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Applications on paper will no longer be accepted. To apply for this scholarship, please do the following:

Read the Requirements to ensure that you qualify.
Complete and submit the Scholarship Application form and all required supplemental materials. Applications will be accepted beginning September 18, 2026 and must be submitted no later than February 12, 2027. Any student who has limited computer access may contact info@gordonrich.org before February 5, 2027 for help.
Taking the ACT and/or SAT and providing test scores is required. Submitted scores will be taken into consideration during the selection process.

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Deadline
The application and all supporting materials must be submitted to Scholarship America no later than February 12, 2027 at 11:59 CT to receive consideration.

Big News!
A GAR scholarship is now worth a maximum of $60,000 ($15,00 per year) per student.

The GAR Foundation is honoring it's 25th anniversary!!!

We have helped 145 smart, hard working students defray the skyrocketing costs of a college education. We have awarded nearly 5 million dollars in college scholarships. And we have created a mentoring/ networking system for these students.

We will be celebrating these accomplishments with a large reunion dinner at The Bryant Park Grille in NYC on Thursday, October 29, 2026. We will honor businessman, Joe Perella who hired Gordon A. Rich and many of the other GAR Board members. Andrew Ross Sorkin, tv commentator of Squawk Box will be interviewing Mr. Perella.

All board members, current GAR scholars, GAR scholar graduates and our supporters are invited. For details please contact info@gordonrich.org.

A Gordon A. Rich scholarship is worth up to $60,000 (a max. of $15,000 a year for 4 years of undergraduate study). Applications for students who will be high school seniors in 2026 will begin being accepted on September 18, 2026. Completed applications must be received no later than Friday, February 12, 2027.

College scholarship money is available to offspring of those working in the financial services industry. Each GAR scholarship is awarded to bright, hardworking high school seniors who have a financial need.
Please read the requirements and fill out an application form. The Gordon Rich Foundation currently supports 28 students in colleges across the country and have 117 alumni. Any questions please email info@gordonrich.org.

If you would like to contribute to GAR, either with an endowment pledge or a one-time gift, click here for the payment and pledge form. Or you can contact us at info@gordonrich.org.

In order to qualify for the GAR scholarship, parents and/or legal guardians of the student applying must have, or had, a career in the financial services industry. Click here for the definition of Financial Services and Master List of Companies.