Sponsors of National Merit® Scholarships in

the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program

CORPORATE SPONSORS

The corporations, company foundations, and businesses named in this list are expected to sponsor Merit Scholarship®
awards in 2021 for Finalists who meet their preferential criteria (published in the 2019 PSAT/NMSQT® Student Guide).
Note: The company names in parentheses (which are listed directly below the official sponsor names) indicate the organi-
zation whose awards are designated for the children of that company’s employees. A few additional corporate organizations
may make arrangements to sponsor scholarships in 2021.

AbbVie Inc. CC Services, Inc. W.W. Grainger, Inc.

Acushnet Company (COUNTRY Financial) Greyhound Lines, Inc.
ADP Foundation CDK Global, LLC The Guardian Life Insurance
Aerojet Rocketdyne Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Company of America
Foundation Coalfire Systems, Inc. Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.
Akzo Nobel Inc. Colgate-Palmolive Company Hormel Foods Corporation
Albany International Commvault Systems, Inc. Charitable Trust
The Allergan Foundation Computer Aid, Inc. The Harvey Hubbell Foundation
Ameren Corporation Corning Incorporated Hunter Industries Incorporated
Charitable Trust Crum & Forster Illinois Tool Works Foundation
American Air Liquide CSX Corporation Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of
Holdings, Inc Dentsply Sirona Inc. Huntington Ingalls Industries
American City Business Gaylord and Dorothy Insperity Services, L.P.
Journals, Inc. Donnelley Foundation International Union of Bricklayers
American Electric Power E*TRADE Financial Corporation and Allied Craftworkers
Company, Inc. Eastman Foundation J. Walter Thompson Company
American Financial Group Eaton Charitable Fund Fund, Inc.
AmerisourceBergen Corporation Ellucian Company L.P. Jacobs Engineering Foundation
The AMETEK Foundation Emerson Charitable Trust John Bean Technologies
Aon Foundation The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Corporation
Apache Corporation Eversource Energy Johnson & Johnson Services Inc.
Arkema Inc. Foundation Foundation, Inc. Kaman Corporation
Ascension FedEx Custom Critical, Inc. The Kennametal Foundation
Aspen Technology, Inc. FedEx Freight Corporation L3Harris Technologies
Astellas US LLC FedEx Ground Package LANXESS Corporation
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP System, Inc. Leidos, Inc.
BASF Corporation Ferro Corporation Liberty Mutual Scholarship
Battelle Fifth Third Foundation Foundation
Bentley Systems, Incorporated Fluor Foundation Loews Corporation
Trust Under The Will of Mary E. FMC Corporation LPL Financial LLC
Beyerle Formosa Plastics The Lubrizol Foundation
BNSF Railway Foundation Corporation, U.S.A. Macy’s, Inc.
The Boeing Company Fox News Channel, LLC Mannington Mills, Inc.
Brady Corporation FTS International, LLC Maritz Holdings Inc.
Foundation, Inc. GAF Marsh & McLennan
Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund Gannett Foundation, Inc. Companies, Inc.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Gates Industrial Corporation McGraw Hill LLC
Foundation, Inc. Foundation Mead Witter Foundation, Inc.
Broadridge Financial GEICO Philanthropic Foundation The MITRE Corporation
Solutions, Inc. Genentech, Inc. Molex LLC
Brown & Brown, Inc. (Hoffman-La Roche Inc.) Moody’s Foundation
Bunge North America, Inc. General Dynamics Corporation Motorola Solutions
Bunzl USA, LLC General Dynamics Ordnance and Foundation
CACI International Inc Tactical Systems National Distillers Distributors
Carlisle Companies Incorporated Georgia-Pacific Foundation, Inc. Foundation
Carpenter Technology Corporation Gleason Family Foundation National Oilwell Varco, LP
CBS Corporation Global Tungsten & Powders Corp. Nationwide Foundation
New Jersey Manufacturers Tate & Lyle Americas LLC
Insurance Company TD Ameritrade Services
New York Life Foundation Company, Inc.
The NewMarket Foundation Teachers Insurance and Annuity
NextEra Energy Foundation, Inc. Association of America
NiSource Charitable Foundation TEGNA Foundation, Inc.
Norfolk Southern Foundation The TeleTech Community
Northrop Grumman Corporation Foundation
Novartis US Foundation Texas Instruments Foundation
Novo Nordisk Inc. Textron Charitable Trust
NVIDIA Corporation 3M Company
Occidental Petroleum Corporation Trane Technologies Charitable
Old National Bancorp Foundation
Omron Foundation, Inc. The Travelers Employees’ Club
ON Semiconductor Tredegar Corporation
Owens Corning Foundation Truist Financial Corporation
Parker Hannifin Foundation United Services Automobile
Frank E. Payne and Seba B. Association
Payne Foundation The UPS Foundation
The Penn Mutual Life USG Foundation, Inc.
Insurance Company Utility Workers Union of
The PepsiCo Foundation, Inc. America, AFL-CIO
Pfizer Inc Varian Medical Systems
Pilkington North America, Inc. ViaSat, Inc.
PPG Foundation Vulcan Materials Company
PPL Foundation
PricewaterhouseCoopers Walgreen Co.
Charitable Foundation, Inc. Waste Management National
Principal Life Insurance Company Services Inc.
Public Service Enterprise Group Westlake Chemical Corporation
Putnam Investments, LLC Zoetis Inc.
Quanex Foundation
Raytheon Company
Research Triangle Institute
Reynolds American Foundation
Rheem Manufacturing Company
Robert Half International Inc.
Rockwell Automation Charitable
Corporation
Rolls-Royce North America Inc.
RSM US LLP
S&P Global
Schindler Elevator Corporation
Schneider Electric North
America Foundation
Sensient Technologies
Foundation
Sentry Insurance Foundation, Inc.
Siemens Foundation
Snap-on Incorporated
Sogeti USA
Sony Electronics Inc.
South Carolina Sports Medicine
and Orthopaedic Center
Southern Company Services, Inc.
Southwest Airlines Co.
C. D. Spangler Foundation, Inc.
(National Gypsum Company)
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
State Farm Companies
Foundation
Suburban Propane, L.P.
Synthomer Foundation
 COLLEGE SPONSORS
The colleges and universities named in this list are expected to offer Merit Scholarship awards in 2021 for Finalists who
will attend the sponsor institution. A few additional colleges may make arrangements with NMSC to sponsor scholarships
in 2021.

