BECA

Business, Education, and Community Alliance, Inc.


The 2024 BECA Scholarship Application is closed for new applications. 

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 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.

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

BECA
P.O. Box 153
Leonardtown, MD 20650

A total of $273,451 of first year awards have been announced as of May 8, 2024. The Scholarship Awards Event is Thursday May 9, 2024 starting at 4:00 pm at USMSM SMART Building, 44219 Airport Road, California, Maryland 20619, see https://usmsm.umd.edu/

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