Navy SEAL Museum Ft. Pierce
The Navy SEAL Museum Scholarship Program
The Navy SEAL Museum Scholarship Program

The Scholarship Program

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Thank you for your interest in the Navy SEAL Museum’s Scholarship Program.
Applications are now closed for the 2026-2027 academic year.

With gratitude to the champions of our Scholarship Program who make it all possible for students, Mr. Hale, Mr. and Mrs. Walsh, and Mr. and Mrs. Litty. Thank you for your ongoing and generous support.

You will be notified of awards by the email address entered during your application process. Please make sure that is the correct email address for notification.

With the committed partnership of the Marlee Foundation, Navy SEAL Museum Charities, and the Ernest and Suzanne Litty Scholarship Fund, the Navy SEAL Museum has awarded more than 2 million dollars in scholarships to date. One of four charitable outreaches of the Navy SEAL Museum Charities Program, the Scholarship Program falls under the Museum’s 501(c)3 status (Tax ID: 59-2569073).

Made possible by the generous donations of caring benefactors like you, the Museum’s Scholarship Program offers gifts in various amounts to the children of Special Operators for their private and higher education.

The Marlee Foundation has partnered with the Museum since 2015, helping fund the higher education of students who are seeking careers in military, teaching, veterinarian, and STEM related fields. Mr. William Hale spearheaded this inspiring initiative, impacting the lives of young people who might otherwise not have the opportunity to attend school.

Sponsored by Pati and Tim Walsh, Trident Tuition Funds was created in 2020 to honor one of the first Scouts & Raiders, J.W. Lunde. This initiative provides financial support to the dependents of Naval Special Warfare individuals who wish to provide a private education for their preschool-age children, private school for children Kindergarten through 12th grade, and to help supplement college tuition for students facing financial hardship.

Ginny and Jay Litty joined this education initiative in 2021 in generous support of these special young people.

The sacrifices our Special Operations and their families make are immeasurable. The Navy SEAL Museum is exceedingly grateful for our donors who make this program possible.

The Navy SEAL Museum is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. Your support is greatly needed, deeply appreciated, and makes a profound difference in the lives of many.

To make a contribution, please visit our Support Page.

The Marlee Foundation

The Marlee Foundation

Since 2015, The Marlee Foundation has awarded $1,835,000 in scholarships to graduating high school students of Special Operations Forces bound for college and trade or technical school. You can contribute to this program at our Support page.
Trident Tuition Funds

Trident Tuition Funds

Mr. and Mrs. Walsh started this education initiative for the 2020-2021 academic year to impact the lives of students from the Special Operations community. You may join them in supporting these families by making a donation from the Support page on our website.

Trident Tuition Funds

Ernest and Suzanne Litty Scholarship Fund

The Litty family founded the Ernest and Suzanne Litty Scholarship Foundation for the 2021-2022 academic year. Created to honor their parents who were passionate about education and self-betterment, the Ernest and Suzanne Litty Scholarship Fund offers financial support to the dependents of active duty Navy SEAL and SWCC operators.

Feedback From Our Grateful Families

Thank you for your gift toward my education. You made my attendance at school possible. I am very excited to start second grade. I am grateful for your support. God Bless you and the USA.

Thank you very much for your generosity. I think it’s amazing how much the Navy SEAL Museum does to help military kids like me in our own journeys. Personally, your generous donation will be going to my high school education. Again, I really appreciate all of the work the foundation does for us military kids.

Thank you for the generous scholarships for our four children. This makes such a difference for our family, and we are so grateful for everyone involved in this program!

Your kindness is immeasurable. We can’t thank you enough for the money for the boy’s school year. The teachers and students there can’t wait to meet them. Have a wonderful week!

Our family is very grateful for this scholarship. Thank you so much for helping our family financially.

Thank you for the scholarship. I am very honored, grateful, and happy for this Scholarship. I will work hard to represent the Navy SEAL Museum, during the school year. Once again, for the scholarship, I am very grateful and I know my family is going to be proud of me. Thank you.

Thank you so much for your generous scholarship towards my education. I am really enjoying high school, and my favorite subject is science. Also, I am running cross country this year which is fun and challenging! Thank you so much again for your kindness it means so much to me and my family.

Without this program, our child would not be able to experience his first academic, homeschool year through a selected K-12 online academy. We feel so lucky to be able to lean into the Navy SEAL Museum for help as we enter our homeschooling journey. Thank you for being there for us and for making this possible!

Thank you for the Ernest and Suzanne Litty Scholarship Fund! I am grateful for your generosity and support. I have made some incredible friends and amazing teachers while here at school. My favorite classes have been biology and ceramics. Thank you for your support!

Thank you so much for selecting us for a tuition award for the 26/27 school year. Starting kindergarten is such a special milestone for our daughter, and we are incredibly grateful for your generosity in supporting her education. Thank you to the Navy SEAL Museum and all the donors who make these wonderful opportunities possible for military families.

Thank you so much for selecting us for an award for the 26-27 school year. We are deeply grateful for Navy SEAL Museum and the generous supporters who make this program possible for SEAL families. Your support means the world to our family and makes a meaningful impact on our child’s education.

Thank you so much for awarding our daughter a scholarship for the ‘26/’27 school year. As she enters 5th grade, this support makes a wonderful impact on her learning and growth. We are truly grateful to the Navy SEAL Museum and the generous donors who consistently support SEAL families.

We are writing to express our heartfelt and deep gratitude for awarding our son for the upcoming school year. This extremely generous award will directly support his learning as he begins, 2nd grade. Thank you for your continued support of military families and for investing in his education!

