Hispanic College Fund, Inc. (HCF) is a nonprofit organization aiming to prepare Hispanic young people to become professionals in the future.
It serves primarily high school and college students.
It was founded in 1993 by a group of Hispanic business leaders and is based in Washington, D.C.[1] The current CEO is Carlos E. Santiago who replaced Joe Petrone[2] in August 2010.
[3] HCF is currently funded through personal and corporate contributions from companies in America including Estée Lauder Companies, The Ford Motor Company Fund, General Dynamics, Marriott International,[4] Lockheed Martin, Verizon[5] and Sodexo.
It has collaborated with Google to offer $10,000 scholarships to eligible students to visit Google headquarters.