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American Indian College Fund Receives Unrestricted Gift from MacKenzie Scott Foundation

American Indian College Fund Receives Unrestricted Gift from MacKenzie Scott Foundation

The College Fund learned the MacKenzie Scott Foundation, headed by the billionaire novelist and philanthropist of the same name and her husband Dan Jewett, selected it to receive an unrestricted gift. Cheryl Crazy Bull, President and CEO of the American Indian College Fund said, “This gift is timely and pivotal because, in combination with the generosity of our network of current and future supporters, we now have the capacity to grow greater opportunities for American Indian and Alaska Native communities and to create lasting change. MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett’s acknowledgement of our work is a testament to the important role of education to transform the lives of our students, their families, and communities.”

The College Fund is committed to eliminating the college attainment gap among Indigenous people and continues to appreciate and rely upon the support of every one of its current and future supporters to meet its goals to transform the lives of Indigenous students, their families, and their communities through a higher education.

Shaping the Future as We Move Forward

|  2021 E-NEWSLETTER  |  VOLUME 21, ISSUE 2  |Circle of Hope Shaping the Future as We Move Forward Today I write to you as someone who has been fully vaccinated, with hope and optimism that the worst of the COVID pandemic is finally behind us. While I know we’ve been...

Our Purpose

How We Handle This Moment MattersOur Purpose We have one unwavering purpose – increasing the number of American Indians who hold college degrees. Currently only 15% of American Indians have a college degree – less than half the national average. Every year, we empower...

Embrey Project

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Samantha Maltais Awarded Three-Year American Indian Law School Scholarship to Attend Harvard Law School

Samantha Maltais Awarded Three-Year American Indian Law School Scholarship to Attend Harvard Law School

Thanks to a gift of $1 million from an anonymous donor, the American Indian College Fund awarded its second three-year American Indian Law School Scholarship to Samantha Maltais, an enrolled member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head/Aquinnah located on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, for the term beginning in the fall of 2021-22. The scholarship covers all costs of attendance, including tuition, for the three-year course of study at Harvard Law School.