The Bartlett Tree Foundation, Inc. provides financial assistance for selected students of arboriculture, horticulture, forestry, and related disciplines at both two-year and four-year colleges and universities. Bartlett scholarship endowments have expanded since its founding in 1985 to include over 29 institutions across the U.S. presently.

To date, Bartlett has provided over $1 million in scholarship funds to participating college programs. The participating institutions, in accordance with their criteria, select the student recipients. The recipients must be actively enrolled in a course of study that leads to a degree or diploma in arboriculture, forestry, urban forestry, horticulture, plant pathology, botany, or some other closely related discipline. Students must maintain a sufficient grade-point average to ensure earning a degree. Good character, worth of recognition, and financial need are also determining factors for student eligibility.