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Albuquerque Community Foundation Scholarships
The Albuquerque Community Foundation lists its donor scholarships on separate high school and college pages, with statewide New Mexico awards first and Albuquerque metro awards below. Each award states its own criteria, and a deadlines page groups awards by date. Students take an eligibility questionnaire in the foundation portal before the full application.
Best for: New Mexico high school seniors and college students who want each award's full criteria before applying.
Limitation: Deadlines may be out of date because every posted date has passed, and most awards need a set school, county or field.
Hometown donor funds for New Mexico. Prefer this over generic state listicles when you have clear local ties. Award counts change every cycle.
Our rating
2.5out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (2.0 / 5)
- No filters or search for the listed awards.
- Awards are grouped by school level and statewide or metro.
- Each award lists its own detailed criteria.
Scholarship Quality (2.5 / 5)
- Every posted deadline has passed while applications show as open.
- The foundation runs the awards it lists.
- Most awards show criteria and an award amount.
Ease of Use (2.5 / 5)
- Phone visits can hit a robot check page before any awards show.
- Awards are long scrolling lists with no search.
- Applying needs a portal account and a questionnaire.
Privacy & Marketing (4.0 / 5)
- The policy says email addresses are not shared or sold.
- Scholarship pages show no ads or sponsored offers.
- The policy gives few details on deleting your data.
How we rate
Matching Power
How well it helps you find the scholarships it lists, by filtering on location, need, merit, major, college and high school.
A 5 means you can narrow the list by where you live, need, merit, major, college or high school, and a big site brings the best fits to the top. A 1 means little or no way to narrow, and in the middle some filters work but many results still do not fit.
Scholarship Quality
How complete, current and traceable its scholarship listings are.
A 5 means nearly every listing is current, links to the real sponsor and gives enough detail to act on. A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.
Ease of Use
How easily you can understand the controls and reach actionable scholarship information.
A 5 means clear controls and a quick path from the list to a scholarship and its sponsor, including on a phone. A 1 means walls, confusing steps or a broken phone view keep getting in the way, and the middle is workable with some tradeoffs.
Privacy & Marketing
What data it asks for, how much advertising or sign-up pressure gets in the way, and how much control you have.
A 5 means the site asks only for what it needs, says why, keeps ads and partner offers out of the way and leaves you in control. A 1 means heavy data requests, sign-up pressure, loan offers or sweepstakes get in the way, and the middle has some of that pressure but it stays manageable.
Our ratings are our opinion of each site, not an endorsement or a prediction that you'll win.