Promise Scholarship

The Promise Scholarship is designed to help underserved young achievers from Maine overcome financial, academic, social, and cultural barriers, remain in school, and graduate in four years with little or no debt — prepared to make their own contributions to Maine’s social and economic well-being.

Our program supports up to 100 scholars every year – approximately 25 in each class – with top-off, multi-year scholarship awards that covers 100% of a scholar’s demonstrated need, as determined by the FAFSA, in meeting the cost of tuition, fees, housing, and meals. The Promise Scholarship award amount varies by student and is on-top of a scholar’s other aid including federal, state, and institutional grants and scholarships. The Promise Scholarship program is designed to enable students to graduate in four years with minimal to no debt. With your help, we can sustain the Promise Scholarship at USM for generations to come.

And today is GivingTuesday—the perfect day to show your support for Promise, and to introduce our $25,000 matching challenge. This means that—thanks to one of our most generous supporters—every dollar given to the Promise Endowment fund today will be doubled. Will you take this opportunity to help us reach our $25,000 goal by making a gift?