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Show Me The Money?

© Shauna Zamarripa

Next on the list is 5% employer work-study programs. Giving students the opportunity to earn at least a minimum wage income while working part time to help pay for their education. This resource is invaluable, however minuscule the percentage, due to the sheer experience that students gain in the program. Many work study programs are designed to work with a students particular field of study so that student may have the opportunity to apply what he/she has learned in the workplace.

The final one - percent of the equation is found in private scholarship sources, which can be found in a variety of places. Below, I have listed the top ten places to receive private funding, along with their fiscal year assets, so that you can figure these into your equation, and to get you started on the road to college. Remember that you should begin applying at least one year before you are schooled for induction into any higher learning institution. Keep this in mind while reading over the list below: In 1996, these companies proved to be the most philanthropic in their field, and are as follows:

Company Assets 1. The Ford Foundation (NY) $8,177,480,000 09/30/96 2. W.K. Kellogg Foundation (MI) $7,588,408,314 08/31/97 3. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (CA) $7,386,414,000 12/31/96 4. J. Paul Getty Trust 1 (CA) $7,160,383,700 06/30/96 5. Lilly Endowment Inc. (IN) $806,947,975 12/31/96 6. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (NJ) $5,595,820,816 12/31/96 7. The Pew Charitable Trusts (PA) $4,031,999,462 12/31/96 8. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (IL) $3,423,714,583 12/31/96 9. Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc. (GA) $2,957,942,788 12/31/96 10. The Rockefeller Foundation (NY) $2,738,774,253 12/31/96 11. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (NY) $2,714,725,000 12/31/96

I hoped that this has answered your questions and "shown you the money." Good luck and happy searching!