Garcia Perseverance Scholarship Grant

The Garcia Perseverance Scholarship, administered by the Coral Gables Community Foundation, supports students who have overcome significant hardships to achieve higher education. Established in 2015, this annual scholarship of $4,000 is awarded to Florida state school attendees, helping them address unmet financial needs. Recipients must maintain a 3.0 GPA and submit yearly transcripts to continue receiving funding. This initiative reflects the Foundation's commitment to fostering educational opportunities for deserving students in Miami-Dade County.

About the Scholarships Program
Coral Gables Community Foundation is honored to partner with our fundholders to administer generous scholarships as well as manage the Foundation’s own scholarship funds.
The Foundation and its fundholders have proudly awarded over $2.9 million in scholarships in just the last decade. Most scholarships offered through the Foundation’s scholarship program are based on academic achievement and financial need.
This is awarded annually to a student(s) who has overcome a hardship or series of difficulties in their life and has had to persevere in order to attend an institution of higher learning. The Scholarship was established in 2015 by the late Carlos F. Garcia and Debbie Garcia La Rocca. Recognizing the importance of higher education, the Garcia family established the Garcia Perseverance Scholarship Fund to help our community’s best and brightest achieve their dreams of higher education. The Garcia Perseverance Scholarship is designed as a supplemental scholarship that will help recipients attending state schools in Florida fill unmet financial needs.
The value of the Scholarship is $4,000. It is paid over the course of four years in installments of $1,000 per year. Scholarship checks are sent directly from the Coral Gables Community Foundation to the bursar’s office of the recipient’s college or university.

Eligibility

Scholarship Requirements:Intend to study full time at a state school in Florida.Have an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher.Attend a public or private high school in Miami-Dade County.Experienced and overcome a hardship in his/her life.Rules for all ApplicantsBe living in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam or CanadaBe graduating high school seniors (U.S., Puerto Rico and Guam), graduating from grade 12 or graduating from home school education in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam or CanadaPlan to enroll full-time, without interruption, for the entire 2024-25 academic year at an accredited four-year college, university or vocational-technical school in the United States.After an award is made, for any multi year scholarship the student must submit their college transcript (unofficial is OK) at the end of each year to trigger the release of a payment for the second year. Student must be passing all classes that they attempted, and they must have a 3.0 GPA or better (Some scholarships include stricter standards for renewal).