# Hispanic College Fund

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'''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.](/source/Washington%2C_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](/source/Arte_P%C3%BAblico_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](/source/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](/source/Est%C3%A9e_Lauder_Companies), [The Ford Motor Company Fund](/source/The_Ford_Motor_Company_Fund), [General Dynamics](/source/General_Dynamics), [Marriott International](/source/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](/source/Lockheed_Martin), [Verizon](/source/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](/source/Sodexo). It has collaborated with [Google](/source/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](/source/United_Negro_College_Fund)

==References==
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==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

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