This grant will enable College Spring to expand its in-school college preparation program to six to eight urban under-resourced Texas districts over three years, reaching 12,000 low-income students. View Website

This grant supports Veterans Education Success (VES), a nonpartisan organization that champions the rights of student veterans, will elevate veterans’ voices while advancing postsecondary access, quality, and accountability through media training, nonpartisan advocacy convenings with policymakers, and expansion of a free legal aid clinic for student veterans. View Website

This grant will provide general operating support to UNITE-LA, which focuses on postsecondary access and attainment in the nation’s second largest city, including college advising, dual enrollment, degree and credential completion, and workforce alignment. View Website

This cross-team grant with the American Cities Program will support the Cowen Institute to strengthen the New Orleans College and Career Attainment Network (NOLA CCAN). NOLA CCAN is a city-wide coordinated effort focused on increasing college access and success for low-income, first-generation, and students of color. The grant supports key staff positions, expands FAFSA completion efforts, enhances counselor training, and strengthens data use across 70+ high schools and organizations. View Website

This general operating support grant helps the Project on Predatory Student Lending (PPSL) strengthen pathways to an affordable, quality college education by exposing and eliminating predatory behavior in higher education. View Website

This cross-team grant with the American Cities Program supports the College Advising Corps’ (CAC) planning efforts to place near-peer college advisors in five Fresno high schools in fall 2026. View Website

This cross-team grant from the Education and American Cities Programs will support MDRC to partner with Tennessee Achieves (tnAchieves) and Southwest Tennessee Community College (SWTCC), the only community college in Memphis, to strengthen comprehensive student support systems. View Website

This grant helps launch Jobs for the Future’s (JFF) ELEVATE (Engaging Leaders and Empowering Vision that Actively Transforms Education) Postsecondary Network, a large-scale, coordinated, multi-state, change network designed to address persistent inequities in access and success for low-income and students of color. View Website

This general operating support grant will enable the Campaign for College Opportunity (Campaign) to protect its progress advancing access, student success, affordability, and racial equity in higher education, and to serve as a resource for policymakers and practitioners as they navigate unchartered territories that affect students. View Website

This grant will enable College Promise to deliver high-quality technical assistance to support the expansion, capacity, and sustainability of Promise programs nationally. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors provides fiscal sponsorship. View Website

Scholarship America is launching a national initiative to expand access to scholarships for low-income and underrepresented students. This project will use data integration and automation to match underserved students with scholarships they frequently overlook. This effort aims to grow annual disbursements from $320 million to $600 million to under-represented students within three years and generate insights and best practices to advance postsecondary success nationwide. View Website

This three-year effort will strengthen data systems, expand organizational capacity, and build on their partnership with MDRC to scale a proven support model. While directly reaching 600 students, the project holds broader potential to inform national strategies for serving low-income, first-generation Latino students.

This general operating support grant will enable Get Schooled to scale its personalized, culturally relevant college and career content, expanding its reach and ensuring more youth have the tools they need to achieve their postsecondary goals. In Detroit, the organization is launching a citywide campaign in partnership with Detroit College Access Network and the Detroit Promise to support all high school juniors and seniors. View Website

This grant supports Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University's participation in the Siyaphumelela ("We Succeed") initiative, expanding South Africa's national student success network from seven to 20 of the country's 26 universities. By joining Siyaphumelela, SMU will leverage evidence-based student success strategies to increase postsecondary attainment rates, enhance individual social mobility, and contribute to South Africa's prosperity while addressing the legacy of educational inequity. View Website

Second Nature will expand its long-standing leadership in higher education climate action through a new strategic plan that engages a broader range of campus leaders and institutions. With over 400 college and university members, the organization equips campuses to lead on climate solutions that benefit both their communities and the planet, especially in cities most impacted by climate change, while strengthening partnerships, piloting new initiatives, and scaling its impact to help higher education play a more powerful role in addressing climate and equity challenges. View Website

Public Agenda received support to launch a national mixed-methods research initiative examining how young men, particularly men of color, perceive higher education, economic opportunity, and civic engagement. Addressing stark disparities in college attainment—where only 37% of men aged 25-34 hold bachelor's degrees compared to 47% of women—the research will utilize focus groups, national surveys, and stakeholder engagement to develop actionable strategies for re-engaging young men in educational and democratic systems. View Website

E3 Alliance is leading the CenTxCAN-2027 Initiative to improve postsecondary outcomes for underserved students in Central Texas. By scaling coordinated advising, building shared learning communities, and enhancing policy advocacy, the initiative aims to increase college enrollment and persistence throughout the region. View Website

This grant funds the third round of the Thrive Leaders Network, providing coaching stipends and leadership development to 50 diverse executive directors from Kresge's Education grantee portfolio who are proximate to low-income communities and communities of color. Leaders will participate in cohort-based learning and an annual in-person summit designed to build community, strengthen leadership skills, and equip them to navigate the challenges and opportunities of leading college access and success organizations during uncertain times. View Website

This three-year unrestricted capacity-building grant supports The Center for Equitable Higher Education (CEHE), California's only research center exclusively focused on higher education basic needs. CEHE conducts research and evaluation to address food insecurity, housing instability, and inadequate healthcare and childcare access among college students. The center's work aims to drive California's higher education systems to prioritize student basic needs and implement equitable, effective programs that enable students to thrive and graduate, removing structural barriers to educational opportunity. View Website

This grant supports "The Class," a six-part PBS docuseries premiering in 2025 that highlights educational innovation. View Website