With generous support from Equifax, The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis and St. Louis-area nonprofit organizations provide students with paid internships through the Foundation’s Community Internship Program. The Scholarship Foundation is committed...

Please enjoy the latest issue of our newsletter Opening Doors – Fall 2016. This edition leads with a story on the 57-year history of ScholarShop including plans to close the stores in...

On February 3, 2016, the Active Advocacy Coalition, a group of college students, education policy interns, and nonprofit allies, went to Jefferson City to present a white paper showing the inequitable distribution...

In 2015, with support from the Trio Foundation of St. Louis, The Scholarship Foundation searched for and engaged an independent evaluator to assess its Student Advising Program. LS Associates, a consulting collaborative...

Bright Flight, Missouri’s merit-based scholarship program, is inequitably awarded which disadvantages many bright students throughout the state. Consequently, the student-led Active Advocacy Coalition is urging its elimination. Click here for media advisory,...

The Scholarship Foundation’s Education Policy Interns traveled to Missouri’s state capitol to advocate for increased access to postsecondary education for students who are low-income and/or first-generation college attendees. Executive Director Faith Sandler...

Missouri is under the national microscope regarding its flagship public university, The University of Missouri, which has been accused of racial inequality toward its minority students. Recent student protests have gained national...

The Foundation’s Advising Staff, Robert Elam, Felipe Martinez, and Teresa Stock Steinkamp, wrote an opinion piece featured in the online edition of Money Magazine addressing the “open secret” of racism on campuses...

In September, the Missouri Legislature overrode Governor Nixon’s veto of legislation that prohibited undocumented students from participation in the state’s A+ scholarship program. The state budget bill, HB3, instructed public colleges and universities...

Please enjoy the latest issue of our newsletter Opening Doors – Fall 2015. This edition emphasizes the Foundation’s constant focus amid changing circumstances. Feature articles highlight innovative ways the Foundation carries out...

The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis was featured in the West End Word highlighting the outreach initiatives of ScholarShop and Miki’s Closet by ScholarShop. Scholarship Foundation Executive Director Faith Sandler discussed the innovative...

The state of Missouri has created a cruel and confusing situation for some recent Missouri high school graduates who are undocumented and have been approved under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Missouri...