BECA

Business, Education, and Community Alliance, Inc.

The 2025 BECA Scholarship Application will open on January 5, 2025.

About: BECA is the St. Mary's County Business, Education, and Community Alliance, Inc. A registered 501(c)3 nonprofit, BECA works to help students from St. Mary's County achieve their higher education goals. BECA annually hosts the St. Mary's County Common Scholarship Application with more than $200,000 in local scholarships. BECA also raises money to provide its own scholarships, and has itself awarded more than 300 scholarships to local high school graduates since 1995. Please contact BECA at smcbeca@gmail.com or 240-257-2322. Fun fact: beca means scholarship in Spanish. BECA IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDERS. CLICK TO LEARN MORE

Or, donate via check. Checks can be mailed to:

BECA
P.O. Box 153
Leonardtown, MD 20650

A total of 149 awards totaling $274,451 (for first year amounts only) have been announced as of May 9, 2024. The Scholarship Awards Event was held Thursday May 9, 2024 at the USMSM SMART Building, see https://usmsm.umd.edu/

For BECA Website-- Final list of Scholarship Winners DRAFT, 5-3-24