About Scholar Fund
Scholar Fund connects people to opportunity through Community, Cash, and College—making access simple, fast, and dignified. We center people, deliver direct aid quickly with dignity-first systems, and support racially just education pathways.
Focus Areas
direct cash assistanceemergency reliefscholarships and college accesscommunity capacity buildingfiscal sponsorshipvictim compensation/restorative justice
Who They Fund
low-income householdsfamilies with childrenpeople experiencing housing instabilitycollege-bound or college-enrolled studentscommunity-based cultural practitioners and fellows
About Scholar Fund
Scholar Fund’s defining feature is the way it uses cash and partnership models to move aid quickly through community-centered programs. Its active work includes Unify, a platform for launching direct cash aid and other relief at scale, along with a Victim Compensation Fund that provides one-time restitution payments up to $1,000 within Seattle Municipal Court jurisdiction. The foundation also supports college access through scholarship-related efforts and backs community organizations that strengthen local power. In the recent grant list, large awards go to organizations tied to education and care delivery, such as KUEHG Corp at $1,313,081 and El Academies Inc at $622,807. Other sizable grants support childcare, learning, and youth-serving organizations across Washington. That mix fits Scholar Fund’s stated focus on direct cash assistance, emergency relief, scholarships and college access, community capacity building, fiscal sponsorship, and victim compensation/restorative justice. The pattern suggests a funder that works through both programmatic partnerships and local organizations rather than a single narrow grantmaking lane.
What Scholar Fund Funds
In direct cash assistance and emergency relief, Scholar Fund uses Unify to launch programs that deliver rapid aid at scale, including direct cash aid and related relief. The Victim Compensation Fund adds a separate channel for one-time restitution payments up to $1,000 for qualifying incidents in Seattle Municipal Court’s jurisdiction. For education, the foundation supports college access and scholarships; a recent grant to Bellevue College shows that postsecondary support is part of its mix. Community capacity building is also visible in its support for local organizations and cultural fellowship funding, alongside partnerships that strengthen grassroots groups in Washington. The active programs list also includes AmeriCorps Fund (16 states), showing an additional service-corps-oriented partnership area.
How Scholar Fund Gives
Scholar Fund’s typical grant size sits at a p25 of $13,096, a median of $23,486, and a p75 of $48,060. The recent grants table shows much larger program awards as well, which fits a model that combines smaller community grants with major partnership funding. The foundation appears to fund through repeat program channels rather than one-off public applications alone: active programs like Unify and the Victim Compensation Fund are structured offerings, while Community support is local and not listed as unsolicited. Unify and AmeriCorps Fund are marked as accepting unsolicited requests, suggesting a mixed access model.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$23.1M
Total Assets
$5.2M
Total Revenue
$45.3M
Total Expenses
$45.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $13K and $48K, with a median of $23K.
25th Percentile
$13K
Median
$23K
75th Percentile
$48K
Geographic Reach
Local3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
David Coven
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