The Southern California Catholic Educational Excellence Foundation is a non-profit corporation, operated exclusively for educational and charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the corresponding section of any future Federal tax code. Specifically, the SCCEEF supplements the financial ability of deserving scholar-athletes, residing within the Ecclesiastical Province of Los Angeles, to attend Catholic high schools within said Province. SCCEEF awards annual tuition scholarships to applicants, scholar-athletes between the ages of 13 and 19, in accordance with pre-defined criteria.