Our board and staff are planning for a strategic planning session in which we will begin setting vision and goals for our centennial year and beyond. In doing so, we …
The Best Reason for Partnerships: Rico Beuford Explains
In nonprofit lingo, you’ll find the word “partnership” used to describe everything from an annual contribution to interdependent programs. Fancy words for nonprofit work are plentiful: collaboration, cooperation, alignment, affiliation, …
Points of Light Amidst Plenty of Darkness
It can be hard to see the light. We are indeed surrounded by literal and figurative darkness. Right now, the days are short and the nights very long, where most …
All the Ways that Money Matters: How Colleges Perpetuate Inequity
Scholarship Foundation Student Advisors assist 6,000 students and family members navigating admissions and financial aid each year. Sometimes I state the obvious. Money (or the absence of it) affects students …
Welcome to Kafkaesque Flagship University
Photo by Lilly Stephen Recently, our staff worked with a student who had graduated from a north county high school in 2017 with a 4.0 GPA. First in her family …
Repaid in Full: Miles Walz-Salvador
Congratulations to Miles Walz-Salvador for reaching the milestone of repaying his Scholarship Foundation loan! In 1920, the origin of The Scholarship Foundation was the interest-free loan. Today, the tradition is …