About Asher Student Foundation
The Asher Student Foundation appears to focus narrowly on direct financial support for individual students, specifically funding housing-related scholarships. Their only recorded grant is a single substantial award labeled for student housing, suggesting a targeted mission of addressing student housing affordability rather than broad institutional support.
Focus Areas
Individual student housing scholarshipsStudent housing affordability in the San Francisco Bay Area
Who They Fund
postsecondary / college studentsyouth and young adultsscholarship recipients (financially needy students)participants in youth service corps / work experience programs
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated, one-time large grant to an individual/student-targeted purpose rather than diversified or recurring institutional support.
Funding Style
direct financial support (scholarships)
About Asher Student Foundation
Asher Student Foundation’s recent giving is centered on housing support for students, with a large student housing scholarship to a recipient in ELSAH, Illinois and multiple other housing awards to colleges, campuses, and individual students. That pattern points to a narrow grantmaking approach rather than broad institutional philanthropy. The foundation’s grants also show a second strand of support for youth and student participation in structured programs, including work experience awards and camperships tied to residential or educational participation. Recent recipients include Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida for a housing scholarship and American University in Washington, DC for a housing scholarship, alongside direct awards to students in New London, Connecticut, Winter Park, Florida, Lake Forest, Illinois, and Columbia, Missouri. The record also includes housing scholarship support to schools and student-serving entities such as SDSU University Bursar’s Office, Connecticut College, and Christian Science Literature Joint Distribution Committee. Across the available grant list, the foundation’s giving is small in number of distinct purposes but consistent in its emphasis on student housing stability and related educational participation costs.
What Asher Student Foundation Funds
Housing support is the clearest theme in the data. The foundation gave $14,000 to Rollins College for a housing scholarship, $10,500 to Christian Science Literature Joint Distribution Committee for a housing scholarship, and $10,000 to SDSU University Bursar’s Office for a housing scholarship. It also made direct housing scholarship awards to students in New London, Connecticut; Winter Park, Florida; Lake Forest, Illinois; and Columbia, Missouri. Beyond housing, the foundation supports paid youth participation and service-oriented programs. In 2025, it gave $48,000 to Cherishability, formerly Rainbow Valley Resource Network Inc., for a work experience program, and $26,650 to Rainbow Valley Resource Network Inc. in Queen Creek, Arizona for the same purpose. Camperships form another visible line of support, with awards to Friends of Camp Bow-isle, Crystal Lake Camps, Camps Leelanau & Kohahna, Cedars Camps, Au Db Foundation, and Camps Newfound & Owatonna.
How Asher Student Foundation Gives
The typical grant size is tightly clustered: the 25th percentile, median, and 75th percentile are all $5,000. That suggests a standard award level, even though the recent grants table includes some larger housing and program grants. The record also shows repeated support to several organizations across multiple years, including Rainbow Valley Resource Network Inc., Friends of Camp Bow-isle, Cedars Camps, Au Db Foundation, Crystal Lake Camps, and Camps Leelanau & Kohahna. The foundation funds individuals directly, alongside schools and program operators. It also has at least one active award program that accepts unsolicited applications: DB NLC Graduate Housing Award.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$481K
Total Assets
$60.7M
Total Revenue
$6M
Total Expenses
$2.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $5K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$5K
Geographic Reach
National29 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Asher Student Foundation Funds
Top 4 recipient countries by grant volume for Asher Student Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 236 | $1.7M | 97.5% |
| 2 | Canada |
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