MATCH THE PROMISE FOUNDATION REACHES MILESTONE; SCHOLARSHIP APPS ACCEPTED THROUGH DECEMBER 31

  

The Texas Match the Promise Foundation℠ has hit a noteworthy milestone.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced Wednesday that the foundation has received more than $1 million in donations.

The foundation encourages families to save for college by offering matching scholarships and tuition grants to eligible students who are beneficiaries of a Texas Tuition Promise Fund® (TTPF) account, the state’s prepaid college tuition plan.

More than $800,000 of the foundation’s donations to date have come from individuals donating the cash value of their property held in the state’s unclaimed property program.  The rest has come via donations from individuals, businesses and organizations, and from state employees through the State Employee Charitable Campaign.

The application deadline for this year’s scholarship awards is December 31.  Applicants can learn more online at https://texastuitionpromisefund.com, or www.matchthepromise.org.