Scholarship Information & Requirements

Petaluma Panthers scholarships will cover 50% of Football and/or Cheer registration payment. For the 2024 season we are providing two football scholarships and two cheer scholarships.  These will be first come, first served, so please gather your paperwork. Only those who provide the appropriate paperwork and 50% payment upon approval will be considered. If you are denied the scholarship, you will be expected to pay the remaining balance or risk losing your roster spot.

The Petaluma Panther Football & Cheer Scholarship Assistance Program focuses on providing opportunities for youth in our community to participate in football & cheer for the physical, mental, and character-training benefits our program can provide. Petaluma Panthers provides registration fee scholarships to these youth who, without financial assistance, would not be able to play.

Please be aware that Petaluma Panthers is a non-profit organization that relies primarily on our fundraising to support our program, including our ability to provide scholarships. The goal of our Scholarship Assistance Program is to help as many young people in need participate in Petaluma Panthers that we possibly can.

Awards of assistance are NOT guaranteed to every applicant and must be reconsidered each season.

Requirements for eligibility:

• Child must be age 14 or younger.
• Commitment to attend a minimum of 85% of scheduled practices and games. Failure to do so will disqualify you from future scholarship consideration.
• Participation by a family member in volunteer opportunities of at least twenty hours (20) during the scholarship season. Failure to do so will disqualify you from future scholarship consideration.
• Upload application (link at the bottom of page) that must be completed by a parent, guardian, or head of household.
• Upload proof of income is required, including most recent 2023 federal income tax return (First 2 pages of your 1040).
• Submit all uploaded documents to [email protected]
• Upon approval 50% registration payment will be due, failure to do so will disqualify the applicant from consideration.
• For the 2024 season Petaluma Panthers will be providing 2 football and 2 cheer scholarships.

The Petaluma Panthers Board will review your application and determine if you qualify for an award. Any false or misleading information will be grounds for automatic disqualification of registration awards, and no future awards will be considered for that applicant. Any information that you are required to provide will be kept confidential within the Petaluma Panther Board.

***Approval process of a scholarship does not guarantee the scholarship approval from Petaluma Panthers. If you do not qualify, you will be responsible for the full registration fee. 
scholarship form.pdf