I greatly appreciate the financial assistance you provided that will help me attend school this fall. I am beyond excited to be exposed to a new learning environment, where I can academically thrive.

My Dad has served as a Navy SEAL for 18 years which has caused me to transfer to over half a dozen schools over the course of my life. I hope this school could potentially become the school I attend all throughout middle and high school. This is only possible with your scholarship, and I am so grateful for your support.

On behalf of our family, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for the generous scholarship award for our daughter for the 2026 – 2027 school year. We are deeply honored by your generosity and support.

As an active duty family, the everyday nature of our daughter’s life is quite different from most of her peers. We are excited to be able to send her to a new school where she will be welcomed, challenged and cared for on a more personal level. Receiving this scholarship is a tremendous honor and a meaningful reminder that our family’s hard work and perseverance are recognized and valued.

Thank you for not only your generosity to our family and believing in our daughter, but also for your dedication to our community. Please know that your kindness has made a lasting impact on our family and we are incredibly grateful.

Thank you so much for providing the funds needed for me and my siblings to go to school. I have benefitted greatly from this school and look forward to another year of it.

We are beyond grateful for your generous scholarship gift for our son. We are looking forward to stewarding the money wisely as we seek to equip and support our son’s education this next year as a third grader. We plan to use the funds for all of his curriculum, extra reading books, field trips, piano, etc. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Thank you so much for choosing me as a recipient of the Ernest and Suzanne Litty Scholarship Fund. I am truly grateful for your generosity and support. It means a lot to know that you believe in me and my future. Your Kindness is giving me an opportunity that I will never take for granted.

This is the first school that I have been at for more than two years continuously. I was on the volleyball team my first two years and joined the track and field team where I throw shot put and discus. This past year I made states in both events and had an amazing time pushing past my previous boundaries. I was admitted to several honor societies and was selected to be a military advisor, where I will welcome military students and families to the school. I am so excited to continue my journey and can’t wait to continue advancing my athletic and academic potential.

I have worked hard my first two years of high school, and receiving this scholarship motivates me to keep pushing myself to do my best. I hope to make a positive difference in my community and one day be able to give back and help others the way you have helped me. Thank you again for your generosity and for investing in my future. I truly appreciate your support.

We just wanted to take a moment to say thank you from the bottom of our hearts for awarding our son the scholarship. When we received the news, we were incredibly grateful. As a family with three young kids, every bit of support truly makes a difference. I currently serve as an E-6 in the Navy, and my wife stays home to raise our children, so we do our best to make every dollar count. Your generosity will help us continue investing in our children’s future, and for that, we can’t thank you enough. Beyond the financial help, what means the most to us is knowing there are organizations like the Navy SEAL museum that continue to care for and support SEAL families. That sense of community is something that and to put into words. It reminds us that we’re part of something much bigger than ourselves and that the sacrifices our families make alongside service members are seen and appreciated. We hope our son grows up understanding how fortunate he is to have people willing to invest in his future. One day, we hope he’ll have the opportunity to pay that kindness forward and make a positive difference in someone else’s life. Thank you for believing in our family and for everything the Navy SEAL Museum does to support the SEAL community. Your generosity means more than you know, and we’ll always be grateful for your kindness. With heartfelt thanks.

Thank you so much for your generosity and for the scholarship you provided for our children. Your gift has been a tremendous blessing for our family. Choosing to homeschool on a single income comes with financial sacrifices, especially when we want to provide our kids with a rich education. Your scholarship helped ease that financial burden and gave us access to educational opportunities that we would not have been able to provide on our own. Thank you for your generosity and for the investment you have made in our family!

Thank you so much for helping us pay for school. We are thankful for your support. I enjoyed this school year so much.

Are you having a great day? And thank you for helping pay for school.

Thank you for helping pay for my school.

I am starting first grade, thank you for helping my family!

I am starting second grade. Thank you for helping to support my tuition cost so that I can go to school! I am very grateful.

How can we best start thanking you for your over-the-top generous scholarship? We are so grateful. We are so excited for the opportunities this extra money will allow for supporting our son and his education this next school year as a second grader. We plan to use the money on quality literature, solid curriculum in all core subjects, and extracurricular learning, like field trips and music education. Thank you so much, We hope you know how grateful our family is as a homeschooling family.

Our children were awarded money from the Trident Tuition Funds for private school. We cannot express all our gratitude for this help. It makes this opportunity attainable for our family and we could not be happier with the home away from home that our children have here. This is the first year our son and daughter are in school together, and they have had an incredible first week. Thank you to the committee deciding on these applications and thank you to the donors who make it all possible. We are forever grateful.

Thank you so much for the generous scholarship towards our son’s education. We are deeply grateful for your kindness and support you have given our family. It means a great deal to us to know that there are people who also believe in prioritizing education throughout our children’s early years. Your generosity will make a huge difference for our son and we really appreciate the role you are playing in his education.

Thank you so much for selecting me as a recipient of the Trident Tuition Fund scholarship, sponsored by the UDT-SEAL Association and UDT-SEAL museum. I am truly grateful for your generosity and support as I begin this exciting new chapter. This fall, I will be attending university where I will major in Business with a concentration in Human Resources while following the pre-law track. This school does not come at a small cost. It is because of scholarships like this one that give me the opportunity to study at my dream college, and for that I am extremely thankful. This scholarship is especially meaningful because my dad is a Navy SEAL from BUD/S Class 216 who served with SEAL Team 8. I also had the opportunity to visit the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, and it gave me an even greater appreciation for the legacy and sacrifice of the UDT and SEAL community. Thank you again for investing in my education and for supporting SEAL families. I sincerely appreciate this scholarship and the opportunity it has given me as I begin my time at college.