Fresh Start Scholarship Foundation gives a scholarship and a mentor to women going back to school to finish their undergraduate degrees at Delaware colleges. We were started in 1996 by Wilmington Women in Business, and to date we have given 555 scholarships totaling over $1.1 million. 

Our scholars are non-traditional students, many of them single mothers. Their children watch as their mothers work hard toward an education goal, graduate, and improve the circumstances for their families. This gives the next generation a head start in understanding the value of an education. 

We are very proud of our scholars. We have a 70% graduation rate, which is terrific considering all of the obstacles these women have to overcome to achieve this.