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Bill of Rights Institute
United States
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Arlington, VA
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Education
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Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation a Charitable Corporation
United States
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San Francisco, CA
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Health
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Australia and New Zealand Urological Nurses Society Ltd
Australia
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Roseville Chase, New South Wales
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Education
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The Australian Pots Foundation Ltd
Australia
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Adelaide, South Australia
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Health
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coach@school e. V.
Germany
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Hamburg, Hamburg
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Education
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Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
Germany
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Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
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Education
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Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum Incorporated
Australia
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Lithgow, New South Wales
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Arts & Culture
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Rise Above Foundation Cebu
Philippines
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Guadalupe, Central Visayas
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Health
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Pag-asa Social Center
Philippines
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Calabarzon
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Social Services
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Stichting Educate International
Netherlands
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Amsterdam
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International
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Victoria College Foundation
Jersey
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St. Helier
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Education
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African Girls in Science and Technology Initiative a.k.a Afro-Tech Girls
Nigeria
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Lagos
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Science & Technology
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Queen Rania Foundation
Jordan
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Amman
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Education
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The Special Youth Leadership Foundation
Nigeria
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Lagos
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Education
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Christopher Kolade Foundation
Nigeria
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Ikoyi, Lagos
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Education
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Jed Child Trust Foundation
Nigeria
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Owerri West, Imo, Imo State
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Education
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Institute of International Education
Egypt
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Cairo
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Education
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The Quest Schools
Nigeria
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Ibadan, Oyo
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Education
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Al Hemma Association
Egypt
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Cairo
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Community Development
Escola Beit Yaacov
Brazil
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São Paulo, São Paulo
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Education
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What is a scholarship charity?
Scholarship charities fund education directly: they award grants, bursaries, and tuition support so that a student's finances do not decide whether they study. The organizations listed here range from small memorial funds to endowed foundations and national scholarship nonprofits, with country and size filters. GiveRadar assigns the scholarships cause tag from each organization's name, stated mission, and registry classification; organizations cannot apply for the tag or pay to hold it.
A scholarship charity is a nonprofit that awards money for education, paying tuition, fees, or living costs for students who meet its published criteria. Some are standalone scholarship funds built around an endowment or a founder's bequest; others are programs inside larger foundations, community trusts, or membership organizations. What they share is a direct-transfer model: instead of running schools or programs, they move money to individual students or to the institutions that enroll them. That model is common at every scale, from a fund honoring one person's memory to organizations awarding across an entire country.
What do scholarship charities do?
Scholarship charities select students and pay education costs, and most of their work happens around that transfer. Typical activities include:
- Awarding tuition scholarships, bursaries, and study grants to students selected against published criteria
- Managing endowments or restricted funds so awards can continue year after year
- Running application and selection cycles: eligibility rules, deadlines, review committees
- Paying schools and universities directly, or reimbursing documented education costs
- Supporting specific groups: first-generation students, orphans, students from one region, one field of study, or one profession's families
- Covering costs beyond tuition where their rules allow it: books, exam fees, housing, travel
- Mentoring or tracking scholars through graduation, in funds that stay involved after the award
How a scholarship fund works in practice varies by legal form and country, but the cycle above (raise or hold capital, select, pay, repeat) is the core of the cause.
What to look at before donating to a scholarship fund
Scholarship money flows to individuals, so the specific thing to verify is the award process: does the organization publish who can apply, how recipients are chosen, and evidence that awards actually go out each cycle? On a profile here, look for filings in which grant spending appears, and check whether the people running the selection are named: a fund that names its committee and publishes its criteria is disclosing exactly the things this cause depends on. Two honest caveats. First, endowed funds legitimately hold large balances by design, because the capital generates the awards: assets alone are not a warning sign. Second, the integrity assessment measures disclosure, not impact: it cannot tell you whether a scholarship changed anyone's life, only how much the organization shows about itself. If you are weighing a gift, or considering starting a scholarship fund and want to see how established ones disclose, the step-by-step checks are in our guide for donors. For education charities that run schools and programs rather than award grants, see the education cause or the broader SDG 4 page.
Common questions
What is a scholarship charity?
A scholarship charity is a nonprofit that pays education costs for students, through tuition awards, bursaries, or study grants, based on published eligibility criteria. It can be a standalone scholarship fund, an endowed trust, or a program inside a larger foundation. The organizations listed here carry that model in their name, mission, or registry classification.
Are donations to scholarship funds tax deductible?
Often, but it depends on the fund's registration and your country's tax rules: a scholarship fund registered as a charity in your own country generally qualifies, while gifts to foreign or unregistered funds usually do not. Check the registration details on the organization's profile here, then confirm the deduction rules with your national tax authority. GiveRadar shows registration status where registries publish it; it does not give tax advice.
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