The 2019 HEAR Scholarship Application Cycle is now open.

 The deadline for submitting applications for our scholarship is Thursday, February 15th, 2019.

We wish you the best of luck with your application.

If you have any questions, please email: info@hearfoundation.org.

Tickets are on sale NOW for the

2018 Annual HEAR Fundraiser!

Our annual fundraiser is sure to be the highlight of your holiday season, filling you with cheer and a feeling of well-being. Tickets can be purchased now through our dedicated fundraiser website. In addition to tickets, you can also enter into our HEAR Scholarship Square contest, purchase tickets for our wine pull and browse our silent auction items.

Our silent auction is now live! Even if you can’t attend the event, you can still bid online for items in our auction. We have an amazing selection of items this year, so make sure you don’t miss out. Visit our online auction now, browse, register and start bidding!

Please support our mission of helping underserved, exemplary high school seniors attain their dream of a higher education by attending our event on December 8th, 2018. We hope you will come and celebrate with us! Even better – bring some friends along to the evening and celebrate with them too! If you would prefer to receive a paper invitation in the mail, please email fundraiser@hearfoundation.org.

The HEAR Foundation is seeking Mentors to help support our new class of 2022 Scholars.

On May 8th 2018, The HEAR Foundation officially awarding 25 new college scholarships to High School graduates in financial need, who have shown perseverance and demonstrated academic excellence. Many of these students are first-generation college-goers in their family. You can help them navigate through their new and exciting journey!

In order to support these scholars we are focussing attention on recruiting mentors for the HEAR Class of 2022.

If you, or anyone you know, is interested in learning more about becoming a mentor (or are ready to volunteer your services), and want to make a meaningful difference in a young person’s life – whilst at the same time no doubt enriching your own – please contact our Director of Mentoring, Melissa Vela at: mentoring@hearfoundation.org.

Our Annual Awards Ceremony at St. Ignatius College Prep on May 8th was very successful . We welcomed our newest class of HEAR Scholars into the HEAR Family and celebrated our graduating HEAR Class of 2017.

Our Keynote Speaker, Dr. Toinette McClellan Gunn (Vice President of Programs at Chicago Scholars), was on point and resonated with our past, present and future scholars as she shared her own story of how she persevered throughout her years as a student both at high school and through college. Despite many barriers Dr. Gunn, herself a first-generation college goer, understood how important education is to a successful future. We are incredibly grateful to her for taking time out of her busy schedule to talk to our scholars.