Hispanic College Fund, Inc. (HCF) is a nonprofit organization aiming to prepare Hispanic young people to become professionals in the future. It serves primarily high school and college students. It was founded in 1993 by a group of Hispanic business leaders and is based in
Washington, D.C.
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The current CEO is
Carlos E. Santiago who replaced Joe Petrone in August 2010.
Funding and collaboration
HCF is currently funded through personal and corporate contributions from companies in America including
Estée Lauder Companies,
The Ford Motor Company Fund,
General Dynamics,
Marriott International,
Lockheed Martin,
Verizon
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and
Sodexo. It has collaborated with
Google
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to offer $10,000 scholarships to eligible students to visit Google headquarters.
See also
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United Negro College Fund
UNCF, the United Negro College Fund, also known as the United Fund, is an American philanthropic organization that funds scholarships for black students and general scholarship funds for 37 private historically black colleges and universities ...
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.hispanicfund.org
Hispanic and Latino American organizations
Scholarships in the United States
Organizations established in 1993
Identity politics in the United States