New York Urban League

• This organization awards scholarships to minority students from New York City who demonstrate academic excellence. The FFAWN/Whitney M. Young Jr. Scholarship gives $50,000 to a student in the Woman's Academy of Excellence in the Bronx, distributing the award over a period of four years. The Young Professionals Emerging Leaders Scholarship gives $1,500 to excellent students.
  
  

Surety Industry Scholarship Program

• This program administered by the Surety Foundation gives scholarships of up to $2,500 to minority students who excel in school and wish to study accounting, business, finance, insurance or a related field.
  
  

National Society of Black Engineers

• This organization offers a lengthy list of scholarships for black students in the U.S. who wish to major in engineering or another scientific field and have demonstrated excellent academic achievement. Students must belong to the organization to apply for many of these opportunities. The Battelle and National Society of Black Engineers Collegiate Scholarship Program, for instance, provides 14 awards of $5,000 that include internship opportunities.
  
  

¡Adelante! Fund Scholarships

• This scholarship gives between $1,000 and $3,000 to Latino(a) students who demonstrate high academic achievement, including a GPA of at least 3.0. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents.
  
  

Gates Millennium Scholars Program

• This program provides renewable scholarship awards of varying amounts for minority students in the U.S. Students must have a high school GPA of at least 3.3 or a GED. The program will choose 1,000 entering students, and these students will receive support until graduation, says the website.
  
  

MassMutual Scholars Program

• This program awards up to $5,000 per student for full-time students with GPAs of at least 3.0. Students may be of African-American, Asian, Pacific Islander or Hispanic heritage, according to the program website. Students must be at least sophomores in college and be U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents.
  
  

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

• The NAACP administers scholarships for talented minority students. The Earl C. Graves Scholarship, for instance, gives $5,000 to a full-time business student in the top 20 percent of her class during her junior or senior year.