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What is Flint Promise? Flint Promise is a commitment to offer scholarships and support services to students who both reside in the City of Flint and graduate from a high school or GED program located in the City of Flint.   What does the scholarship cover? Flint Promise is a “last-dollar” scholarship, which means it […]

Students & Parents

Flint Promise is a scholarship program for graduates of high schools located in the city of Flint. By covering the cost of tuition after federal grants and other scholarships have been applied, Flint Promise allows eligible students to attend participating colleges for little to no cost. In doing so, the scholarship program provides increased access […]

Additional Scholarships

Community Foundation of Greater Flint Scholarship Program You may apply for many Community Foundation scholarships using the online application. More information

Flint Promise Zone creates ‘economic bridge’ for students to attend college

By Roberto Acosta | MLive.com FLINT, MI – Students in Flint will now have the opportunity to obtain funding for their college education after Gov. Rick Snyder signed a law creating a promise zone for the city. Snyder signed the bill Monday, Nov. 6, during a press conference at Kettering University’s FIRST Robotics Community Center. […]

Flint ‘promise zone’ college tuition plan wins approval

Jonathan Oosting | Detroit News Lansing — Flint and up to four other Michigan communities with high child poverty rates could become “promise zones” to provide local students with tuition-free college under legislation sent Wednesday to Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk. The Michigan Senate approved the bill in a 35-2 vote, signing off on a final […]

Flint Promise Zone legislation gets OK from Michigan House committee

By Ron Fonger | MLive.com FLINT, MI — Legislation to create a Flint Promise Zone has been passed by the Michigan House Education Reform Committee, another step in a new effort to help send more Flint students to college. The bill, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich, D-Flint, is headed to the full state […]

Tom Gores, Consumers Energy pledge $2 million to send Flint kids to college

By Ron Fonger | MLive.com FLINT, MI — Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and the Consumers Energy Foundation have pledged $2 million in seed money to start a Flint Promise program that could start awarding college scholarships to the graduating class of 2018. Matching $1-million commitments from Gores and Consumers were announced in a news […]