The National Student Educational Fund (NSEF) was founded in the 1970s in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 as a non-profit research group. Founder Layton Olson created the group using staff from the National Student Lobby

National Student Lobby

The National Student Lobby was a national legislative advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1971, and merged with the National Student Association to form the United States Student Association in 1978....

 (NSL) and the National Student Association

National Student Association

The United States National Student Association, a confederation of American college and university student governments, was founded in 1947 at a conference at the University of Wisconsin. It established its first headquarters in Madison, not far from the U. of Wisconsin campus...

 (NSA). NSEF issued several reports and books on issues related to students and post-secondary education. Later, after NSA and NSL merged into the United States Student Association

United States Student Association

The United States Student Association , founded in 1947, bills itself as the oldest and largest student association in the United States. It has a historical and current commitment to diversity and breaking the barriers to educational access imposed by inequality and discrimination...

(USSA), NSEF was absorbed into USSA. A good article relating to this topic is "How the Grinch stole Education Funding."