- GreenPal’s $2,000 Scholarship for Tomorow’s Entrepreneur has
been awarded for 2023. - We will begin accepting entires for the 2024 award on March 1st, 2024
and will be awarding the 2024 award by November 30th, 2024. - This is a $2,000 evergeen scholarship and will be
renewed annually, Deadline to Apply is Nov 15th 2024.
The Scholarship for Tomorrow's Entrepreneur
Past GreenPal Award Winners
Nick Medrano
Univ of Central Florida GPA: 4.0 | 2023Jason Gorman
Texas A&M GPA: 4.0 | 2022Destiny Graham
Radford Univ GPA: 3.50 | 2021Sonia Messaoudi
School TBD GPA: 3.70 | 2023Ezra Ahmad
Univ of North Carolina GPA: 3.4 | 2023Jack Brady
NTSU Univ GPA: 3.4 | 2022GreenPal Business Scholarship
GreenPal believes small businesses are the backbone of our country's economy.
Our CEO started his first company, a small lawn mowing business, in high school and grew the company while attending college, ultimately scaling the organization to over 100 employees. Having recently guided that company through acquisition by a respected national organization he wants to assist aspiring entrepreneurs attending college while starting or running a small business.
The purpose of The GreenPal Small Business Scholarship is to assist a motivated, driven student and future business leader. We believe that the generation of today's students are the future employers of tomorrow. The future of our county will be forged by the entrepreneurial spirit of today's generation.
If you currently run a small business while attending college or have a small business idea to start while you plan to attend college, see below for the instructions and criteria for applying for the GreenPal scholarship.
- We will open up the 2024 application entry period Mar 1st, 2024
- Refer to criteria below for eligibility requirements
- Refer to application process below for a list of the supporting documents needed (i.e., evidence of GPA.) Incomplete applications will not be considered
- Submissions are to be submitted through the online application process below
- Scholarship winner will be announced Dec 15th, 2024
- This is an evergreen scholarship and will be renewed and funded each year by GreenPal Co.
Award Components:
Scholarship is $2,000 paid equally over (4) semesters, This scholarship will be renewed each year with a new winner. Each winner will receive (4) awards of $500 for each semester completed.
Criteria:
- Applicant must be graduating High School's Senior Class in 2024 or currently enrolled in a college of business with a 3.5 or higher GPA
- Applicant must demonstrate high ambition and desire to be an entrepreneur or business owner
- Applicant must have a declared major or minor in the college of Business, Economics, or Finance.
- Funds must be used for full-time enrollment at accredited two or four-year colleges, Universities, vocational or technical schools in the United States
GreenPal provides lawn care services to residential customers for Lawn Mowing in Houston, TX, Local Lawn Care in Dallas, TX, and recently began offering Local Lawn mowing services in Charlotte, NC.
To apply for the GreenPal Scholarship, email your essay (500-1000 words) along with a photo to scholarship @yourgreenpal.com . We will announce the winner on this page by August 1st, 2024.
NOTE:
Scholarship funds will be awarded on a individual semester basis to the student's institution, upon evidence of registration in classes and maintenance of GPA. This includes student identification number and correct address of school's Bursar's Office.
Who is eligible to receive the awards? In the spirt of our founder, who founded his own lawn care company GreenPal's scholarship is open to any graduating high school senior, college freshman or sophomore who owns and operates his/her own small business, or has put together a business plan to start a business while in college. Additionally, the student must enter their freshman year at an accredited two- or four-year university, college or vocational/technical institute during the Fall of 2024.