Abilene Christian University Lewis & Clark College (OR) Texas A&M University, and
American University Liberty University identified campuses
Arizona State University Louisiana State University Texas Christian University
Auburn University Louisiana Tech University Texas Tech University
Belmont University Loyola University Chicago Trinity University (TX)
Bethel University Luther College Truman State University
Boston College Macalester College Tufts University
Boston University Marquette University Tulane University
Bowdoin College Miami University-Oxford University of Alabama at
Bradley University Michigan State University Birmingham
Brandeis University Michigan Technological University of Alabama at
Brigham Young University University Tuscaloosa
Bucknell University Mississippi State University University of Arizona
Butler University Missouri University of Science University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Calvin University and Technology University of Central Florida
Carleton College Montana State University- University of Chicago
Case Western Reserve University Bozeman University of Cincinnati
Centre College New College of Florida University of Dallas
Claremont McKenna College North Dakota State University University of Dayton
Clemson University Northeastern University (MA) University of Evansville
Colby College (ME) Oberlin College University of Florida
College of Charleston Occidental College University of Georgia Foundation
College of Wooster Ohio University-Athens University of Houston-
Colorado College Oklahoma Christian University Main Campus
Colorado State University Oklahoma State University University of Idaho
Creighton University Franklin W. Olin College of University of Iowa
Davidson College Engineering University of Kansas
DePauw University Oregon State University University of Kentucky
Drake University Ouachita Baptist University University of Louisville
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Pennsylvania State University, and University of Maine
University, and identified identified campuses University of Maryland, and
campuses Pepperdine University identified campuses
Emory University Pomona College University of Miami
Florida Atlantic University Purdue University University of Minnesota, and
Florida International University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute identified campuses
Florida State University Rhodes College University of Mississippi
Fordham University Rochester Institute of University of Missouri-Columbia
Furman University Technology University of Montana-Missoula
Gordon College (MA) Rose-Hulman Institute of University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Goshen College Technology University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Grinnell College Rutgers, The State University University of Nevada, Reno
Gustavus Adolphus College of New Jersey, and identified University of New Mexico
Harding University campuses University of North Dakota
Harvey Mudd College Saint Louis University University of North Texas
Hendrix College St. Olaf College University of Oklahoma, and
Hillsdale College Samford University identified campuses
Hope College Santa Clara University University of Oregon
Illinois Wesleyan University South Dakota School of Mines University of Pittsburgh
Indiana University Bloomington and Technology University of Puget Sound
Iowa State University Southern Methodist University University of Rochester, and
Kalamazoo College Southwestern University (TX) identified campuses
Kansas State University State University of New York at University of St. Thomas (MN)
Kenyon College Stony Brook University of South Carolina-
Lawrence University (WI) Tennessee Technological Columbia
Lehigh University University University of South Florida
University of Southern California
University of Southern Mississippi
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Texas at Dallas
University of Tulsa
University of Utah
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wyoming
Valparaiso University
Vanderbilt University
Villanova University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Washington and Lee University
Washington State University
Wayne State University (MI)
West Virginia University
Foundation, Inc.
Western Washington University
Wheaton College (IL)
Whitman College
Wichita State University
Willamette University
Wofford College

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