The Caldwell Flores Winters Foundation established a scholarship program to support graduating high school seniors in California who have overcome personal and academic challenges to further their education. Since starting over 20 years ago, the foundation has distributed over $200,000 in scholarships to over 90 students across California, with awards between $1,000-5,000 per student. The goal is to grant $250,000 in scholarships over 5 years to students solely based on their ability to overcome challenges, regardless of GPA or intended major.

1. By Caldwell Flores Winters

2. Introduction
 Caldwell Flores Winters provides consultation services
and represents over 200 small school districts from its
headquarters in Emeryville, California. After providing
more than 20 years of service to the community,
Caldwell Flores Winters established the CFW
Foundation, which offers scholarships to graduating
seniors from California high schools to help them
further their education and attend a four-year college
or technical school. Primary recipients of the
scholarship are students with a history of overcoming
personal and academic challenges.

3. Scholarships
 Since its implementation, the foundation has
distributed more than $200,000 in scholarships; it
currently supports over 90 students across the state.
Students receive between $1,000 and $5,000 per
scholarship award. The CFW Foundation launched
with an initial goal of granting $250,000 over a five-
year period. Student eligibility is based entirely on the
ability to overcome challenges; the foundation poses
no restrictions based on grade point average or area of
study.