IRS Guidelines for Starting a Scholarship Fund

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Setting up a scholarship fund is an extremely rewarding way to pay it forward and give back to your community. Starting a scholarship has a long-term impact on students' lives. After all, scholarships help students pay for higher education and ultimately give them access to a lifetime of opportunities.

Unfortunately, creating a scholarship program on your own is an expensive and time-consuming process. You'll have to jump through a maze of legal hoops to understand the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and complete the necessary paperwork to establish a tax-exempt organization.

Using qualified scholarship management services like Bold.org allows you to bypass these legal intricacies and focus on creating your award and choosing deserving potential recipients.