The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation provides need-based scholarships to the children of Marines and Navy Corpsmen to honor their service and sacrifice by helping them pursue post-high school, undergraduate, and career & technical education.
Marine Corps Scholarship Golf Tournament Inc La-sherman Oaks centers its giving on unrestricted support for organizations tied to Marine Corps families and related service communities. In the latest grants, the two largest awards were both $125,000 general-support grants to Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation in Alexandria, Virginia, one in 2025 and one in 2024. That repeated commitment points to a funder that supports the same mission over multiple years rather than scattering small one-off awards. The foundation’s recent work also extends to smaller general-support grants for other military-connected nonprofits, including Devil Pups Foundation in Wilmington, California, and Socks for Heroes in Wesson, Mississippi. Those grants sit alongside a broader program profile built around education, scholarships, military families, and career and technical education. The active grant programs show direct scholarship support for undergraduate, associate degree, and certificate pathways, with offerings for children of Marines and Navy-affiliated service members, including wounded, fallen, and killed-in-service categories. Across those programs, the foundation funds individuals through scholarships rather than program-related investments, and its posted scope of giving is regional.
Education is the clearest throughline in the foundation’s program design. It offers an Undergraduate & Associate Degree Scholarship for students pursuing an associate or bachelor’s degree at an accredited, federal-aid-eligible school, and a Career & Technical Education Scholarship for students entering a non-degree certificate program. Military-family support is built into multiple scholarship tracks. Heroes Tribute Fallen serves eligible children of Marines and certain Navy personnel killed in service-related circumstances, with income eligibility waived. Heroes Tribute — Children of the Wounded supports children of wounded or permanently retired Marines and Navy-affiliated service members, while Heroes Tribute Wounded extends that support to children of Marines and certain Navy personnel affected by service-related injury or illness. The foundation also maintains a Grandchildren Scholarship Program for eligible grandchildren of members of certain partner associations, as long as they also meet the general scholarship criteria.
$133K
$29K
$165K
$146K
Most grants fall between $12K and $125K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$12K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$125K
About 20% of grants go to recipients in MS.
DOUGLAS HAMLIN
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Typical award size sits at a $12,000 p25, $25,000 median, and $125,000 p75. The largest recent grants were repeated general-support awards of $125,000 in both 2024 and 2025, which suggests ongoing support for the same organization across years rather than a one-time relationship. The foundation is not a DAF and does not make program-related investments; its grantmaking is scholarship-oriented and includes unrestricted general operating support. Unsolicited applications are accepted in the active scholarship programs.
Grant recipients are all in the United States, with Virginia showing the highest concentration of awards by state and 20% of grants going to California recipients in the available data. Recent recipients include Alexandria, Virginia; Wilmington, California; and Wesson, Mississippi. The pattern shows a regional U.S. footprint rather than a single-city focus, with awards landing in multiple states tied to military and scholarship-related organizations.
The foundation supports education, scholarships, military families, and career and technical education. Its active programs include undergraduate and associate degree scholarships, certificate-program scholarships, and several Heroes Tribute scholarship tracks for children of Marines and Navy-affiliated service members affected by wounds, injury, or service-related death.
Yes. The active scholarship programs listed for the foundation accept unsolicited applications, including the Undergraduate & Associate Degree Scholarship, Heroes Tribute Fallen, Heroes Tribute — Children of the Wounded, Grandchildren Scholarship Program, Heroes Tribute — Children of the Fallen, Career & Technical Education Scholarship, and Heroes Tribute Wounded.
Typical grant size is $12,000 at the 25th percentile, $25,000 at the median, and $125,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent grants list also shows two $125,000 general-support awards in consecutive years, indicating that larger awards can recur.
The recent grants include Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation in Alexandria, Virginia; Devil Pups Foundation in Wilmington, California; and Socks for Heroes in Wesson, Mississippi. The two largest awards went to Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation in both 2024 and 2025.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $125,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SOCKS FOR HEROES | WESSON, MS | $7,500 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $125,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SOCKS FOR HEROES | WESSON, MS | $12,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $125,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| DEVIL PUPS FOUNDATION | WILMINGTON, CA | $25,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SOCKS FOR HEROES | WESSON, MS | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
$125,000GENERAL SUPPORT
SOCKS FOR HEROES
$7,500GENERAL SUPPORT
MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
$125,000GENERAL SUPPORT
SOCKS FOR HEROES
$12,000GENERAL SUPPORT
MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
$125,000GENERAL SUPPORT
DEVIL PUPS FOUNDATION
$25,000GENERAL SUPPORT
SOCKS FOR HEROES
$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT