Academic Scholarship Fund
Open a door.
Keep it open.
Your gift funds need-based academic scholarships at Washburn School — so a capable student's education never depends on a hard year.
Make your gift
Fund a scholarship
Every gift is academic aid
One hundred percent of gifts to the Academic Scholarship Fund go toward need-based tuition assistance, books, materials, and exam fees for Washburn students who earn their place and need support to keep it.
Give once, or become a monthly sustainer and help us plan a full school year of aid with confidence.
Secure payment · A receipt is emailed to you · Tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
How scholarships work
Earned, need-based, by application
Washburn academic scholarships are awarded on the basis of demonstrated financial need and academic promise. Students apply, sit the admission examination, and submit a written essay; an award committee reviews each candidate. Scholarships are renewable while the student maintains good academic standing.
Full Academic Scholarship
Covers full tuitionAwarded to students who demonstrate significant financial need together with strong results on the admission exam and essay. A full scholarship removes tuition as a barrier entirely, keeping a capable student in a college-preparatory classroom from enrollment through graduation.
Partial Academic Scholarship
Covers a portion of tuitionAwarded on the same need-and-merit basis to families who can meet part of the cost. A partial scholarship closes the gap between what a family can pay and what enrollment requires — often the difference between staying and withdrawing.
How a student applies
Apply through admissionsFamilies submit the admission application and a financial-need statement.
Admission exam & essayThe student sits the entrance examination and writes the required essay.
Committee review & awardThe committee weighs need and academic promise, then notifies the family of the award.
Where our students go
The education your gift protects
Washburn graduates earn admission — and full and partial academic scholarships — at top universities across the United States, Puerto Rico, and beyond. The scholarships you fund keep students on that path from the start.
Where a Washburn education leads
Full acceptance list since 2015
Where your gift goes
Accountable by design
Academics first
Gifts fund tuition assistance, books, learning materials, and exam fees — the costs that keep a student enrolled and learning.
Tax-deductible giving
Washburn School is a registered nonprofit. Your gift is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law, and a receipt is emailed to you for every donation.
Awarded fairly
Every scholarship is decided by committee on demonstrated need and academic promise — never by who can pay.