The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) is the nation’s leading organization supporting Hispanic higher education. Founded in 1975 as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, HSF’s vision is to strengthen the country by advancing college education among Hispanic Americans. In support of its mission to double the rate of Hispanics earning college degrees, HSF provides the Latino community more college scholarships and educational outreach support than any other organization in the country. During the 2007-2008 academic year, HSF awarded almost 4,100 scholarships exceeding $26.6 million. In its 33-year history, HSF has awarded in excess of 86,000 scholarships, worth more than $247 million, to Latinos attending nearly 2,000 colleges and universities in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
MIDWEST OFFICE:
OVERVIEW
The Midwest Regional Office works in collaboration with HSF’s national outreach programs to host Town Hall Meetings and Steps for Success Saturday workshops, administer middle school programming in collaboration with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, participate in college fairs, inform high-school counselors and other educational leaders about its initiatives, serve as a local contact for HSF Scholars and the HSF Scholar Chapters throughout the region. In addition, the office focuses on seeking support for the organization from regional and local corporations, businesses, foundations and individuals.
MIDWEST DEMOGRAPHICS
According to the 2000 U.S. Census, more than 7 percent of the U.S. Hispanic population resides in HSF’s Midwest region. There are approximately 1.5 million Hispanics living in Illinois, comprising 12.3 percent of the total state population. In its 32-year history, HSF has provided 6,950 scholarships totaling more than $17.6 million to students in the Midwest, including more than $9.7 million granted to 4,127 students in Illinois. During the 2006-2007 academic year, HSF awarded 319 scholarships in the Midwest totaling more than $1.64 million; of that, 147 scholarships totaling nearly $700,000 were awarded to students in the state of Illinois.
*The office provides services to Latinos in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, northern Kentucky, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin.
MISSION
The Midwest Regional Office, located in Chicago’s historic Civic Opera House, was established in 2002 to better equip the region’s Hispanic families with key information about higher education and the financial aid opportunities available to them.
Through the San Francisco HSF headquarters, the Midwest Regional Office offers the following programs:
Alumni Network
HSF/Boys & Girls Clubs of America Alliance
Peer Counseling
Steps for Success Saturdays
Town Hall Meetings
HSF MIDWEST REGIONAL OFFICE
20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 750
Chicago, IL 60606
Phone: 312-368-4360
Fax: 312-368-7017
CONTACTS:
Claudia Lule, Program Director
Email: clule@hsf.net
Carlos Rinconeno, Program Coordinator
Email: crinconeno@hsf.net
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