Open the Door Scholarship

White Family Foundation
Provider
Value
Up to $10,000 CAD annually for up to four years, for two recipients.
Application deadline
Closed for 2026; applications reopen in March 2027

Up to $10,000 CAD a year for as many as four years for two student-athletes from Thorold, Ontario. Applicants must have lived in Thorold for at least two years. The 2026 application is closed. The foundation says its 2027 application opens in March 2027.

Visit the funder’s page

How to Apply

You must be a student-athlete from Thorold, Ontario and have lived in Thorold for at least two years. You also need an Ontario high school transcript and acceptance to a full-time degree program at an accredited Canadian post-secondary institution.

The closed 2026 application required the foundation's form, recommendation letters from a teacher or athletic coach, an Ontario high school transcript, a post-secondary acceptance letter, a cover letter of about half a page and a recent photograph. Applicants emailed the completed package to the address on the form. The funder’s current page gives no closing date. The foundation told us directly that there will be a 2027 cycle: applications will open in March 2027 (the current page gives no closing date).

Applications are closed

We last checked these details on 5 October 2026.

Deadline information checked October 5th, 2026 against the funder’s page.