The Diocese of Cleveland awarded over $3.6 million in Diocesan tuition assistance to deserving students during the 2024/25 school year.
Learn more below about the tuition assistance opportunities available to families with demonstrated financial need through Diocesan Tuition Assistance, Angel Scholarships, and Fund A Dream Scholarships.
Assistance available to students attending a participating school within the Diocese of Cleveland. Funds are awarded based on financial need.
Contact your Catholic school for DTA application instructions.
These scholarships are made possible through contributions to the Angel Scholarship Fund, a state tax-credit program that is being managed by the Catholic Community Foundation and the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.
For more details and Angel Scholarship application instructions, please contact your Catholic school.
Fund A Dream is an innovative scholarship program that offers a special opportunity for sponsors to "adopt a student" and be provided with updates about him or her during the school year. All Catholic school students K-12 that have a remaining financial need of at least $2,500 are eligible to apply.
Click HERE to apply now.
This fund is an additional tuition assistance opportunity for full-time Catholic school employees of the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland whose children are enrolled in a K-12 Catholic school.
To apply, contact your school employer for an application or email the School Employee Fund.
The following scholarships have specific eligibility requirements. Email Cindy Williams, Catholic Education Endowment Trust Grant/Special Scholarship Coordinator, to request your Special Scholarship application or contact your Catholic school directly.
Application deadline for all Special Scholarships: March 15, 2025
Ten $3,500 scholarships open to high school students and twenty $1,200 scholarships open to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students.
One $1,000 scholarship to a high school student nominated by his or her principal in each of the DTA participating high schools within the Diocese of Cleveland.
Scholarships up to $5,000, open to students who are refugees, immigrants, or children of first generation immigrants enrolled in Catholic High Schools in Cuyahoga County.
Offers one junior or senior student enrolled in a Diocesan owned high school (Holy Name, Lake Catholic, VASJ, Central Catholic, or Elyria Catholic) a full tuition scholarship for one academic year. Applicants must have a parent or grandparent who is currently serving in or is a veteran of the U.S. Military. This scholarship may be split between two or more students if full tuition amount is not needed.
Four $500 scholarships each academic year to four elementary students in the Diocese of Cleveland.
Provides $1,000-$1,500 scholarship assistance to a student enrolled in a Catholic high school within the Diocese of Cleveland. Applicants must have a family member who belongs to the Catholic Lawyers Guild or a parent who practices law in Northeast Ohio, are registered at a parish in the Diocese, and are participating members of their school and/or community.
If your family experiences a financial crisis that may prevent payment of tuition for the current year, contact your parish pastor, school business manager, or school principal immediately.
If all local emergency assistance options are exhausted, your school can initiate the process of applying for an Emergency Tuition Assistance Grant.
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