69 organizations
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American Indian Education Fund (AIEF) is a program of Partnership With Native Americans. It helps Native American students across the United States with scholarships, school supplies, literacy support, laptops, care packages, mentoring, and leadership development.
6 services
First Gen Education is a nonprofit college admissions and financial aid advisor based in Washington, DC. They help underserved and first-generation students and families with college searches, applications, financial aid planning, and scholarships at no cost.
3 services
Krimson Community Foundation is a nonprofit that helps young men in grades 4-12 in the greater Atlanta area. It offers mentoring, tutoring, college and career support, leadership programs, community service, and scholarships.
7 services
Chattahoochee Technical College is a public technical college with its main Marietta campus at 980 South Cobb Drive and other campuses in northwest Georgia. It helps people earn college credentials, train for jobs, prepare for the GED or HiSET, learn English, get career help, and access student supports like scholarships and a food pantry.
13 services
Road to Hire is a Charlotte-based nonprofit that helps young people move from high school into college, apprenticeships, and good jobs. Its current website focuses on Charlotte students and young adults, with high school support, college scholarships, mentoring, and paid tech apprenticeships.
5 services
The Steve Fund is a national nonprofit focused on mental health and emotional well-being for young people of color. It helps through a 24/7 crisis text keyword, campus and workplace programs, workshops, consulting, research, and online resources.
5 services
The Legal Defense Fund is a national civil rights legal organization that fights racial discrimination through law, research, advocacy, and public education. It may review requests for legal help, works on issues like voting rights, education, economic justice, and criminal justice, and also runs scholarship programs for undergraduate and law students.
Marietta Street Artery6 services
The Navy Wives Clubs of America Scholarship Foundation gives college and training scholarships to eligible children of enlisted Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard members. The grants do not have to be paid back and can help with tuition, room and board, fees, and books.
3 services
No Greater Sacrifice is a nonprofit that helps children of fallen or severely wounded U.S. service members. It provides college and trade-school scholarships, mentoring, coaching, and events so scholars can pursue higher education with less debt.
5 services
Army Scholarship Foundation is a Texas-based nonprofit that gives undergraduate scholarships to children of current or former U.S. Army members and spouses of serving enlisted Army members. It helps pay for college or vocational school, and scholarship money is sent to the student's school for approved education costs.
2 services
Foster Love is a national nonprofit that helps children and young adults who are in foster care or who have aged out. It gives care items, birthday and learning kits, scholarships, emergency help, housing support, mentoring, and other support through partners and online programs.
12 services
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is a national education foundation based in Lansdowne, Virginia. It helps high-achieving students with financial need pay for school and get advising, college planning, career support, and enrichment opportunities. It is not an emergency cash program.
5 services
Sentinels of Freedom is a national nonprofit that helps severely wounded and injured post-9/11 veterans move from military life into school and civilian careers. Its Bridge for Education program offers case management, mentoring, career help, tutoring, networking, and financial coaching while veterans work toward higher education or vocational training.
8 services
Folds of Honor gives education scholarships to spouses and children of fallen or disabled U.S. service members and first responders. Its Georgia chapter is in Peachtree Corners, and applications are handled through the Folds of Honor online scholarship portal during the yearly application window.
4 services
The Women's Independence Scholarship Program, also called WISP, gives education grants to survivors of intimate partner abuse across the United States. It helps pay for college, trade school, certificate programs, and support for current and former scholars.
4 services
A Better Chance is a national education nonprofit, not a local Atlanta office. It helps high-achieving students of color apply to and attend strong independent day and boarding schools, and it supports students with school placement, college readiness, and career preparation.
4 services
The National Collegiate Cancer Foundation helps young adults whose lives have been affected by cancer. It gives need-based scholarships to college, university, and vocational students who are cancer survivors or who lost a parent or guardian to cancer.
3 services
Onward Ops, also called The ETS Sponsorship Program, helps active duty service members move into civilian life as new veterans. It connects them with trained sponsors, transition tools, local resources, and guidance for work, school, health care, disability, family, and legal needs.
4 services
Seeds of Fortune is a nonprofit online and hybrid program for students, especially young people from under-resourced communities. It helps students prepare for college, find scholarships and grants, learn money skills, build careers, and join leadership and business programs.
6 services
The National GRACE Foundation helps pediatric cancer patients and survivors get ready for college. They give free help with college admissions, financial aid, essays, scholarships, and advocacy with schools.
5 services
