Aug 31, 2027) who meet the GPA, test score and volunteer or paid-work hour requirements for an award level.
Full Florida guide → · All community foundations
Yes. 1 open scholarships on this site name a city or county in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area, and the IRS lists 2 community foundations based there.
Donors set up funds with rules such as a specific high school, county, major or need. The foundation advertises them together, usually with one online application each winter or spring, and matches applicants to every fund they qualify for.
Florida Student Assistance Grant (FSAG). Most require the FAFSA.