'''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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rosales |first=F. Arturo |date=2006 |title=Dictionary of Latino Civil Rights History |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryoflati0000rosa |url-access=registration |quote=Hispanic College Fund. |publisher=Arte Público Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryoflati0000rosa/page/213 213] |isbn=1611920396 |access-date=June 15, 2015}}</ref> The current CEO is Carlos E. Santiago who replaced Joe Petrone<ref>{{cite journal |date=Autumn 2010 |title=Hispanic College Fund Makes Students' Dreams Their Realities |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CBETCMOnO3QC&dq=Hispanic+College+Fund+Joe+Petrone&pg=PA6 |publisher=Hispanic Engineer & IT |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=6 |access-date=15 June 2015}}</ref> in August 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/100792189.html|title=UWM leader resigns for post in Washington|date=August 16, 2010|publisher=jsonline.com|accessdate=June 15, 2015}}</ref>
==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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-165018199.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924143531/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-165018199.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015|title=The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation has promised up to $500,000 annually to the Hispanic college fund and the United Negro College fund|date=May 31, 2007|publisher=Diverse Issues in Higher Education|accessdate=June 15, 2015}}</ref> Lockheed Martin, Verizon<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-271166698.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153321/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-271166698.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015|title=Verizon Awards Hispanic College Fund $180,000 to Help Prepare Latino Youth for 21st Century Workforce|date=November 2, 2011|publisher=Education Letter|accessdate=June 15, 2015}}</ref> and Sodexo. It has collaborated with Google to offer $10,000 scholarships to eligible students to visit Google headquarters.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/stem-education/2011/12/15/12-scholarships-for-hispanic-students-interested-in-stem|title=12 Scholarships for Hispanic Students Interested in STEM|date=December 15, 2011|publisher=usnews.com|accessdate=June 15, 2015}}</ref>
==See also== * United Negro College Fund
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.hispanicfund.org}}
Category:Hispanic and Latino American organizations Category:Organizations established in 1993 Category:Identity politics in the United States Category:Undergraduate scholarships in the United States Category:Graduate scholarships in the United States