A scholarship finder built by a student, for students.
I built CollegeMoneyAI in 2026 because every scholarship site I tried as a high school senior in Florida felt the same: a wall of generic results, ad-heavy, designed for SEO instead of for the person actually applying.
The thesis is simple: start with the school you actually want — University of Florida, FSU, UCF, Miami Dade, or any other Florida college — and surface the scholarships that fit your profile. An AI explains in one sentence why each one is worth your time. No 200-result spreadsheets to sort yourself.
How the data works
Every scholarship in the database is hand-verified against its official source. The University of Florida list comes from UF Office of Student Financial Affairs. Florida Bright Futures and the state-funded grants come from the Florida Department of Education. National scholarships are pulled directly from each foundation's own application page.
Every scholarship card shows a Last verified date. If a deadline shifts mid-cycle, the date is your truth-check. Always confirm the deadline on the official source before applying — annual scholarships sometimes shift dates year-over-year.
Don't see your school?
We're starting in North Florida and expanding by demand. If you want a school we don't cover yet — UCF, USF, Florida Tech, or anywhere outside Florida — email me and tell me which one. I add schools as students request them.
Found a scholarship we don't have?
The best local awards never make it to national databases — Rotary club scholarships, church awards, county foundation grants, your dentist's annual giveaway. Send me the link and I'll add it. Counselors, parents, and current students — everyone's welcome to contribute.
Privacy
Your profile lives in your browser's local storage— we don't store it on a server we control. When you ask for AI matches, we send your profile to Anthropic's Claude API along with a list of candidate scholarships, and Claude returns a ranked list with explanations. We don't log or save what was sent.
Free to use
CollegeMoneyAI is free. No paywall, no ads, no data selling, no spam.
Built by
Zac Martus — CS student at UF. hi@collegemoneyai.com