Texas 4-H Youth Development Foundation Scholarships are awarded each year to applicants based on their 4-H experience, academic record and financial need (for scholarships for which it is a prescribed criterion).

In 2011, the Texas 4-H Foundation awarded 250 scholarships for a total of $2,014,150.00.   The Foundation’s scholarship program has more than 40 donors including major stock shows such as the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo, Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate, Southwestern Exposition & Livestock Show, Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, and the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show. Others include the Richard Wallrath Educational Foundation, individuals, corporations, foundations, producer associations, Texas AgriLife Extension Service professional associations, individual honorary funds and individual bequests.

The Texas 4-H Youth Development Foundation Opportunity Scholarship Program is the nation’s largest 4-H scholarship program. It began as a single $1,000 scholarship given by the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in 1959.

The Texas 4-H Youth Development Foundation Opportunity Scholarship Program is conducted in coordination with the Texas 4-H and Youth Development Program and Texas AgriLife Extension Service.

For more information about becoming a scholarship donor contact:

Jim Reeves
Executive Director
4180 State Highway 6 South
College Station, TX  77845
979-845-1213
jereeves@ag.tamu.edu