National Rainbow College Fund

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Transform­ing

students’ lives.

Breaking

Barriers

Meeting the need

NRCF reduces edu­ca­tion­al dis­par­i­ties for those who have faced bar­ri­ers relat­ed to sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion, gen­der iden­ti­ty or gen­der expres­sion, and is open to all appli­cants and allies who sup­port these prin­ci­ples.

Protecting your privacy

Schol­ar­ships will be grant­ed to eli­gi­ble stu­dents regard­less of the pub­lic nature of their sex­u­al iden­ti­ty (i.e., whether they are “in” or “out” of the clos­et).

Statewide to national

Start­ing in Cal­i­for­nia, the fund will grow to be a nation­al source of finan­cial aid for stu­dents to attend the tech­ni­cal school, col­lege, or uni­ver­si­ty of their choos­ing.

Support where it’s needed most

The fund will pri­or­i­tize under­served regions, includ­ing South­ern and Cen­tral Cal­i­for­nia, and the South­ern Unit­ed States.

Strong foundation

NRCF is pow­ered by San Diego Foun­da­tion, one of the largest com­mu­ni­ty foun­da­tions in the U.S. and a pro­lif­ic provider of schol­ar­ships for stu­dents with finan­cial need.

In estab­lish­ing NRCF, we hope to lessen the finan­cial bur­den for many young peo­ple, includ­ing those still bur­dened by the secre­cy of remain­ing in the clos­et.
Mark A. Stu­art, CFREPres­i­dent & CEO, San Diego Foun­da­tion

Led by

experts

Our Advisory Council comprises dedicated leaders who are committed to advancing the mission of National Rainbow College Fund. Council members bring their expertise, passion and diverse perspectives to guide our efforts in supporting college students.

Advisory Council

Mark A. Stuart, CFRE

Pres­i­dent & CEO, San Diego Foun­da­tion
Jarrett Barrios

Jarrett Barrios

Senior Vice Pres­i­dent for Inter­na­tion­al Ser­vices and Ser­vices to Armed Forces, Amer­i­can Red Cross
Amanda Montgomery

Amanda Montgomery

Man­ag­ing Direc­tor, Sycamore Tree Cap­i­tal Part­ners
Dr. Becky Pettit

Dr. Becky Petitt

Vice Chan­cel­lor for Equi­ty, Diver­si­ty and Inclu­sion, Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia, San Diego
Joyce Rowland

Joyce Rowland

Chief Human Resources Offi­cer (Retired), Sem­pra Ener­gy
Kinman Tong

Kinman Tong

Part­ner and Inclu­sion & Diver­si­ty Co-chair, Moss Adams
Allen Young

Allen Young

Man­ag­er, Gov­ern­ment Affairs, Cox Com­mu­ni­ca­tions

Staff

Jeff Spitko

Jeff Spitko

Senior Direc­tor, Inte­grat­ed Fundrais­ing, San Diego Foun­da­tion

Danielle Valenciano

Direc­tor, Com­mu­ni­ty Schol­ar­ships, San Diego Foun­da­tion

Rogelio Espinoza

Man­ag­er, Nation­al Rain­bow Col­lege Fund

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