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Scholarship and financial aid organizations

There are 25,274scholarship organizations in the United States. Combined, these scholarship organizationsemploy 26,912 people, earn more than $11 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $78 billion.
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Job trends for Scholarship organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
4,446
1-10
678
11-25
118
26-100
97
101 to 1,000
34
1,000+
3
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Sizes of scholarship organizations

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
6,674
$250k to $1M
1,223
$1M to $5M
595
$5M to $25M
213
$25M to $100M
42
$100M+
23
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Directory of scholarship organizations

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1-20 of 25,274

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators advocates for financial aid administrators, promotes student access to postsecondary education, and conducts legislative analysis.
Revenue
$11.1m
Assets
$25.9m
Employees
52
EIN
83-0211970
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Step Up For Students - Florida

Step Up For Students provides legislatively authorized K-12 scholarships and related support to give economically disadvantaged families the freedom to choose the best learning options for their children.
Revenue
$913.0m
Assets
$1.5b
Employees
182
EIN
59-3649371
IRS type
501(c)(3)

United Negro College Fund

United Negro College Fund is a scholarship or financial aid organization in Washington, DC whose mission is: UNCF IS BUILDING A PATHWAY OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FROM K-12 THROUGH COLLEGE AND CAREER.
Revenue
$250.9m
Assets
$917.0m
Employees
352
EIN
13-1624241
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Scholarship America

To mobilize America, through scholarships and educational support, to make postsecondary education possible for all students.
Revenue
$240.3m
Assets
$172.3m
Employees
218
EIN
04-2296967
IRS type
501(c)(3)

University System of Maryland Foundation (USMF)

The University System of Maryland Foundation advocates and supports the advancement of public higher education in Maryland through visionary leadership in philanthropy, asset management, and stewardship.
Revenue
$46.9m
Assets
$2.3b
Employees
33
EIN
52-1125663
IRS type
501(c)(3)

College Possible

College Possible is a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax-exempt organization making College admission and success Possible for students from low-income backgrounds through an intensive curriculum of coaching and support.
Revenue
$34.4m
Assets
$25.7m
Employees
619
EIN
41-1968798
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Pat Tillman Foundation

The Pat Tillman Foundation invests in military veterans and their spouses through academic scholarships building a diverse community of leaders committed to service to others.
Revenue
$4.9m
Assets
$5.7m
Employees
25
EIN
20-1072336
IRS type
501(c)(3)

College Success Foundation

The College Success Foundation empowers low-income students through scholarships and support, fostering educational equity and inspiring them to become transformational leaders.
Revenue
$32.4m
Assets
$30.1m
Employees
195
EIN
91-2036088
IRS type
501(c)(3)

University of Northern Colorado Foundation

Established in 1966, the University of Northern Colorado Foundation is entrusted to provide support and steward donations for the University of Northern Colorado.
Revenue
$41.6m
Assets
$194.9m
Employees
5
EIN
84-6044833
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Minnesota State University Moorhead Foundation (MSUMAF)

The Minnesota State University Moorhead Alumni Foundation is a private, 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization dedicated to securing private gifts and grants that benefit Minnesota State University Moorhead.
Revenue
$6.2m
Assets
$64.3m
Employees
16
EIN
23-7101061
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Montgomery County Public Schools Educational Foundation (MCPSEF)

The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Educational Foundation, Inc. provides funds for special and innovative programs for MCPS that regular funds cannot support.
Revenue
$3.7m
Assets
$12.1m
Employees
6
EIN
52-1804509
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Miami Dade College Foundation

Miami Dade College Foundation raises essential private funds to enable Miami Dade College to change the lives of students, families, communities and the world via the opportunity of education.
Revenue
$53.8m
Assets
$270.9m
Employees
0
EIN
59-6169745
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Point Foundation

Point Foundation empowers promising lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students to achieve their full academic and leadership potential - despite the obstacles often put before them to make a significant impact on society.
Revenue
$10.0m
Assets
$24.2m
Employees
26
EIN
84-1582086
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Adopt-A-Student Foundation

The Adopt-A-Student Foundation is charitable organization established to ensure that students of all economic, educational, and faith backgrounds have access to a quality, values-based college preparatory education.
Revenue
$14.1m
Assets
$62.2m
Employees
0
EIN
04-6665080
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Basic Fund

To broaden the educational opportunities for inner-city children by helping low-income families afford the cost of tuition at private schools in the Bay Area.
Revenue
$8.6m
Assets
$23.1m
Employees
16
EIN
94-3290699
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Student Freedom Initiative

Student Freedom Initiative provides alternative funding for education costs to address student debt faced by those attending Minority Serving Institutions.
Revenue
$5.9m
Assets
$141.8m
Employees
25
EIN
85-0557522
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

HSF empowers Hispanic students and their families to prepare, plan, and pay for college through free college preparation programs and scholarships.
Revenue
$45.5m
Assets
$135.9m
Employees
85
EIN
52-1051044
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Children's Scholarship Fund (CSF)

The Children's Scholarship Fund aims to maximize educational opportunity for all children for those in need by offering tuition assistance in grades K-8 for alternatives to faltering conventional schools, and for all children.
Revenue
$29.6m
Assets
$55.7m
Employees
23
EIN
13-4002189
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation

The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation provides scholarships to the children of Marines and Navy Corpsmen who attend post-high school, undergraduate, and career technical education programs. Edward Probert JR runs the foundation from Alexandria, VA.
Revenue
$22.4m
Assets
$161.0m
Employees
41
EIN
22-1905062
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation (MC-LEF)

Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation's (MC-LEF) mission is to encourage the spiritual, moral, intellectual and physical development of children through education.
Revenue
$6.0m
Assets
$26.9m
Employees
1
EIN
22-3357410
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "B82: Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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