This grant will enable The Aspen Institute to award the biannual Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, which elevates exceptional community colleges and facilitates the replication of promising practices in the student success field. View Website

This cross-team grant, one of a suite of six aimed towards democracy and student voting, will support the Jolt Initiative to address the underrepresentation of young Texas Latinos in civic engagement. View Website

This grant will enable EducationCounsel to continue its efforts to support the higher education ecosystem process and respond to the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling ending race-conscious college admissions. View Website

This grant will support Class Action’s “End Legacy Campaign”, an effort designed to pressure elite colleges and universities to end admissions preferences for the children of alumni. View Website

This grant will support Bottom Line’s expansion of its best-in-nation college access and success programming to Detroit. Currently operating in Chicago, New York City, Boston, and Dayton, Bottom Line partners with degree-aspiring students of color from under-resourced communities to get into and through college and successfully launch a career. View Website

This cross-team (Education and Environment) grant supports a half-day convening in April 2024 hosted by Teachers College’s Community College Research Center (CCRC) in collaboration with the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). View Website

This grant will support the Reinvestment Fund’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Brilliance Initiative, which also received a $3.5 million dollar investment from the SIP, to enhance HBCUs' facilities, community anchor goals, financial health, and growth potential. View Website

This grant will enable the Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (TN SCORE) to expand upon its existing trust-building and FAFSA completion efforts developed by convening the Memphis Area Presidents Council (MAPC) and the Complete Tennessee Leadership Institute (CTLI). View Website

This general operating grant will enable the Postsecondary National Policy Institute (PNPI) to advance professional development for current and prospective policymakers who work on federal higher education issues. View Website

This general operating grant will support a longtime Kresge partner, the National College Attainment Network (NCAN), to bolster opportunities for students of color and those from low-income households to attain and complete high-quality postsecondary degrees. View Website

This grant will enable the bipartisan Hunt Institute to equip state policymakers and elected leaders with learning opportunities and platforms for cross-state collaboration to improve underrepresented student postsecondary education success. View Website

This grant will enable the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) to advance its CoPro2.0 college promise work with two projects enhancing college affordability, student success, and completion. View Website

This grant will support University of Venda For Science and Technology (UNIVEN) to join the Siyaphumelela (“We Succeed”) initiative, which seeks to expand the national student success network from seven to 20 of South Africa’s 26 universities. Siyaphumelela 3.0 builds upon reform efforts pioneered in both the United States and South Africa and, by expanding to nearly 80% of the country’s universities, aims to nationalize evidence-based student success goals to increase South Africa’s overall postsecondary attainment rate and, ultimately, enhance individual social mobility and South Africa’s overall prosperity. View Website

This grant will support the Century Foundation (TCF) to highlight the need for equitable state funding and appropriations for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). TCF will develop a communications strategy using data, key messages, and information to push for systemic changes. View Website

This grant will support Soledad O’Brien Productions, with support from The Hechinger Report, to continue to investigate the effect of the Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action in college admissions on educational opportunities for racial and ethnic minorities. View Website

This grant will support the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) to foster stronger connections and alignment between state legislators and college promise program leaders to build on the momentum from the CoPro2.0 initiative. View Website

This grant will support first-time grantee Vaal University of Technology (VUT) to join the Siyaphumelela (“We Succeed”) initiative, which seeks to expand the national student success network from seven to 20 of South Africa’s 26 universities. View Website

This grant will support the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), to continue as part of the next phase of the Siyaphumelela (“We Succeed”) initiative, which seeks to expand the national student success network from seven to 20 of South Africa’s 26 universities. View Website

This grant will support Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) to develop a plan for possible full inclusion in the next phase of the Siyaphumelela (“We Succeed”) initiative. View Website

This grant will support Walter Sisulu University (WSU) to join the Siyaphumelela (“We Succeed”) initiative, which seeks to expand the national student success network from seven to 20 of South Africa’s 26 universities. Siyaphumelela 3.0 builds upon reform efforts pioneered in both the United States and South Africa and, by expanding to nearly 80% of the country’s universities, aims to nationalize evidence-based student success goals to increase South Africa’s overall postsecondary attainment rate and, ultimately, enhance individual social mobility and South Africa’s overall prosperity. View Website