"From the Classroom to the Boardroom"

BDPA Education and Technology Foundation (BETF or BDPA Foundation) is a 501(c)3 non-profit charity, founded in 1992 to support the education and technical programs of Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA).

The BDPA Foundation exists soley for the purpose of providing major financial support of the education & technology programs of National BDPA and its local chapters. We serve as a fiscal agent for those BDPA entities that require 501(c)3 tax-exempt certification.

Our focus for funding in is the BDPA Student Information Technology Education & Scholarships (SITES), and BDPA IT Institute (www.auburn.edu/bdpa).

We administer three scholarshps:

1. Bemley Scholarship
2. Eli Lilly Scholarship for BDPA Students (deadline, Jul. 25th)
3. BDPA Scholarships sponsored by Bank of America

For more information about BETF, visit our BDPA Foundation Blog and our Facebook Page.

We encourage all federal employees that participate in the Combined Federal Campaign to make a payroll deduction on behalf of the BDPA Education & Technology Foundation. Our new CFC code number is 11174.