About Onerefugee
To empower college students from refugee backgrounds to access and succeed in higher education by providing scholarships, mentoring, wellness resources, professional development, and career connections.
Focus Areas
higher educationscholarshipsrefugee supportcollege readinesscareer developmentinternships
Who They Fund
international refugeesrefugee children and youth
Funding Style
direct serviceprogram/project supportaccess and inclusion-focused
Topics
About Onerefugee
Onerefugee centers college access for students from refugee backgrounds, combining scholarships with mentoring, wellness resources, professional development, and career connections. The organization’s recent grants show repeated support for undergraduate study at Utah institutions, especially the University of Utah, where multiple scholars received awards ranging from about $6,259 to $10,891 in the latest grants list. Boise State University, Utah Valley University, Brigham Young University–Idaho, Weber State University, and Salt Lake Community College also appear among the recent recipients, reflecting support for post-secondary pathways across several campuses. The funder’s work is closely tied to student persistence rather than tuition alone. Its program descriptions include academic coaching, professional experience opportunities, financial assistance, and holistic supports such as wellness referrals, emergency housing, citizenship fees, laptops, and mental health support. That combination points to a grantmaker focused on practical barriers that can interrupt college completion. Onerefugee also supports pre-college preparation through its Treasure Valley College Bound program for high school seniors from refugee backgrounds, linking secondary-school transition to post-secondary readiness. Across the grant list, the same education-for-refugees theme appears consistently, with awards aimed at helping scholars complete higher education and move toward employment.
What Onerefugee Funds
Education support is the core theme. Onerefugee gave $10,891 to Zamzam Ahmed CO University of Utah in Salt Lake City for education for refugees from other countries, and $9,030 to Fadil Adan CO Boise State University in Boise for the same purpose. Their college-going pipeline also includes bridge programming. The College Bound Program supports refugee and displaced students with financial support, academic coaching, career readiness, and professional internships, while the Treasure Valley version in Boise prepares high school seniors for the transition to post-secondary education through logistics, resource navigation, identity and career exploration, self-advocacy, and family engagement. Career development is built into the scholarship model. The 1R Scholars and 1R Scholar Program descriptions both pair higher-education support with internships, mentoring, professional development, and wellness resources, and the Internship Stipend Assistance program helps students take unpaid internships with nonprofits, start-ups, or small businesses.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.3M
Total Assets
$36K
Total Revenue
$2.5M
Total Expenses
$2.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $376 and $3K, with a median of $995.
25th Percentile
$376
Median
$995
75th Percentile
$3K
Geographic Reach
Regional5 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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