Puerto Rican Society, Inc.

St. Louis, MO

Our Mission: “To represent and uphold Puerto Rican values and culture while supporting education and other charitable pursuits”

Our Story

The Puerto Rican Society, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation whose objectives include: supporting education scholarships for Hispanic/Latino students in the St. Louis metropolitan area, promoting the awareness of the Puerto Rican culture and traditions, ensuring self-improvement, providing social activities for its members and their guests, sponsoring and supporting events that will benefit the Puerto Rican community, and strengthening mutual understanding throughout the local community. Membership in the organization is open to all persons who subscribe to and work toward attaining the objectives of the corporation.

Nuestra Historia

La Sociedad Puertorriqueña es una corporación sin fines de lucro cuyos objetivos incluyen: apoyar becas educacionales para estudiantes hispanos/latinos en el área metropolitana de San Luis, promover la cultura y tradiciones puertorriqueñas, asegurar el crecimiento personal, proveer actividades sociales a sus socios e invitados, auspiciar y apoyar eventos que beneficien la comunidad puertorriqueña, y fortalecer el entendimiento mutuo entre la comunidad local. Todas las personas que se subscriban y trabajen para lograr los objetivos de la corporación podrán ser socios de la misma.

Puerto Rican Society Scholarships Overview

The Puerto Rican Society, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, will award at least five scholarships of one thousand dollars ($1,000) to each student that meets its qualifications. Awarding scholarships is among the organization's major purposes.

The scholarships of the Puerto Rican Society are awarded to Hispanic students from the St. Louis region with high credentials and superior academic qualifications that are US citizens and/or legal residents. Those meeting these requirements are encouraged to apply for the scholarships. One scholarship is reserved for a Puerto Rican student. The scholarships are not limited to members of the Puerto Rican Society.

The scholarships are granted to students that continue their education in a college, university or other institution of higher learning, whether for study at the undergraduate or graduate levels. Every year the Scholarship Application Process will re-open in the month of March.

The Scholarship Committee of the society is responsible for overseeing the awarding of scholarships. The Scholarship Committee selects a Scholarship Evaluation Council, which will screen and select the Hispanics that will be awarded the scholarships. Members of the Society cannot be members of the Scholarship Evaluation Council. The Scholarship Evaluation Council will re-convene in the month of June.

For inquiries regarding our Scholarship opportunity contact us at admin@sprstlouis.com.

The scholarships' funds will be presented during the month of July.