Jerry Dominguez Scholarship Fund

Award Amount:
$50,000 award pool each year for up to 5 recipients with a max of $10,000 per recipient. *BCA reserves the right to change the number of recipients and reduce award amounts, depending on number of applicants and other factors.

Scholarship period and deadline:
Scholarship applications will be accepted beginning November 1st of the preceding year through March 31st of the award year. (Example: For the 2026 award cycle, applications are accepted November 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026.). Any applications or submissions outside of this period will not be accepted.

Eligibility requirements:

• High school seniors pursuing higher education at a 4-year institution or vocational school.
• 3.8 GPA minimum.
• High school transcripts required.
• Letter of recommendation (from someone not related to the applicant).
• Supply a 250-500 word essay on a prompt. Prompt will be provided once application has been received from this form.
• Open only to residents in the following southern California counties: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties.
• Immediate family members of BCA Board members and employees are not eligible.

Funds disbursement and restrictions on the use of scholarship:
The scholarship check will be dispersed to the institution the applicant will attend in the fall. Scholarship funds will be restricted to the cost of tuition and books.

The Jerry Dominguez Scholarship Fund is named in memoriam of former BCA Chairman and long-time Board member, Jerry Dominguez. Jerry was a native Californian, born in San Francisco and raised in the Long Beach area. He served in the Army in Vietnam and, upon return, immediately began to pursue a college education at California State University Long Beach and to marry the love of his life, Donna. He was the first in the family to earn a Bachelor’s degree. His career with the Southern California Edison company lasted for over 30 years until his retirement. A strong advocate for education and business, Jerry joined a number of non-profits noted for helping veterans and others engaged in pursuing careers in business. He actively encouraged his children to get college degrees, which both son and daughter have achieved. His passion for business directed him to the Better Business Bureau and then to Business Consumer Alliance where he served as Chairman of the Board for 9 years.

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Applicants must meet all eligibility requirements of the scholarship to qualify and be considered.

All sections of the application must be completed to be considered. Incomplete applications or applications missing required documents will not be considered.

Any essay created partially or entirely with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology will be disqualified.

Essay submitted must be the original work of the applicant. Any plagiarism will result in automatic disqualification.

Late applications will not be considered. Applications must be received by their respective deadlines.

All finalists will be reviewed by a Scholarship Committee to determine scholarship recipients. If needed, applicants may need to be interviewed by the Scholarship Committee.

Finalists must provide a photo of themselves and proof of enrollment in order to be considered. A photo of the winners, along with their essays, may be posted to Business Consumer Alliance's (BCA) website and social media channels.

BCA is not held responsible for any local, state, or federal taxes. By filling out the application and submitting the essay for the scholarship, the applicant acknowledges their acceptance and understanding of these terms.

BCA reserves the right to make adjustments to number of recipients and award amount due to various factors such as award pool amount for a given year, number of applicants, and other factors.

We're sorry, but we are no longer taking scholarship applications for this award year. Please check again after November 1st when the application period will start for the following award year.