ClearPath Scholarship
Applications, eligibility, awards, and disbursements
The complete scholarship administration platform: a branded family application portal, geography-specific 300% AMI income verification, award decision support tools, returning student priority tracking, and scholarship disbursement processing.
Scholarship administration is where federal compliance is most visible to families — and where errors have the most direct human consequences. Income verification against 300% of area median gross income is a geography-specific calculation that varies by county and metro area. The no-earmarking rule requires award decisions to be genuinely arm's-length. Returning student and sibling priority must be tracked and enforced. Each of these is a discrete compliance requirement — and general-purpose software handles none of them correctly.
Why it matters
Income verification that doesn't guess
The 300% AMI threshold varies by county and metro area based on current HUD data. ClearPath Scholarship applies the correct threshold for each applicant's geography automatically — no spreadsheets, no manual lookups, no risk of using outdated data.
Arm's-length awards, documented
The no-earmarking rule requires that award decisions be genuinely independent of donor direction. ClearPath Scholarship's award decision workflow is designed to create and document that separation at every step — not just in policy, but in the operational record.
Returning student priority, enforced automatically
Federal rules require priority for returning scholarship recipients and their siblings. ClearPath Scholarship tracks enrollment status, renewal eligibility, and sibling relationships — and enforces priority automatically, so your board's award decisions are always defensible.
Everything Scholarship covers
ClearPath Scholarship is a complete solution — not a module you configure yourself or a feature set you have to maintain. Every item below is included and actively managed.
Ongoing monthly fee. Scales with applicant and scholarship volume.
- Branded online scholarship application portal for families
- Income verification engine calibrated to 300% AMI by applicant geography
- Eligibility screening and documentation collection workflow
- Award decision support tools with arm's-length documentation
- Returning student and sibling priority system tracking and enforcement
- Scholarship disbursement processing to families
- Qualified expense verification for disbursement approval
- Scholarship renewal processing for returning recipients
ClearPath Scholarship connects to the rest of ClearPath
Ready to build your SGO?
The regulatory window, the competitive landscape, and the program timeline all point to 2026 as the year to act. Tell us about your organization and we’ll schedule an initial consultation.
What happens next
We review your submission and prepare for your organization's specific situation
Initial consultation — typically 45–60 minutes — to assess your structure and goals
We outline a formation and operational plan with a clear scope and timeline
Engagement begins with a defined phase 1 scope