About
The Pell Grant is a proven program that has been the foundation of federal student aid for decades, opening the doors of college and opportunity to low- and moderate-income students.
Doubling the fiscal year 2021 maximum Pell Grant award amount from $6,495 to $13,000 will help more students earn a degree, get a good-paying job, and obtain greater economic mobility and a brighter future.
Congress has made tremendous progress toward this goal in recent years. The maximum Pell Grant award is currently up to $7,395, but that is still not enough. There is strong bipartisan support to double the maximum Pell Grant award. Now is the time to do more.
#DoublePell is a national campaign led by a coalition of higher education associations, organizations, and advocacy groups committed to doubling the maximum Pell Grant.
The groups leading #DoublePell have developed tools and resources for students and families to communicate to Congress about the urgency of doubling Pell and tell their stories about how the Pell Grant has helped them.
Why Double Pell?
The urgency of increasing the Pell Grant is clear as the program has proven effective in providing education funding to those who need it most.
Doubling the Pell Grant will:
- Increase access to higher education for more low- and moderate-income students and families
- Help make higher education more affordable
- Reduce student debt
- Help meet students’ basic needs — like food, housing, health care and child care — because it covers cost of attendance, not just tuition
- Increase completion
- Spur post-COVID economic recovery
Our Partners
The following organizations are part of the Double Pell Alliance, a coalition of higher education associations, organizations, and advocacy groups committed to increasing the maximum Pell Grant award to $13,000.
- Academic Success Program (Texas)
- Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
- Achieve Atlanta
- ACPA—College Student Educators International
- Alabama Possible
- American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
- American Association of Community Colleges
- American Association of State Colleges and Universities
- American Association of University Professors
- American Council on Education
- American Federation of Teachers
- American Indian Higher Education Consortium
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- Association of American Universities
- Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
- Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
- Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
- Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
- Association of Research Libraries
- Association of Young Americans
- Austin College Attainment Network
- Capital Area College Access Network
- Center for American Progress
- Center for First-generation Student Success
- The Center for Higher Education Policy and Practice (CHEPP)
- Center for Law and Social Policy
- Center for Responsible Lending
- Chiefs for Change
- Coalition of Higher Education Assistance Organizations
- College Access Plan
- College Bound – St. Louis
- College Beyond
- Common App
- Consumer Action
- Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
- Council for Opportunity in Education
- Council of Independent Colleges
- Council on Social Work Education
- NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
- National Association for College Admission Counseling
- National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
- National Association of Colleges and Employers
- National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
- National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs
- National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
- National College Attainment Network
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- National Consumer Law Center
- National Down Syndrome Congress
- National Education Association
- National Young Farmers Coalition
- New America Higher Education Program
- New York Public Interest Research Group
- Northern California College Promise Coalition
- Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
- Scholarship America
- Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
- Southern California College Access Network
- Southern Scholars Initiative, Inc.
- State Higher Education Executive Officers Association
- Student Aid Alliance
- Student PIRGs
- Student Senate for California Community Colleges
- Students Rising Above
- Students United
- Student Veterans of America
