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title: Missouri
description: 'Faith Sandler Age: 53 Hometown: St. Louis Cause: Financial aid to low-income students Started in 1920 as a program offering financial assistance to poor Jewish…'
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published: '2014-06-27T21:00:25.000Z'
modified: '2014-06-27T21:00:25.000Z'
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Started in 1920 as a program offering financial assistance to poor Jewish residents, the Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis is a resource for low-income students seeking higher education. Expanded to include all applicants without regard to religion, the nonprofit’s interest-free, no-fee loan program — started with just a $15 loan to a young immigrant woman — has flourished over the past 25 years under the direction of executive director Faith Sandler. Spearheading fresh outreach efforts to increase its local donors to 70 partners — up from four in 1989 — Sandler has seen annual funding more than double on an inflation-adjusted basis, with $3.6 million supporting over 600 students in 2013.

### Says Sandler:

> *The cost of postsecondary education has gone up dramatically. It’s our responsibility to subsidize costs for a college degree, which has become the new standard for entry-level employment.”*

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