Congratulations on your scholarship! This checklist is intended to assist you in completing follow-up tasks to receive your award from the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara.
Award recipients must provide all required information to their online application account. Information uploaded from previous award years is not acceptable.
Click here to complete the tasks below for the 2026-2027 academic year.
Required Documents
- Donor Thank You Letter
Submit a letter of gratitude to the donor providing funding for your scholarship. Your letter will be forwarded to your donor.- Address the letter to the name of your scholarship fund. You can find the name of your scholarship in your original award notification email.
- Be thoughtful and share why this scholarship is important to you.
- Check your spelling and grammar.
- Include your full name.
In mid-July, after you submit the Donor Thank You Note and Award Acceptance form, you will receive another detailed message outlining the next steps of our award acceptance process. You will be required to complete the following steps and upload the documents below in doc or .pdf format to your online Scholarship Foundation application account by the posted deadlines. Tasks correspond to each of these documents to allow electronic submission.
- 2025-2026 Transcript
Upload a complete unofficial transcript from the 2025-2026 academic year.
2025 high school graduates, please upload your final unofficial high school transcript with your graduation date. Click here to view an example.
Continuing or returning college students, please upload your most recent unofficial college transcript. Click here to view an example.
First-time graduate students, please upload your undergraduate unofficial college transcript. Click here to view an example.
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- Your transcript must show:
- Your full name
- All graded work from Fall 2025 through Spring 2026
- Your cumulative GPA after the Spring 2026 term
- Your transcript must show:
- Financial Aid Summary/Award Offer
This document should be available through your school’s financial aid student portal. Click to view an example.- Your financial aid transcript must clearly display the following information:
- Your name
- School name
- All awards/loans offered for the 2026-2027 academic year
- Please ensure to upload the document in its complete entirety
- Your financial aid transcript must clearly display the following information:
- If you are not receiving any other type of financial aid, upload a document stating such.
- Verification of Enrollment
Most institutions will provide a digital Verification of Enrollment online showing your name, terms of enrollment, and course load. However, you may also follow the instructions below to verify your enrollment by providing your course schedule. (Click here to see sample.) -
- Your course schedule must show:
- Your full name
- The name of your institution
- The term being verified (Fall, Winter, or Spring)
- The unit-worth of each of your courses
- Wait listed courses do not count.
- If you are studying abroad for the term, request a Verification of Enrollment from your home institution.
- Your course schedule must show:
Notify the Scholarship Foundation IMMEDIATELY:
- If you change your college, major, enrollment status, or withdraw from school.
- If you change your permanent or school address, email or telephone number, please email [email protected] with your full name and updated contact information.
REMEMBER:
It is your responsibility to ensure that all data in your scholarship file is complete and accurate.
Please note that the Foundation will communicate with you primarily through email. Be sure to check your spam/junk filter regularly and add the Foundation to your contact list.