About Us

Established in 2004, the Asian Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing college scholarships, support and guidance for Houston area high school students in need of financial assistance and who have demonstrated potential for success.  Our mission is to increase the number of local college graduates by providing scholarships to deserving students.  We envision a future where every household in our community benefits from a family member with a college degree.

We have a long track record of transparency, efficient fund distribution and proven results.

For the past decade the Asian Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Foundation (previously through the Asian Chamber of Commerce) has been providing scholarships to Houston area high school seniors, awarding an average of ten+ $1,000 scholarships to deserving students each year. Our all-volunteer team raises the funds, calls for entries, evaluates candidates, conducts interviews and issues the scholarships during an awards luncheon where the students and their parents are recognized.

During these difficult economic times, we desire to expand our support to help more young people in our community achieve higher education. While it is more challenging to raise money in the current environment, the need is greater than ever. As they graduate and take their place in society, we hope our program participants will return to our organization as a new generation of professionals who desire to give back to the community that recognized and supported them.

We are aware there are many excellent students, “late bloomers,” who are deserving and have great potential, but have a lower GPA and therefore cannot compete for limited scholarship opportunities. With the additional funds from our corporate partners, we will be able to provide more opportunities for these students. We further plan to engage our volunteer corps to begin tracking our awardees. Many students start out well academically in college, but due to family circumstances cannot continue bear the cost of college expenses. Some of them are forced to drop out before finishing, returning “temporarily” to the workforce. Many never return to college. We believe a viable scholarship program should include a component of support to help students by providing guidance in continuing to apply for loans, grants and scholarships.

As our program grows, we plan to provide a funding seminar to our awardees during their college years, so they can learn the process for continuing to self-fund their education until they graduate.