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Top 25 First generation student scholarships based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 233 first generation student scholarships headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 4,754 professional contacts across them, including 1,017 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers first generation student scholarships headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
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The 25 largest first generation student scholarships based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 502 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “America Needs You is the national nonprofit connecting ambitious, first-generation college students with transformative mentorship and intensive career development for economic…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 248 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Students are at the core of Bottom Line.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 150 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Degrees is the leading, equity-focused scholarship provider and college success nonprofit in California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 142 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Goal: To support students who demonstrate exceptional educational promise by offering them opportunities in education that they would otherwise not have due to finances.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 139 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “More than a scholarship.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 133 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Breakthrough is the leading college access and success non profit in Central Texas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 113 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Chatfield Edge is a nonprofit offering support to first-generation and non-traditional students as they gain success in life through education.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 101 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 2010 by award-winning author Dave Eggers, ScholarMatch began as a San Francisco-based crowdfunding platform for scholarships and has since evolved into a full-service…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Driving Forward, we believe that every college student should have an equal opportunity to achieve their career objectives and create a better future for themselves and their…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1995 by a group of recent college graduates, Education First provides need-based college scholarships to high school seniors wishing to earn a degree.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Jackie Robinson Foundation has advanced the ideals of equity and opportunity by leveling the playing field in higher education and the workplace for 47 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 78 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Downtown College Prep (DCP) prepares first-generation students for college success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Kessler Scholars Collaborative promotes access and success for first-generation college students nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “College Access: Research & Action (CARA) ensures that first-generation college students, low-income students, and students of color have the knowledge and support necessary to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ASPIRE HIGH YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC is a company based out of 109 LEONE DR, BRICK, New Jersey, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Reality Changers, we believe that college changes everything.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Fulfillment Fund works to make college a reality for students growing up in educationally and economically under-resourced communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “On Point for College breaks down barriers that prevent young, underserved individuals from achieving education and career success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The mission of First Gen Scholars is to provide superior support to underserved first-generation* high school students in San Diego by navigating them through the college…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In January 2016, two non-profit veterans, Romi Lassally and Patrick McCabe, saw the opportunity to transform outcomes with targeted support-to take the foster youth that were…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Upward Project helps high-achieving, first-generation college students, from low-income families take full advantage of the career opportunities afforded by attending a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “First Graduate is a San Francisco-based college success program that helps students finish high school and become the first in their families to graduate from college ready to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Our Mission: CollegeTracks empowers first-generation-to-college students and students from low-income and immigrant households in Montgomery County, Maryland by helping them…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Future Link supports first-generation, low-income, high potential young adults with opportunities, resources, knowledge, skills, and personalized support to achieve their…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “GenOne partners with talented, first-generation students from underserved communities, helping them successfully navigate to and through college.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: first generation student scholarships. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names first generation student scholarships.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of first generation student scholarships, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name first generation student scholarships. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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First generation student scholarships based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 233 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among first generation student scholarships, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “first generation student scholarships”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names first generation student scholarships), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among first generation student scholarships, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,017 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names first generation student scholarships, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many first generation student scholarships are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 233 first generation student scholarships headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
America Needs YOU, headquartered in Jersey City, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most first generation student scholarships?
New York leads with 11 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (9) and Philadelphia (7).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,017 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 233 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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