Scheidel Foundation College Success Grant

The Scheidel Foundation College Success Grant aims to empower students to achieve post-secondary credentials through targeted support initiatives. This funding is designed for organizations that help students complete their degrees or certificates and succeed in their career transitions. The foundation prioritizes innovative programs that demonstrate measurable outcomes and impact underserved communities in specific U.S. metro areas, including Washington D.C. and Florida.

NOTE: We take applications by invitation only. If you think your organization or program may be a good fit for our grants, please contact us via the contact form here.
College Success Grants
Our college success grants focus on ensuring that more individuals receive the support needed to attain a post-secondary credential.
We provide grants that help launch, enhance, or scale efforts that help students complete a certificate, or a two or four-year degree from an accredited college or university, and successfully begin a career journey that will help them enter or stay in the middle class.
Coaching and mentoring programs for students during their college experience. Many also offer complimentary services including career prep, emergency grants, mental health counseling, parent workshops, and alumni networking.Seeding a Student Emergency Fund at a community college.Capacity-building program for colleges and universities to improve practices that will have an exponential impact in better supporting underserved students.Development of career success resources for college students.
We will only consider programs that regularly measure results. While organizations may track a variety of student outcomes on the path toward getting to and/or through college, we are most interested in the following:

• College persistence
• College graduation
• Career readinessPost-college career transition

Eligibility

Funding areas are restricted to charitable organizations which qualify as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code or to public educational institutions. In very rare circumstances, the Foundation will make expenditure responsibility grants to international organizations with which it has direct contact.Eligible applicants must meet the following criteria:Serve individuals in the DC, Jacksonville, or Sarasota, FL Metro areas, or Kauai, HI.
Focus primarily on helping college students complete a degree or high-quality certificate and successfully begin their career journey.
Include an emphasis on students in the academic middle.
Demonstrate some record of success. New initiatives must have evidence showing how the services provided can result in success.

Ineligibility

Legislative lobbying
Activities that directly or indirectly participate or intervene in political campaigns on behalf of any candidate for public office
Promotion of specific religious doctrineOverhead rates above 10% for grants that go to or through universities, hospitals, or other large research institutions. Discretion will be applied for grants to other types of organizations to determine a reasonable overhead limit based on factors such as organizational budget, project, and general situation.