Grant Highlights
Education
The nationally recognized college-access organization provides college-preparation services to low-income and underrepresented students in 180 high schools in 12 states. This two-year grant fosters the creation of a new model to help the organization expand into a new city and help more students enter and succeed in college.
As Pennsylvania’s largest single point-of-entry into higher education for minorities, the college offers targeted programs to help students prepare for college and complete their education or training. This challenge grant helps to create a new, comprehensive, LEED-rated student-service center.
As Pennsylvania’s largest single point-of-entry into higher education for minorities, the college offers targeted programs to help students prepare for college and complete their education or training. This challenge grant helps to create a new, comprehensive, LEED-rated student-service center.
The council provides colleges, universities, businesses, labor organizations, and state and local governments with tools and strategies to improve learning opportunities for working adults. This two-year grant commitment funds the pilot phase of LearningCounts.org, a national online center to assess college-level learning acquired outside a traditional classroom setting for academic credit.
The nonprofit provides colleges, universities, businesses, labor organizations, and state and local governments with tools and strategies to improve learning opportunities for working adults. This grant funds the marketing and communications campaign to increase awareness and use of LearningCounts.org, a national online platform to assess college-level learning acquired through military or work force training for academic credit.
The council provides networking, education, and advocacy for nearly 375 Michigan grantmakers. This grant supports the second phase of our Michigan Community Foundation Challenge Grant initiative, which awards matching funds to community foundations that raise money and establish endowments for local college access networks and activities.
The large, urban community college graduates significant numbers of low-income and underrepresented students while serving as an important anchor institution for Cleveland. Funding from this two-year grant creates a voluntary tutoring corps to help students progress through required “gatekeeper” courses into more advanced courses in their academic majors.
The nonpartisan public-policy research and advocacy organization was founded in 2000. This grant funds the production and dissemination of two research studies examining the impact of state disinvestment in higher education on low-income and first-generation college students.
The small, private, historically black, liberal arts institution is rebounding from the costly damage and disruption caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. This grant supports construction of the LEED-Gold Gentilly Center for Health Disparities and Disease Prevention, which seeks to promote quality research, create student learning opportunities, and broaden community-health outreach.
One of the nation’s leading education advocacy and research organizations, Education Trust focuses on identifying and eliminating gaps in educational opportunity and achievement, especially for low-income and underrepresented students. This multiyear grant provides general operating support.