Name

The Posse Foundation

Legal name

The Posse Foundation Inc.

Website

https://possefoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

College Access and Leadership Development Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Veterans, Military & Employer/Third-Party Billing Benefits (EDALAJAJ)

Keywords

• College access programs
• Leadership development
• Scholarship programs
• Student mentorship
• Youth education

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Posse raises funds from individual donors who support the organization's mission to identify and fund diverse leaders through full-tuition scholarships at partner colleges.
2. Corporate and Foundation Grants: Posse receives grants and gifts from foundations (e.g., W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Goldman Sachs Foundation, Knight Foundation) and corporate giving programs to fund operations, site expansion, and scholarship support.
3. Event Revenue: Posse organizes signature fundraising events including the Power of 10 galas and Glitter Soirees in major cities, with sponsorship levels ranging from $2,500 to $100,000 and individual tickets from $25 to $2,500.
4. Planned Giving: Posse accepts planned giving contributions including bequests and legacy gifts as part of its long-term fundraising strategy.
5. Alumni Giving: Posse alumni contribute donations back to the organization to support future cohorts of Scholars, reinforcing the alumni network's commitment to the next generation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

The Posse Foundation identifies outstanding high school students and veterans with leadership potential through a nominations-based Dynamic Assessment Process and matches them with full-tuition scholarships at 40+ partner colleges and universities. Scholars are recruited, trained, and arrive at college as supportive cohorts of 10, receiving ongoing mentorship, pre-collegiate training, and access to a lifelong alumni network. Specialized tracks serve STEM students, veterans, arts students, and geographically-distanced learners through a Virtual Program.

Product overview

The Posse Foundation operates a single integrated scholarship and leadership development platform centered on its Posse Scholars Program, supplemented by specialized sub-programs for STEM, Veterans, Virtual, and Arts tracks. The organization connects high school students identified through its Dynamic Assessment Process (DAP) with full-tuition scholarships from partner colleges and universities. Supporting services include PossePlus Retreats, The Career Program, and The Jeff Ubben Posse Fellows Program, which provide ongoing mentorship, professional development, and internship opportunities. Posse Consulting extends the organization's expertise to institutional partners seeking to replicate its model.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Posse STEM Program: STEM-specific Posse partnership program
• Posse Veterans Program
• Posse Virtual Program
• Posse Arts Program
• Jeff Ubben Posse Fellows Program
• PosseNEXT

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of Posse Scholars graduate, compared to 59% nationally
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Partner Colleges and UniversitiesflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1989Posse partners with 40+ colleges and universities that award full-tuition leadership scholarships to Posse Scholars. Partner institutions include Babson, Brandeis, Connecticut College, Franklin & Marshall, Lafayette, Lawrence, Middlebury, Smith, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Vanderbilt, Wheaton, Macalester, Rhodes, University of Pittsburgh, University of Virginia, William & Mary, Cornell, DePauw, Dickinson, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Oberlin, Pomona, Trinity, Whitman, Case Western Reserve, Bucknell, Lewis & Clark, Sewanee, Rochester, Bard, Boston University, Carleton, George Washington University, Hamilton, Mount Holyoke, Syracuse, Tulane, Providence, Villanova, Bryn Mawr, Colby, Kalamazoo, Northwestern, Pepperdine, Santa Clara, Vassar, and Dartmouth. Partner colleges contribute full-tuition scholarships and campus support.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• QuestBridge: QuestBridge runs the largest college scholarship and access program for high-achieving, low-income high school students, matching them with full scholarships at partner colleges—a near-direct comparison to Posse's core model.
• College Track: A national college access and success nonprofit serving underrepresented students from high school through college graduation, with comparable cohort-based programming and partner-college funding.
• Jack Kent Cooke Foundation: A major scholarship foundation providing multi-year college funding and support services to high-achieving low-income students, operating a comparable scholarship-plus-support model to Posse.
• College Possible: A national nonprofit deploying near-peer coaching to help low-income students get to and through college, serving a similar demographic with a structured support model.
• Bottom Line: A college access nonprofit providing one-on-one advising to low-income and first-generation students from college application through graduation, overlapping with Posse's target population and mission.

Broad incumbents

• KIPP Foundation: A large national charter school network with a 'KIPP to College' program that supports students through college completion; broader in scope but operating a similar college-persistence model for low-income students.
• United Negro College Fund (UNCF): A large established scholarship and member-college support organization for Black students, sharing Posse's mission of increasing college access for underrepresented populations.
• Scholarship America: The largest U.S. scholarship management organization, administering scholarship programs for corporations, foundations, and individuals—overlapping with Posse's scholarship facilitation role but at much broader scale.
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund: A major scholarship provider and college access advocate for Hispanic students, addressing a related demographic and mission with a broader, less cohort-driven model.

Others

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: A national youth mentoring nonprofit with overlapping development and college-access programming for underrepresented youth, thematically related though operating a broader mentoring model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/possefoundation
• Facebookfacebook.com/possefoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-posse-foundation
• Instagraminstagram.com/possefoundation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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