Royal Business Bank Scholarship Program
Scholarship Sponsored by Asian Pacific Community Fund
Overview
Royal Business Bank is offering $5,000 in scholarship funding, distributed as five awards of $1,000 each, to support high school seniors who plan to enroll full-time as degree-seeking students in college in Fall 2026. These scholarships are intended for young people who live within Royal Business Bank’s service areas and are pursuing higher education.
Who is eligible
- Current high school seniors who live in one of the following counties:
- New York: New York County, Kings County, Queens County, Richmond County
- New Jersey: Middlesex County
- California: Los Angeles County, Orange County, Ventura County
- Nevada: Clark County
- Illinois: Cook County
- Hawaii: Honolulu County (Oahu only)
- Plan to begin as a first-year student at a U.S. accredited 4-year college/university or at a community college in Fall 2026. (If chosen, you will be required to provide an official college acceptance letter for confirmation.)
- Minimum cumulative unweighted high school GPA of 3.0.
- Household income at or below the County Low Income Level. (If selected, applicants must supply a 2024 or 2025 tax return for income verification.)
- Open to students of any major; there is no ethnicity requirement.
- Employees of Royal Business Bank and their immediate family members are not eligible.
Required application materials
- Completed Application Form
- Recommender Form
- Official high school transcript
Guides and supplemental documents
- Sample application
- Low Income Level chart
- Sample recommender form
How to apply
- A single common application is used; complete it once to be considered for all scholarship programs for which you qualify.
- Applications open in December 2025.
- Scholarship funds may only be applied toward tuition costs as defined by the institution you attend.
- All application materials must be RECEIVED by 11:59 PM PDT on Monday, April 20, 2026. Submissions received after that deadline—by mail, email, fax, or any other method—will not be evaluated regardless of postmark.
- Application and recommender forms must be submitted online. Hard copy submissions will not be accepted.
Questions
Phone: (213) 624-6400 ext. 6
Email: scholarships@apcf.org