ADRC Agency-Referral Tool

Guide to financial aid for students.

Supporters of the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation, MC-LEF, strongly believe that our nation‘s most precious resource is its youth. Since its inception in February 1995, MC-LEF, through the continuous support of our donors, has distributed aid with a value of more than $60,000,000 to eligible children. This assistance has primarily been rendered to children of Marines or Federal law enforcement personnel who were killed on duty or died under extraordinary circumstances while serving our country at home or abroad. These funds enable us to provide these children with scholarships for their higher education.

Since 1775, Marines have selflessly served America. For more than 50 years, the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation has honored this service by educating their children. The privately-funded, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization provides scholarships for post-high school education and career training to all qualified deserving sons and daughters of Marines and Navy Corpsmen with particular attention given to children whose parent has been killed or wounded in action and those who have demonstrated financial need. The Scholarship Foundation‘s Heroes Tribute Scholarship Program for Children of the Fallen provides up to $30,000 over four years to every child of a Marine, or Navy Corpsman serving with Marines, who has been killed in combat since September 11, 2001.