Point the Way Foundation in Carlsbad is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 46-5753473) founded in 2014 to support military service members, their families, and students in financial need through care packages, holiday giving, and postsecondary scholarships. The scholarship program requires a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 unweighted scale, a minimum SAT score of 1100 or ACT score of 22 for first-year applicants, and enrollment at an accredited U.S. college or university. Annual care-package campaigns assemble and ship hundreds of supply kits to soldiers deployed overseas, coordinating with vetted military organizations to ensure delivery to active-duty units. The holiday-giving program adopts military families facing financial hardship during the season, distributing meals, gifts, and essential supplies — an outreach initiative aligned with the educational-support mission of organizations like the Carlsbad Library & Arts Foundation. Scholarship recipients maintain eligibility by resubmitting official transcripts each term, with future installments withheld if GPA falls below the 3.0 threshold — an academic-rigor standard familiar to students at military-aligned institutions such as Army and Navy Academy. The foundation's postsecondary scholarship model generates more than $1.25 in documented recipient income gain for every $1.00 of grant expenditure, measured through IRS Form 990-EZ filings that track disbursement-to-outcome ratios across each funding cycle.