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Help Build the Next Generation of Scholarship Granting Organizations

Join the SGOone Founding SGO Cohort

Bring your mission. Help shape the infrastructure that makes it possible.

We are assembling a small group of prospective and developing SGOs to participate in the SGOone Founding SGO Cohort. The objective is to help new SGOs become organized, operational, and sustainable while reducing the money they must spend building administrative infrastructure from scratch.

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SGO organizers planning at a laptop, connected with a school, students learning science, and community leaders collaborating.

One mission. Possibilities that grow.

Students
More opportunities to learn.
Schools
Connect with more learners.
Communities
Build stronger connections.
SGO founders
Turn your purpose into impact.

Read the October 2026 Section 25F regulatory update · Temporary procedures and proposed operating rules for the 2027 federal pathway.

A quick introduction

See the idea take shape.

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Support for the work ahead

What Selected Organizations May Receive

Subject to program funding, final program structure, and applicable requirements, selected organizations may receive some or all of the following at little or no cost.

  • SGOone platform access
  • Organizational onboarding
  • State-specific readiness guidance
  • SGO launch and operational checklists
  • Donor and contribution workflow setup
  • Scholarship application and award workflows
  • Financial-control configuration
  • Payment and disbursement workflows
  • Compliance and documentation infrastructure
  • Reporting and audit-trail capabilities
  • Administrator training
  • Implementation assistance
  • Ongoing platform support
  • Assistance with certain approved startup or operational expenses
Reduce administrative barriers so more resources can support scholarship opportunities.

Start where you are

Who Should Express Interest?

You do not need to have every detail finalized. Early-stage organizations are encouraged to participate.

Express Interest
  • Organizations actively considering forming an SGO
  • Newly formed SGOs
  • Existing nonprofits interested in adding an SGO program
  • Community and education organizations
  • Foundations
  • Faith-based organizations
  • Schools or school networks exploring an independent SGO structure
  • Education entrepreneurs
  • Organizations serving a particular state, community, population, or educational mission

SGO's Built Around a Purpose

There is no single model for what an SGO has to look like. Some may serve a local community, while others focus on a particular group of students, educational need, learning philosophy, or type of opportunity.

The question may not simply be, “Should I start an SGO?”

Who could my SGO help?

Illustrative example

Riverbend Scholars

Opportunity Beyond the Map

Serves
Rural students across small towns and farming communities.
Goal
Expand access to private-school, tutoring, and specialized learning opportunities.
Mission
Riverbend Scholars expands educational opportunity for rural students by helping families access learning environments that best fit their child.

Illustrative example

BrightStart Learning Fund

Strong Starts. Brighter Futures.

Serves
Elementary-age students from lower-income families.
Goal
Support early literacy, foundational math, tutoring, and other qualifying educational opportunities.
Mission
BrightStart helps young students build strong educational foundations by expanding access to high-quality learning opportunities.

Illustrative example

Valor Families Scholarship Fund

Supporting Those Who Serve—And Their Students

Serves
Children of active-duty military personnel, veterans, and National Guard families.
Goal
Improve educational continuity and flexibility for military-connected families.
Mission
Valor Families helps military-connected children access stable, flexible learning environments where they can thrive.

Illustrative example

Ozark Pathways SGO

More Than One Path to Success

Serves
Students interested in career-focused and alternative educational pathways.
Goal
Support career academies, technical programs, specialized schools, and similar opportunities.
Mission
Ozark Pathways helps students pursue educational options aligned with their talents and future goals.

Illustrative example

Beacon Autism Learning Fund

Learning Built Around the Student

Serves
Students with autism and families seeking specialized learning environments.
Goal
Expand access to individualized schools, learning centers, and qualifying programs.
Mission
Beacon Autism Learning Fund supports access to educational environments designed around individual strengths and learning needs.

Illustrative example

Next Chapter Scholars

Every Student Deserves a Strong Next Chapter

Serves
Foster youth, students in kinship care, and children experiencing major family transitions.
Goal
Improve educational stability and continuity.
Mission
Next Chapter Scholars helps students facing major transitions access greater stability, consistency, and educational choice.

Illustrative example

Heritage Language Scholars

Learn Forward. Keep Your Roots.

Serves
Bilingual and multilingual families.
Goal
Expand access to bilingual, immersion, cultural, and language-focused education.
Mission
Heritage Language Scholars helps families preserve language and cultural connections while expanding educational opportunity.

Illustrative example

STEM Reach Scholarship Network

Talent Is Everywhere. Access Should Be Too.

Serves
Students interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Goal
Expand access to STEM-focused schools, robotics, coding, advanced programs, and related opportunities.
Mission
STEM Reach connects charitable giving with educational opportunities that help students explore STEM and innovation.

Illustrative example

Heartland Faith & Learning Fund

Helping Families Choose with Confidence

Serves
Families seeking faith-based and values-centered educational opportunities.
Goal
Expand access to qualifying religious and values-based schools.
Mission
Heartland Faith & Learning Fund helps families access values-centered educational environments through scholarship support.

Illustrative example

Open Door Education Fund

A Better Fit Can Change Everything

Serves
Students whose current learning environment is not meeting their needs.
Goal
Support broad educational choice rather than one specific student group or school type.
Mission
Open Door Education Fund helps families pursue learning environments where their children can learn, belong, and succeed.

Your SGO Doesn't Have to Look Like Anyone Else's

A strong SGO starts with a clear purpose. It may begin with a community you care about, students who need more options, or an educational opportunity you believe should be easier to access.

The mission can be specific or broad. What matters is turning that purpose into real educational opportunity.

These examples illustrate possible missions, not program eligibility. Students, expenses, and scholarship policies must meet applicable program requirements.

From an idea to an operating organization

Opportunity needs infrastructure.

A new opportunity is emerging for organizations that want to expand educational opportunity through Scholarship Granting Organizations. But starting an SGO requires more than forming an organization and accepting donations.

SGOs need systems for contributions, scholarship applications, eligibility, awards, financial controls, payments, reporting, compliance, documentation, and ongoing operations.

SGOone is being built to make that easier.

Build with us

A founding cohort, shaped by real needs.

Founding Cohort organizations may:

  • Participate in onboarding discussions and describe their planned SGO model
  • Provide feedback on SGOone workflows and test appropriate functionality
  • Participate in periodic program reviews
  • Help measure launch costs and administrative efficiency
  • Identify barriers during formation and implementation

Your organization stays yours.

Each participating SGO remains an independent organization.

SGOone provides infrastructure and operating tools. SGOone does not control your organization's governance, donors, mission, scholarship criteria, or operations.

Participation is not certification, accreditation or a determination of legal or regulatory eligibility.

The larger mission

Build the foundation once.
Open more doors together.

Instead of every organization independently rebuilding the same administrative infrastructure, common technology and implementation resources can:

  • Reduce startup costs
  • Reduce unnecessary administrative duplication
  • Improve operational readiness
  • Strengthen documentation and accountability
  • Help smaller organizations participate
  • Keep more resources focused on scholarships

Shared infrastructure for independent Scholarship Granting Organizations.

Express Interest →

Considering a community scholarship mission? Explore whether you could start an SGO and the responsibilities to prepare for. Why SGOone explains the platform approach; published pricing details software costs separately from cohort support.