Uic Foundation Incorporated
The UIC Foundation is a 501(c)(3) scholarship foundation serving Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation shareholders and their descendants, focused on education and awarding college/vocational scholarships. The site lists an Utqiagvik mailing address, phone number, and an email at uicalaska.com, and provides application and guidelines pages.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
An individual student who is a UIC shareholder or an eligible descendant seeking a college or vocational scholarship and able to meet the published deadlines and electronic application requirements.
Good Fit
- • Applicant is a UIC shareholder or a child/descendant of a shareholder.
- • Request is for a college or vocational scholarship (not institutional operating support).
- • Applicant can submit the electronic application and meet one of the listed deadlines (May 15, Aug 15, Jan 15).
- • Need/award amounts align with the foundation's typical grant size (roughly $1K–$6K).
- • Applicant residence or school in Alaska or elsewhere in the U.S.; the foundation funds both in-state and out-of-state students.
Geography
Grants in the latest year went to recipients in 21 states, demonstrating a multi-state footprint even though Alaska receives the largest share of dollars (about 45%).
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows 83 distinct individual recipients with many new awardees (57), indicating a broad and distributed recipient set despite the programmatic focus on scholarships.
New Applicants
The foundation posts application guidelines and deadlines and recorded a high number of new recipients in the latest year, signaling unfamiliar eligible applicants who meet the eligibility rule (UIC shareholders/descendants) can access awards; eligibility is restricted to that defined group.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
