Contribute Any Amount to an Existing Scholarship Fund  

There are many scholarship funds at SCC to which you can contribute, including scholarships for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) majors, veterans, Guardian Scholars (emancipated foster youth), books, athletics, art majors and continuing education. If you don't have any particular criteria, you can easily donate to our general scholarship fund.  To make a donation, click here. Not sure where to donate? Email foundation@sccollege.edu or call 714-628-4790 with your preferences and a staff member will happily guide you through the process. 

Set Up a Named Annual Scholarship

With a pledge of at least $500 or more every year for at least five years, you can name a scholarship in honor or memory of an individual or in honor of an organization. As a named scholarship donor, you will be honored every year at our annual Scholarship Donor Reception in late May, where you will have an opportunity to meet your student scholarship recipient.  In addition, you will have the option to present ​that student with his or her scholarship at the awards ceremony that immediately follows the reception. Overall, it's a great experience and an excellent way to learn first-hand how really life-changing your scholarship gift can be to a student. To find out more about this program, email foundation@sccollege.edu or call 714-628-4790 and we’ll contact you with more information.  

Named Scholarship Instructions

Named Scholarship Fillable Form

Set Up an Endowed Scholarship

With a gift of $15,000 or more, you can fund an endowment that will provide scholarships to SCC students in perpetuity. The funds you donate are invested responsibly and a percentage of the earnings is withdrawn annually to provide a scholarship to a student or students. Working with a foundation staff member, you can name and develop the criteria for the scholarship. You will also be our honored guest at the annual Scholarship Donor Reception and Awards Ceremony in May, where you can meet the student recipient of your scholarship and (if you wish) publicly present the award to your scholarship's recipient.  For more information on setting up an endowed scholarship, please email foundation@sccollege.edu or call 714-628-4790.​

Send a Scholarship Award to Santiago Canyon College on Behalf of a Student

Corporations, non-profits, and public institutions and auxiliaries (e.g., high schools, associated student government organizations, etc.) may send scholarships to Santiago Canyon College on behalf of students registered at the college. A student applies directly to your organization for a scholarship through your own application process and you award the scholarship, which you then send to the college on behalf of the student. Our institution refers to this type of scholarship as a One-Time Scholarship (OTS). Unlike scholarships awarded through SCC’s own freshman or annual scholarship committee structure and paid by the foundation, OTS scholarships are processed immediately in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the SCC Scholarship Office. To send a scholarship award to SCC on behalf of a student who has applied to your organization directly, please make the check payable to Santiago Canyon College and mail it to: Santiago Canyon College, Attn: Financial Aid & Scholarship Office, 8045 E. Chapman Ave., Room E-104, Orange, CA 92869-4512. Please include the student’s college ID number or other information (date of birth or last four digits of the Social Security number) that can be used to match the scholarship with the intended student recipient. Please do not make checks payable to the SCC Foundation. For more information on sending scholarships to SCC on behalf of students, please click here.