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2026 Open Bank Scholarship Program

 
 

$45,000 in Scholarship Awards Available

Forty-five $1,000 Scholarships Available for High School Seniors
Planning to Attend College as a Full-Time, Degree-Seeking Student in the Fall of 2026
Open Bank is committed to supporting economically-challenged youth residing in its business service territories to fulfill their dreams of obtaining a higher education.

 

ELIGIBILITY:

  • Current high school seniors who reside in the following counties:

    • California: Los Angeles, Orange, Santa Clara

    • Nevada: Clark

    • Texas: Collin, Denton, Dallas

  • Plan to attend a U.S. Accredited 4-Year College/University or a Community College as a 1st year student in the Fall of 2026 (if selected, must submit college acceptance letter for verification)

  • A minimum cumulative unweighted high school GPA of 3.0

  • A household income at or below the Low-Income Level (if selected, must provide 2024 or 2025 tax return for verification)

  • Open to ALL MAJORS and there is NO ETHNICITY REQUIREMENT

  • Employees of Open Bank and their immediate family members are NOT eligible to apply

APPLICATION CHECKLIST:

  • Application Form

  • Recommendation Form

  • High School Transcript

INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDELINES:

Sample Application

Low Income Level Chart

Sample Recommendation Form

APPLICATION MATERIALS:

Applicants only have to fill out the common application once to apply to all scholarship programs they are eligible for

APPLICATION LIVE DECEMBER 2025

 

The scholarship awards will only be used to cover the cost of tuition for attending a college/university, as defined by the institution attended.

All materials must be RECEIVED by 11:59pm PDT, Monday, April 20, 2026. Anything received (whether mailed, emailed, or faxed) past that date and time will not be considered, regardless of the postmark. Application and recommendation forms MUST be submitted online – Hard copies will NOT be accepted.

Questions or inquiries?

Contact by phone: (213) 624-6400 ext. 6 or by email: scholarships@apcf.org.

2025

Alissa Lai; Los Angeles, CA - Yale University

Angelica Zamora-Reyes; Los Angeles, CA - Mount St. Mary's University

Annika Chan; Los Angeles, CA - University of California, Irvine

Arthur Liang; Los Angeles, CA - University of California, San Diego

Delana Barnes; Los Angeles, CA - University of California, Irvine

Diya Patel; Los Angeles, CA - University of California, Riverside

eJenn Huang; Los Angeles, CA - University of Southern California

Elaine Tram; Orange, CA - University of California, San Diego

Elise Gaspar; Dallas, TX - Wheaton College

Eunbee Ahn; Los Angeles, CA - Cornell University

Gabriela Molina; Los Angeles, CA - University of Oregon

Gabrielle Tjahjono; Los Angeles, CA - University of California, Berkeley

Haylie Sar; Clark, NV - University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Helen Pham; Santa Clara, CA - San Jose State University

Isiah Shin; Orange, CA - University of California, San Diego

Jasmine John; Dallas, TX - University of Texas at Austin

Joann Thomas; Los Angeles, CA - University of California, Los Angeles

Joleane Haile; Clark, NV - University of Nevada, Reno

Julio Perez; Los Angeles, CA - University of California, Berkeley

Julius Phuong; Los Angeles, CA - University of Southern California

Karen Lin; Los Angeles, CA - Grinell College

Lilah Goodman; Los Angeles, CA - University of California, Los Angeles

Luca Campbell; Collin, Texas - Rice University

Morgan Le; Orange, CA - University of San Francisco

Robert Baldayan; Los Angeles, CA - University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Sally Hu; Los Angeles- CA - University of California, Santa Barbara

Samuel Morieda Ray; Orange, CA - University of California, Irvine

Seungju Lee; Los Angeles, CA - University of California, Berkeley

Siyeon Ahn; Los Angeles, CA - University of California, Riverside

Tarynce Price; Los Angeles, CA - University of Oregon

Tengjie Qiu; Orange, CA - Johns Hopkins University

Thi Le; Santa Clara, CA - Stanford University

Winston Iskandar; Los Angeles, CA - Stanford University

Yoselin Catalan; Orange, CA - University of California, Los Angeles

Yuehan(John) Yang; Los Angeles, CA - University of California, Santa Barbara

2024

Abida Chowdhury; Los Angeles, CA - Duke University

Abigail Kwon; Santa Clarita, CA - Vanderbilt University

Abigail Shih; Irvine, CA - University of California, Los Angeles

Andy Taing; Alhambra, CA - University of California, Los Angeles

Andy Zhang; Rowland Heights, CA - University of Southern California

Angel Eunisse Yanga; Los Angeles, CA - Bucknell University

Annie Cai; Los Angeles, CA - University of Southern California

Bryce Morris; Grand Prairie, TX - Austin College

Cheuk Ki Chen; Rosemead, CA - University of Pennsylvania

Danis Rivera; Los Angeles, CA - University of California, Los Angeles

Emily Chang; Los Angeles, CA - Yale University

Isaac Briones; Las Vegas, NV - University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Laisha Ajtun; East Los Angeles, CA - University of California, Berkeley

Lakshmi Jimenez; Los Angeles, CA - University of California Los Angeles

Marcela Izaguirre; Mountain View, CA - University of California, Santa Barbara

Meshack Juma; San Jose, CA - Sacramento State University

Payne Bator; Addison, TX - University of Texas at Arlington

Rochelle K-Ahwireng; Las Vegas, NV - The University of Arizona

Shuhui Hu; Monterey Park, CA - University of California, Berkeley

Tawnia Flores; East Los Angeles, CA - Occidental College

Tram Tran; Aliso Viejo, CA - Boston College

Vincent Ton; Westminster, CA - California State University, Long Beach

Yanfen Lin; Los Angeles, CA - California Institute of Technology