Scholarship for Women and Non-Binary members

This scholarship is made possible through grant funding from the Vermont Women’s Fund and is designed to support and empower women and non-binary individuals within our community. We believe in fostering an inclusive and supportive environment for all, and we are honored to offer you this opportunity. We launched this opportunity for the very first time in the fall of 2024 and had twenty applicants, making this a competitive and successful debut! We received more funds this year so we are excited to offer more scholarships to people who will benefit from a MINT membership and classes.

Depending on need, we will offer 6 month-year long memberships to the MINT for free for women and non-binary folks who express a need and desire to work at The MINT. A MINT membership is $75 a month, so this scholarship is valued at $450-$900.

Qualifications: the applicant must be 18 years or older to become a member and consider themselves a woman or non-binary in whatever form that takes.

What is the timeline?

Please apply by November 20, 2025 for priority and we will take additional applications on a rolling basis if we have extra funds after that. Once accepted, the membership will start after the applicant is successfully onboarded.

*Please note that, in order to work independently in any of our shops, you must go through an introductory/orientation. Each shop has a unique orientation process, which we will support you to understand based on your preferred shop(s). Additional classes will be charged at a Member rate.

Please contact stefania@rutlandmint.org with questions

Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11jy0ljmi834mWj3cfnylG1F1q0ucvcIQmxQ-x_ZMubU/edit