For service clubs, churches, booster clubs and local businesses

Sponsor a student's first college course.

A first college course in high school is a real head start, and for some families the support is the part that's out of reach. Your organization can fund it for a student you choose, or let us match the gift to a student who was nominated for one.

What a sponsorship pays for

A supported online ASU course: the student does all of their own work, and Caveat provides a weekly one-on-one check-in, a pacing calendar built around their school and activities, and a Friday report to the parents. The student also gets free support for CAP 150, a career-exploration course, if they want it.

18students supported in 2025-26

44courses finished

132college credits earned

One supported course

$300

Stay on Track support for one course. A good fit for a club scholarship winner or a student your organization already knows.

Sponsor a course

Plan plus first course

$500

Build the Plan ($200: two planning sessions and a written roadmap) plus one supported course ($300). The full start, the same package as the First Course Award.

1. Sponsor the plan 2. Sponsor the course

Several students

Let's talk

Funding a few students a year, or a whole club or team? We set it up on one invoice and send a short report each term: how many started, how many finished.

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The checkout asks for the student's name and the parent's email. To let Caveat match the gift to a nominated student, type "Caveat to match" as the student's name and your own email in the parent's email box.

How it works

You choose or we match. Choose a student your organization knows, or let Caveat match the gift to a student nominated for the First Course Award who wasn't among the three chosen.
The family gets a certificate. We send it to you within one business day to pass on, or straight to the family if you prefer.
A free planning call. The family and a Caveat advisor pick the right first course and start date. Nothing is decided without the parents.
Your organization hears how it went. When the course ends, we send a short thank-you note your organization can share. With the family's permission, the student's first name; otherwise just that the course was finished.

What the family still pays ASU

ASU charges $25 to start a course and, only if the family wants the course on an official ASU transcript, $400 when it ends (with a C or better). A sponsorship covers Caveat's support. If your organization wants to cover the $25 too, add it to the note at checkout and we will pass it on. Arizona students who took the ACT may qualify for ASU's $350 partner rate for the transcript step.

Questions

Is this a donation?

No. Caveat Academic Services is a small business, not a nonprofit, so a sponsorship is a purchase of services for a student, not a tax-deductible donation. Your organization's accountant can say how to record it.

Can we choose the course?

The student and parents choose, with a Caveat advisor, on the planning call. Most first courses are English composition, psychology, sociology or a career-exploration course.

Will credit transfer to the college the student picks?

Each college decides which credits it accepts. Caveat checks published rulings with the family and never promises transfer.

Can the student's name be used in our newsletter?

Only with the parents' written permission, and only a first name. Most of these students are minors.

More: employer-sponsored courses · gifts from family · the First Course Award

Prices as of October 2026. Caveat Academic Services offers independent college preparation services and is not affiliated with Arizona State University. Students do all of their own coursework. Each college decides which credits it accepts; Caveat does not promise that credit will transfer.