SeaChange Capital Parnters, Inc. This grant will enable SeaChange, which provides grants, loans, consulting and research for nonprofits facing complex financial and organizational challenges, to pilot the Transformational Partnerships Fund (TPF), a $2.5m pooled fund providing postsecondary leaders flexible support to explore and form long-term strategic partnerships or mergers. View Website Amount $500,000 Year 2021 Location New York, New York Program Education Focus Area Institutional Capacity Building for Student Success
APIA Scholars This grant will enable Asian & Pacific Islander American (APIA) Scholars’ growth as a thought leader and national advocate for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) college students by funding two distinct but interrelated projects: 1) implementation of student success strategies at partnering colleges; and 2) exploration of mental health supports through a digital app. View Website Amount $250,000 Year 2021 Location Washington, D.C. Program Education Focus Area Institutional Capacity Building for Student Success
Intercultural Development Research Association This grant will enable the Intercultural Research Development Association (IDRA), a Texas-based research and advocacy organization, to strengthen its Education Policy Fellows program by expanding its programmatic partnerships, refining its curriculum, and broadening its communication efforts. View Website Amount $200,000 Year 2021 Location San Antonio, Texas Program Education Focus Area Institutional Capacity Building for Student Success
National College Attainment Network This grant will enable the National College Attainment Network (NCAN) to address COVID-19’s unprecedented negative impact on college enrollment, especially among low-income and students of color. View Website Amount $2.4 million Year 2021 Location Washington, D.C. Program Education Focus Area Urban Pathways to College
Bottom Line This grant will enable Bottom Line to pilot a fee-for-service strategy that leverages its evidence-based model and tools to train thousands of advisors to improve the quality of their advising. Bottom Line is a national direct service college access and success provider. View Website Amount $200,000 Year 2021 Location Boston, MA Program Education Focus Area Urban Pathways to College
San Diego State University’s Center for Equity and Postsecondary Attainment (CEPA) This grant will enable San Diego State University’s Center for Equity and Postsecondary Attainment (CEPA) to address the COVID-19 pandemic’s deleterious impact on college enrollment and persistence, especially among low-income and students of color. View Website Amount $250,000 Year 2021 Location San Diego, CA Program Education Focus Area Urban Pathways to College
Civic Nation This financial amendment to the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, the student civic engagement division of Civic Nation, supports efforts to boost student civic engagement, including voting. View Website Amount $25,000 Year 2020 Location Washington, D.C. Program Education Focus Area
Community Partners This financial amendment to the Southern California College Access Network (SoCal CAN) supports continued efforts to advance equitable college access for Los Angelenos in public housing. Community Partners serves as fiscal sponsor. View Website Amount $200,000 Year 2020 Location Los Angeles, California Program Education Focus Area Aligning and Strengthening Urban Higher Education Ecosystems
Achieving the Dream This financial amendment supports Kresge-sponsored South African delegates' participation in ATD learning opportunities. View Website Amount $50,000 Year 2020 Location Silver Spring, Maryland Program Education Focus Area Institutional Capacity Building for Student Success
Michigan College Access Network Geography Served: Detroit, Michigan Project: This financial amendment enables the Detroit College Access Network (DCAN) to expand its partnership with GetSchooled to provide additional college advising support for current high school students whose pathways to college have been disrupted by COVID-19. The Michigan College Access Network serves as fiscal sponsor. View Website Amount $100,000 Year 2020 Location Lansing, Michigan Program Education Focus Area Urban Pathways to College
Africa Grantmakers’ Affinity Group This financial amendment will enable Kresge’s continued membership in the Africa Grantmakers’ Affinity Group and facilitate AGAG’s 20th Anniversary learning series, "Disrupting Silos, Connecting Conversations, Creating Impact." View Website Amount $40,000 Year 2020 Location Washington, D.C. Program Education Focus Area Institutional Capacity Building for Student Success
Education Commission of the States This financial amendment will enable Education Commission of the States to assist states with understanding how to enhance and apply policies and practices that help students transition successfully from high school into postsecondary education during the COVID-19 pandemic. View Website Amount $25,000 Year 2020 Location Denver, Colorado Program Education Focus Area Institutional Capacity Building for Student Success
Tulane University Geography Served: New Orleans, Louisiana Project: This financial amendment will enable Tulane University’s Cowen Institute to manage and analyze a nine-month pilot program to facilitate mental health resources for New Orleans college students. View Website Amount $55,000 Year 2020 Location New Orleans, Louisiana Program Education Focus Area Urban Pathways to College
Michigan College Access Network This financial amendment will enable MCAN to fiscally sponsor an effort to ensure that Michiganders living with low incomes and Michiganders of color receive outreach about the Futures for Frontliners program, which supports essential workers by providing a tuition-free path to gaining skills for high-demand careers. View Website Amount $55,000 Year 2020 Location Lansing, Michigan Program Detroit, Education Focus Area Urban Pathways to College
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors This financial amendment supports the Talent Hubs initiative, managed by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors in partnership with Lumina Foundation, in its efforts to strengthen city-based activities to re-engage adults with some college credit but no degree. View Website Amount $40,000 Year 2020 Location New York, New York Program Education Focus Area Aligning and Strengthening Urban Higher Education Ecosystems
National College Attainment Network This financial amendment will enable the National College Attainment Network to enhance its online learning platform, called Fundamentals for College Access and Success Providers, in response to a huge increase in demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. View Website Amount $75,000 Year 2020 Location Washington, D.C. Program Education Focus Area Urban Pathways to College
Michigan College Access Network This financial amendment funds the Michigan College Access Network’s COVID-19 Response Grants, which provide up to $10,000 each to schools, organizations and communities to mitigate COVID-19’s harmful impact on college access and success. View Website Amount $100,000 Year 2020 Location Lansing, Michigan Program Education Focus Area Urban Pathways to College
Education Commission of the States This financial amendment will enable Education Commission of the States to enhance and apply state policies and practices that help students transition successfully from high school into postsecondary education during the COVID-19 pandemic. View Website Amount $50,000 Year 2020 Location Denver, Colorado Program Education Focus Area Institutional Capacity Building for Student Success
Education Writers Association This grant supports efforts to improve the media coverage of postsecondary education issues affecting low-income students and students of color during these turbulent times. View Website Amount $95,000 Year 2020 Location Washington, D.C. Program Education Focus Area
CCF Community Initiatives Fund Geography Served: Los Angeles, California Project: This grant contributes to a pooled fund focused on pandemic response and recovery for Los Angeles postsecondary students and institutions. View Website Amount $50,000 Year 2020 Location Los Angeles, California Program Education Focus Area Aligning and Strengthening Urban Higher Education Ecosystems