Tuition Mission Foundation

02/27/2026

Area high school seniors! You can soon begin applying for Tuition Mission Foundation (TMF) funding for the 2026 - 2027 academic year. Our application period opens this Sunday, March 1st and closes on Wednesday, April 15th. Go to TuitionMission.net and click on "Apply for a tuition award" at the upper right.

Our top tuition award amount for the current academic year was $10,000/student, with most of the recipients getting this top amount. TMF — then known as Dollars for Scholars — made its first awards in 1963, and in the years since, the foundation has provided over $9 million to thousands of area students.

TMF accepts applications from students in eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia as long as applicants' permanent residence is located within the seven-district range we serve (see TuitionMission.net/districts-we-serve). This includes students from non-traditional settings, such as those who've been home-schooled or who are enrolled in online schools. We provide tuition awards for all varieties of post-secondary education — from college and graduate school to licensure and certification programs.

Remember: TMF doesn't look at grades, SAT scores, extra-curricular involvement, etc. The only information TMF takes into account is financial need. Please share this post, especially if you're an area senior, parent of a senior, etc. Thanks so much!

03/27/2025

Our 2025 - 2026 application period closes on Tuesday, April 15th, 2025. Please apply for funding if you're a resident of any of the seven districts we serve and you're pursuing ANY education beyond high school!

02/18/2025

The Tuition Mission Foundation (TMF) is now accepting applications for the 2025 - 2026 academic year!

TMF is the only scholarship foundation in Ohio and one of the very few in the entire country which provides INTEREST-FREE tuition awards.

In addition to making tuition awards for college, we also do so for associate programs, trade and vocational education, licensure and certification programs and graduate school.

We make an ENORMOUS difference for students in seven school districts in our area. Since 1963, TMF has made tuition awards of nearly $9,000,000 to almost 6,000 students.

To apply, gather together all pertinent 2024 income/tax info before you begin. If you're a younger student or dependent as far as your tax situation goes, it can be helpful to have a parent or guardian with you as you fill out the application.

Then go to TuitionMission.net and at the top, click on "Apply for a Tuition Award." Please SHARE this post, and thank you!

Tuition Mission (TMF) is a charitable foundation which provides tuition awards for college-bound students from Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

09/26/2024

Local folks, PLEASE share!

We at the Tuition Mission Foundation (formerly Dollars for Scholars) in downtown East Liverpool are sad to be losing ​longtime bookkeeper Marsha Watson after almost twenty years​. We need someone 18 or older who's conscientious, reliable, math-comfortable (haha), local to East Liverpool and detail-oriented to fill the position. The job would be at least two and possible three full days weekly.

Tuition Mission was launched in 1962 and since then, has made about $9 million in tuition awards (essentially, interest-free loans) to college-bound students in seven districts in our area. We make awards for ANYTHING post-secondary, from certification and licensure programs to college to law school and med school.

Marsha's last day is Friday, October 4th, so we're in a bit of a pinch. Thanks so much in advance​ for spreading the word! Interested folks can contact me at [email protected].

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* Receive checks by mail to post to past recipient accounts
(into the Quicken check register and the Invoices & Estimates software program);
* Print and email statements/receipts;
* Scan and email the deposit to the foundation’s vice-president to post in her records;
* Post weekly payments and number of payments to a weekly/monthly/yearly report. Print and distribute monthly to recipients listed on report;
* Post weekly contribution dollars to a weekly/monthly/yearly report. Scan and email the report monthly to the vice-president;
* Occasionally assist the vice-president in determining those who are delinquent and need to be contacted regarding repaying regularly;
* Quarterly, update a report of all dollars $125+;
* Quarterly, determine the dollars received that are to be invested. Issue a check, prepare a letter, and send the dollars to be added to TMF’s investment account;
* Feb. 15th – Apr. 15th each year, receive, review, and evaluate applications to determine applicants' financial need for funding from TMF;
* Perform multiple steps during the application/award process;
* Aug. 1st and Dec. 1st each year, issue checks to the tuition award recipients ( ½ first semester, and the remaining ½ second semester);
* Each spring, key-in to each past recipient’s account the amount received during the current academic year (adding to amounts previously received). Key-in first-time recipients into the system (setting up their account), including their award amount and full contact information;
* Each year, pull all application files for college seniors and create a contact card. The card is used each January to prepare a New Grad packet, which is mailed to notify them it’s time to begin repaying their account balance;
* Each year, merge the most recent year’s student application(s) with their previous application(s) in the TMF applications file room drawer for future contact to repay;

04/09/2024

Our annual application period ends at midnight on Monday, April 15th . . . please encourage anyone you know to apply if they live in the seven districts we serve (East Liverpool/OH, Beaver Local/OH, Midland/PA, Oak Glen/WV, South Side/PA, Wellsville/OH and Western Beaver/PA)!

The application is mobile-friendly. If applicants have their tax info together (having parents nearby can be a big help), the application takes only ten to 15 minutes to complete and submit.

Tuition awards are made for one year only, so you must re-apply each year. Applicants are notified as to whether or not they're getting a tuition award by early June each year.

