The SEP Alumni Scholarship

What The SEP Alumni Scholarship does

The SEP Alumni Scholarship is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, founded in 2015 (first scholar seated 2016) and headquartered in Los Altos, California, whose core function is sponsoring outstanding not-for-profit leaders from around the world to attend the Stanford Executive Program (SEP) at Stanford Graduate School of Business. The organization operates as a community-led vehicle within the global SEP alumni network, identifying and funding candidates who then re-enter the network as alumni after completing the program. As of the input data, 11 named scholars have been sponsored, drawn from Senegal, Tanzania, the United States, India, Mexico, and other regions, and operating across education, healthcare, environment, community development, and social enterprise verticals.

The scholarship has no technology product or platform offering — its deliverable is access to SEP curriculum, faculty, case studies, and the broader Stanford GSB alumni network, plus post-program support such as cohort-level fundraising (e.g., over $50,000 raised by SEP classmates for Health in Harmony). The business model is purely philanthropic: revenue streams consist of individual donations from SEP alumni and the public (suggested USD $500), US corporate giving and employer matching routed through Consiva by CyberGrants, and UK charitable donations routed through CAF Online. Distribution is direct via the alumnischolarship.org website and email-based scholarship applications, with downstream content reach occasionally extended through commercial partnerships (e.g., the Movile/PlayKids alliance for Formando Emprendedores educational videos).

Governance is provided by an 11-member volunteer board composed entirely of SEP alumni with backgrounds spanning large technology companies (Microsoft, VMware, Oracle, Twitter, Sinch), venture capital (Henry Xue), law (Pedro Testa), media (Jonathan Harley), and social entrepreneurship. The organization is registered in California, has 1-10 employees, and discloses no funding rounds, M&A activity, or institutional investment — consistent with a small, donor-funded nonprofit rather than a scaling venture.

Name

The SEP Alumni Scholarship

Legal name

The Alumni Scholarship

Website

https://alumnischolarship.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The SEP Alumni Scholarship is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2015 that sponsors outstanding not-for-profit leaders from around the world to attend the Stanford Executive Program, funded by individual alumni donations, US corporate matching, and UK charitable giving.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Scholarship / Executive Education Philanthropy

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

University/Institutional Scholarships & Tuition Waivers (EDAIAOAG), College Access, Scholarships & Student Success Nonprofits (BPAGADAE)

Keywords

• Executive education scholarship
• Nonprofit leadership development
• Philanthropic scholarship program
• Social impact grants
• Stanford executive program

Headquarters

HQ city

Stanford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: The primary revenue stream comes from individual donations from the SEP alumni community. The suggested donation is USD $500, though all donations are gratefully accepted.
2. Corporate Giving and Matching: Registered with Consiva by CyberGrants for corporate giving and matching programs in the USA, allowing employees to make donations that may be matched by their employers.
3. UK Charitable Donations: Registered with CAF Online as a charity eligible for charitable donations from the UK, enabling UK donors to contribute through CAF accounts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The SEP Alumni Scholarship is a nonprofit charity that funds and sponsors outstanding leaders of not-for-profit organizations to attend the Stanford Executive Program (SEP), a 6-week executive education course at Stanford Graduate School of Business. The organization raises donations from the global SEP alumni network and uses these funds to cover the SEP tuition and participation costs for selected scholar-leaders, with the goal of scaling excellence in education, health, and environment-focused nonprofits worldwide.

Product overview

The SEP Alumni Scholarship is a nonprofit scholarship initiative, not a technology product company. It provides funding and support for not-for-profit leaders to attend the Stanford Executive Program (SEP), facilitating networking and leadership development among social impact leaders globally. No technology products, modules, or software offerings are offered.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SEP Alumni Scholarship for Not-for-Profit Leaders A fully sponsored scholarship for outstanding leaders of not-for-profit organizations to attend the Stanford Executive Program (SEP), a 6-week executive education course at Stanford Graduate School of Business. The scholarship covers SEP tuition and participation, with selection based on leadership excellence and commitment to social impact in education, health, and environment sectors. Recipients gain permanent membership in the global SEP alumni network spanning 44+ countries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $50,000 raised by SEP classmates for individual scholars' charities
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Movile/PlayKidscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrazilian enterprise Movile, under its business unit Playkids, created an alliance with Formando Emprendedores (Mexican NGO led by SEP Scholar Alejandra Hinojosa) to create Pequeñ@s Ciudadan@s educational videos with content for the Playkids platform. Videos are available in Spanish, English, and Portuguese.
• Consiva by CyberGrantsminorOthersThe SEP Alumni Scholarship is registered with Consiva by CyberGrants for corporate giving and matching, allowing employees to make tax-deductible donations that may be matched by their employers.
• CAF OnlineminorOthersRegistered with CAF Online as a UK-eligible charity, enabling UK donors to contribute through CAF accounts for tax-effective charitable giving.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Skoll Foundation: Majors in funding and connecting social entrepreneurs globally through the Skoll Award and the Skoll Forum at Oxford. Operates at significantly larger scale than SEP Alumni Scholarship but addresses the same mission of supporting proven social-impact leaders.
• Resolution Ventures (formerly Co-Impact): Global collaborative philanthropy platform funding education, health, and economic opportunity through pooled capital. Operates at much larger scale but shares the SEP Alumni Scholarship focus on education/health/environment outcomes via leader-led organizations.
• Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship: Partners with the World Economic Forum to recognize and support a network of leading social entrepreneurs. Operates a broader award-based model but shares SEP Alumni Scholarship's emphasis on leadership and network effects for social purpose.

Direct peers

• Echoing Green: Global fellowship program that identifies and supports emerging social impact leaders with funding and leadership development. Both organizations fund outstanding social-purpose leaders and were even linked through 2019 Scholar Raby Gueye (an Echoing Green Fellow), making them highly comparable in mission and beneficiary profile.
• Mulago Foundation: Foundation that funds and supports high-impact social enterprises run by extraordinary leaders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Like SEP Alumni Scholarship, focuses on leader-led scaling of not-for-profit organizations with measurable outcomes.
• Ashoka: Largest global network of leading social entrepreneurs, providing stipends, professional support, and connections to leading changemakers. Like SEP Alumni Scholarship, Ashoka invests in exceptional individuals who lead high-impact not-for-profit and social-enterprise organizations.
• Acumen Academy: Provides leadership development programs and courses for social entrepreneurs and changemakers. Both organizations invest in leadership capacity-building for social-purpose leaders rather than direct program funding, and serve similar global audiences.
• Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation: Venture-style philanthropy that selects and funds early-stage social entrepreneurs with capital, board support, and network access. DRK's model of selecting a small cohort of high-potential social leaders each year and surrounding them with senior networks closely mirrors SEP Alumni Scholarship's approach.

Emerging players

• Stanford Fund (Stanford Alumni Association): Stanford's central alumni giving vehicle with strong affinity from SEP/GSB alumni. While broader in purpose, it draws on the same Stanford alumni donor base that funds SEP Alumni Scholarship and represents the most institutional alternative for donor dollars.
• Stanford GSB Center for Social Innovation: Academic center at Stanford GSB focused on social impact education, research, and fellowship programs. Differentiator is academic/research versus SEP Alumni Scholarship's pure scholarship model, but they share parent ecosystem and beneficiary overlap.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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