North Carolina Hispanic College Fund (NCHCF)

The North Carolina Hispanic College Fund is an established charitable fund at the Triangle Community Foundation designed to benefit Hispanic students in North Carolina. The NCHCF awards annual scholarships between $1,000 to $2,000 to help students pay for their college education. Scholarship recipients must be of Hispanic/Latino descent and graduates of a North Carolina high school, including those graduating in the current year and those who graduated within the last two years. Recipients must enroll in a degree program at a community college or a 2 or 4-year college/university and be committed to public service and community development. The fund also includes the Marco & Susan Zárate Scholarship, which provides need-based support specifically to first-generation college students pursuing STEM education, including becoming a STEM teacher. Selection is based on family economic need, community involvement, academic achievement, volunteerism, and leadership, with preference given to foreign-born applicants or native-born children of foreign-born parents.