02/18/2024

We're now accepting applications for the 2024 - 2025 academic year. In addition to making tuition awards for college, we also do so for associate programs, trade and vocational education and graduate school. As always, the application period is two months total and so will remain open until Monday, April 15th, 2024.

We make an ENORMOUS difference for students in seven school districts in our area. For the past academic year, TMF made tuition awards totaling $264,933 to 30 students. The top award was $13,000/student, which about half of the student recipients were awarded. The average award was $8,831/student.

A couple of notes:

1) If you are a student (or know a student) who applied before and didn't receive a tuition award, we urge you to apply again. Your financial situation, or ours, may have changed in a way that's favorable for your 2024 - 2025 application.

2) If your family has more than one person enrolled in a post-secondary program, please: you should all apply! This actually increases your chances of receiving a tuition award, because we recognize the financial difficulties of paying for college for more than one person simultaneously.

To apply, gather together all pertinent 2023 income/tax info before you begin. If you're a younger student or dependent as far as your tax situation goes, it can be helpful to have a parent or guardian with you as you fill out the application.

Then go to TuitionMission.net, and at the top, click on "Apply for a Tuition Award." Please share this post, and thank you!

09/21/2023

So proud of the good work we do!

EAST LIVERPOOL – The Tri-State Area Tuition Mission Foundation (TMF, formerly known as Dollars for Scholars) has announced its tuition awards for the 2023–2024 academic year. TMF is awarding $264,933 to 30 students from seven area school districts. TMF Vice President Catherine S. Vodrey noted th...

04/13/2023

If you haven't applied yet, apply now! Tuition Mission Foundation helps with tuition in ANY post-secondary situation, from college to licensure and certification programs to trade school to graduate school. Our application period ends this Saturday, April 15th. Go to TuitionMission.net and click on "apply for a tuition award." https://www.tuitionmission.net/apply-for-a-tuition-award

Tuition awards are made for one year only, so you must re-apply each year. Applicants are notified as to whether or not they're getting a tuition award by early June each year.

02/15/2023

The Tuition Mission Foundation is calling for applications from college-bound students in the tri-state area.

The application period opens on Wednesday, February 15th and closes on Saturday, April 15th.

TMF Vice-President Catherine S. Vodrey recommends that applicants have all 2022 tax information in front of them before starting, as the website does not offer a way to save the application once a student has started. "The application has to be done in one fell swoop," Vodrey says. "We recommend that students have a parent or guardian with them to help as they fill out the application." The application takes ten to 15 minutes to fill out and submit.

Students from seven area school districts are invited to apply. These are in eastern Ohio (East Liverpool, Beaver Local and Wellsville districts); northern West Virginia (Oak Glen district); and western Pennsylvania (Western Beaver, Midland and South Side districts).

Students who have been home-schooled or who have done online schooling are welcome to apply as well, as long as they permanently reside in any of the aforementioned school districts.

All tuition awards function as interest-free loans. Last year, the top award was $8,500 per student, with the majority of students receiving this top amount. Grades, SATs, etc. do not figure into the calculation. Financial need is the only real criterion. Awards are generally announced in late May or early June.

The application is available online only and can be filled out and submitted via computer or cellphone, as the website is mobile-responsive. TuitionMission.net is the website address.

04/12/2022

Local students! Please consider applying for a tuition award from the Tuition Mission Foundation. I serve as VP, and I can tell you that this is a STELLAR scholarship organization. The foundation was launched in 1962 and is still going strong sixty years later. Last year, the top award was $10,000/student and about half of the recipients got this amazing amount. The deadline to apply is in three days (midnight on Friday, April 15th). Please share this widely!

Tuition awards are made for one year only, so you must re-apply each year. Applicants are notified as to whether or not they're getting a tuition award by early June each year.

02/14/2022

The annual application period for the Tri-State Area Tuition Mission Foundation (TMF, and formerly Dollars for Scholars®) begins on Tuesday, February 15th. Applications will be accepted through midnight Friday, April 15th.

Students from seven districts in eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia are encouraged to apply. Students in non-traditional settings, such as online schools or those who are being home-schooled, are also eligible to apply for TMF funding as long as they reside within any of the districts served by TMF.

The application can only be filled out online at TuitionMission.net. Applicants should click on the home page on the "Apply for a Tuition Award" link at the top. If applicants have in front of them the prior year's tax information, it only takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete the process.

The Foundation was launched in 1962 and made its first awards in 1963. In the 59 years since the first awards were made, TMF has made tuition awards totaling over $7.5 million. TMF makes tuition awards for any education beyond high school — two-year or four-year degree programs at any accredited college or university, vocational or technical training, a certification or licensure program or graduate school. For the 2021 - 2022 academic year, TMF made tuition awards in which the top award was $10,000/student.

All TMF tuition awards function as interest-free loans, and recipients are required to begin repaying their awards within a few months of having graduated or discontinued their education.

Applicants will find out whether or not they're receiving funding in early to mid-June. Please share this post! TMF is committed to helping area students get a great education after high school.