Emergency Grants for Students Impacted by Hurricanes

As college students around the country approach the midpoint of their fall semester, they have plenty on their mind: settling into campus life, studying for midterms, thinking about plans for the rest of the year. But for thousands attending college in the Southeast, the destruction from Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton has left them with more urgent questions: Where can I live? How can I rebuild? Can I really afford to stay in school?

To help meet students’ urgent needs, Target has provided $250,000 in initial funding for disaster relief emergency grants. Affected students in North Carolina and Florida will be able to apply for emergency aid awards up to $500 at https://info.scholarshipamerica.org/emergency-aid-scholarships-hurricane-helene-milton

Scholarship America is proud to administer this vital emergency aid program, as part of our mission to eliminate barriers to education. With Target’s founding partnership and Scholarship America’s administrative expertise, we can ensure those in need are connected to vital support within a month of the storms.

Thanks to Target, this emergency aid program can do a great deal—and with support from donors around the nation, it can do even more.

Scholarship America has partnered with GoFundMe.org to create a fund so that individuals who want to help students as they face unprecedented need can donate. Target’s founding partnership donation will support administrative costs, so every individual donation goes directly to a student, putting them on the road to recovery quickly and ensuring that they can stay on track toward their goals even in the face of natural disasters.

To apply for emergency aid, please visit the Scholarship America website: https://info.scholarshipamerica.org/emergency-aid-scholarships-hurricane-helene-milton

If you would like to donate to this Fund via stock, ACH/wire, crypto, check, DAF or by Private Foundation please visit https://www.gofundme.org/off-platform-donations/ and we will add your donation to this fund as an offline donation so that your contribution is recognized on this Fund page.

GoFundMe.org is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization GoFundMe.org is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 81-2279757) that works to swiftly mobilize donations for individuals and communities impacted by crises, natural disasters, and social inequalities. We accept tax-deductible donations from a global network of donors into funds created for a specific purpose. From these funds, we issue grants to individuals and nonprofits.

Donations to this fund are tax-deductible to the extent permissible by U.S. law. Money will be given to verified charitable needs at the discretion of GoFundMe.org.

Photo credit: An App State student removes floodwater from a classroom in App State’s Holmes Convocation Center on the Boone campus after the impacts of Hurricane Helene, which swept across Western North Carolina Friday, Sept. 27. Photo by Troy Tuttle. https://today.appstate.edu/2024/10/02/helene