Ranging in amount from $20,000 to nearly $400,000, the fourth-quarter grants include $200,000 to the American Indian College Fund in Denver to provide needs-based scholarships to students attending tribal colleges and universities; $395,893 to the D.C.-based Links Foundationin support of a program that helps African-American students transfer from community colleges to four-year historically black colleges and universities; and $100,000 to the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education in Juneau for an early awareness initiative that promotes postsecondary education preparedness among elementary, middle, and high school students in the state.
"The quarter's grant awards support a new initiative to help African-American students at community colleges complete their studies and pursue four-year degrees," said Robert C. Ballard, USA Funds' senior vice president for access and outreach. "USA Funds also is supporting national scholarship programs that help minority students benefit from higher education, as well as events to help families complete the application to qualify for federal and other sources of financial aid for college."
“USA Funds Awards $1.2 Million in Higher Education Grants.” USA Funds Press Release 3/06/12.
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