ERCA is a non-profit corporation that awards student scholarships and conducts voluntary surveys of high school and middle school students throughout the United States. ERCA provides a minimum of 25 scholarships per year to deserving high school students. The scholarship awards recognize and reward high school students who have made an extraordinary contribution to their community and/or high school and are not based upon financial need.

ERCA's surveys help students further their education and professional development by enabling institutions of higher learning to identify potential students and to also provide them with valuable information about curricula, extracurricular activities and financial aid programs. Additionally, the surveys help businesses that want to identify students who are most likely to be interested in offers tailored to their interests. Participation in the survey is not a prerequisite to receiving an ERCA scholarship. ERCA prepares an annual report describing certain non-personally identifiable information learned through the survey and providing other information that is useful and interesting to students and educators. The annual report is available, free of charge, within our web site.