🚀 Join Us for Our 9th Annual Career Exploration Fair!

📅 Date: July 12th, 2025
⏰ Time: 10:00am – 12:30pm
💻 Location: Online via vFairs

Engage in meaningful conversations and share your expertise with 200+ incredible first-generation scholars eager to learn about diverse careers and industry sectors!

This interactive 2-hour virtual event provides scholars with the opportunity to explore professions they may not have considered before. Your insights can make a lasting impact on their career journeys!

The Peninsula College Fund

Our mission is to empower low-income, first generation college students to graduate and obtain a job that aligns with their career goals.

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Call Out Stats

As a result of the comprehensive, high-touch services we provide, PCF scholars who began college in 2017 graduated within 6 years at a rate of 88%. This is more than 4x the national 6-year graduation rate of 21% for first-generation college students.

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Scholarships Awarded
79%

Cumulative Persistence Rate
87%

6-year graduation rate, compared to 21% nationwide
54%

rising seniors secure career-focused internships
71%

graduates secured post-college job/enrolled in grad school

Meet Our Alums

PCF provides scholars with the tools to not only successfully navigate college, but to also launch careers that will ultimately lead to financial security.

“The PCF scholarship provided me the opportunity to access career-related resources that were invaluable in helping me reach my personal and professional goals.”

Yarely Guzman Lopez, B.S. Kinesiology, Minor Health Education San Francisco State University, 2017

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“PCF was a huge part of my professional development as they were able to fill so many of the knowledge gaps I had.”

Jose Enrique Corado B.S. Mathematics UC Riverside, 2020

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How You Can Help

Community volunteers play a key role in our scholars’ success. We offer one-time, short-term, and long-term volunteer opportunities throughout the year.