NASFAA Conference Charity Initiatives
The NASFAA National Conference is the premier in-person event serving the student financial aid community. Thousands of student aid professionals from across the nation attend the conference each year to teach, learn, network, and share best practices.
As financial aid administrators, our attendees make a difference daily on campus and in their students' lives. By participating in our National Conference charity events, they also deeply impact the conference location's local communities.
Our efforts are further supported by our Charity Sponsors, a group of NASFAA Associate Member organizations whose generous contributions offset event costs, ensuring our charity dollars go even further.
Since starting our local charity outreach in 2023, NASFAA conference attendees and donors have raised nearly $40,000 for community initiatives. Learn more about these community initiatives and how to get involved.
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NASFAA 2026 - National Harbor, MD
Selected Charity: First Generation College Bound
FGCB is a grassroots, private non-profit celebrating over 35 years of college success. Based in Prince George's County, Maryland, FGCB offers youth and their families a pipeline of educational interventions, comprising academic readiness, supportive services, and guidance, to help them achieve high school graduation, college admissions, and earn a post-secondary degree.
Opportunities: 5K, Trivia Night, Top Golf Game Play and donations
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NASFAA 2025 - Anaheim, CA
Selected Charity: Higher Ground Youth & Family Services
Higher Ground Youth & Family Services is a 501(c)(3) non-profit family resource center founded in 2013 to provide wrap-around services, family support, and community resources to youth and families in Orange County, CA.
Opportunities: 5K, Trivia Night, Silent Disco and donations
Total Raised: $15,116.58
A note from Higher Ground:
"Connection, Inspiration, & Gratitude! These are words that can describe how the entire Higher Ground team is feeling post NASFAA conference. The members that make up both the NASFAA team and the NASFAA community are so kind, genuine and generous. We were blown away by people’s interest in what we do and even more so by their desire to support the work and to truly help make a difference. During the conference, we raised over $15,000! That money will go a long ways toward helping youth in our communities. The cool thing is that many of these youth will grow up to work with members in NASFAA who will then help them find the pathways to funding that will allow them to go to college. Full circle moment.
Thank you for not only choosing Higher Ground as your charity partner but for allowing us to participate in the events themselves and giving us the opportunity to meet so many of you in person. We have definitely built connections that will last!”
NASFAA 2024 - Milwaukee, WI
Selected Charity: All-In Milwaukee
All-In Milwaukee is a college completion program that provides financial aid, advising, and program and career support to high-potential, limited-income, diverse Milwaukee students. It helps them complete college, build meaningful careers, and transform the Milwaukee community.
Opportunities: 5K, Trivia Night, ISIR-vived T-shirts, and donations
Total Raised: $14,798.56
A Note from All-in Milwaukee:
"We are so grateful for the generous contribution from the NASFAA community. The donations support high-potential, limited-income, diverse Milwaukee students through college and into the Wisconsin workforce. Each contribution guarantees that every AIM scholar gets the essential resources for college success: financial aid, a dedicated scholar advisor, comprehensive support services, and career readiness training.
For our next (and seventh!) class of scholars - we plan to accept 175 new scholars (starting college this fall) and will have over 600 scholars in our program!
Since launching in 2018, we have grown to more than 500 scholars across eight University Partners. Our scholars are 100% limited-income, 99% of students of color, and 87% first-generation college students. Because of donors like you, our first six years have produced promising results:
- 90% of all scholars who started college with All-In Milwaukee are persisting in college to graduation.
- 85% of scholars and graduates currently have no student debt.
- 88% of graduates who have secured a job or are pursuing graduate school are doing so in Wisconsin.
Your support makes our work possible, and we hope you take pride in all that we will achieve together. On behalf of all of us at All-In Milwaukee, thank you for your generosity in supporting our scholars to "Complete College, Build Careers, and Transform Milwaukee."
NASFAA 2023 - San Diego, CA
Selected Charity: Students Without Limits
Students Without Limits is a 501c3 nonprofit organization in San Diego that provides legal, mental health, and continuing education support to underserved minority and immigrant teens from low-income families who will be first-generation college students.
Opportunities: 5K, animal interactions, and donations
Total Raised: $9,689.95
