Blue Meridian Partners Impact Investment
Scaling
This grant supports a pooled funding initiative seeking to change the odds of young people living in poverty by directing long-term, substantial resources to organizations with proven impact.
Strengthening National Service as a Pathway to Workforce Development and Economic Mobility in Rural Communities
Exploration
This grant supports Lead for America in designing and embedding workforce-aligned credentials into its national service program, which provides rural learners with a year-long curriculum and on-the-job experiences in digitally-focused jobs in the social sector. The project will expand Lead for America's program by more than doubling the number of rural learners from low-income backgrounds completing the service year and earning credentials.
Exploring Shortened Academic Terms in California Community Colleges
Exploration
This grant supports the Foundation for California Community Colleges in exploring the implementation of shortened academic terms at scale to improve learner persistence and completion outcomes.
Rural Appalachian Workforce Development and Postsecondary Pathways Project
Scaling
This grant supports Coalfield Development Corporation in addressing generational poverty in Appalachia by providing pathways to socioeconomic well-being for learners and workers in distressed rural regions. With a focus on replicating Coalfield Development's successful micro-credential workforce development models, the organization will expand training, certification, and employment opportunities for low-income individuals across the region.
Providing Work-Based Learning Opportunities through Serve-Learn-Earn Vermont
Exploration
This grant supports Vermont Youth Conservation Corps in offering affordable work-based learning opportunities for diverse learners from low-income backgrounds through its Serve Learn Earn program.
STEM Transfer Partnership 2.0: Extending Impact Through Enhanced Partnerships
Exploration
This grant supports Community College Research Initiatives at the University of Washington in addressing the shortage of STEM transfer students from low-income backgrounds by enhancing inter-institutional transfer partnerships in Washington state.
Empowering HBCUs to Expand Higher Education in Prison Programs
Exploration
This grant supports Healthy Routines, a project of Benedict College, in engaging and supporting Historically Black Colleges and Universities in South Carolina to establish pathways and expand access to postsecondary education in prison opportunities for incarcerated learners across the state.
Talent Strong Texas Pathways: Student Supports and Belonging HB8 Implementation
Exploration
This grant supports the Texas Success Center in developing and implementing holistic basic needs and support services at Texas community colleges. This statewide initiative aims to help colleges strengthen supports for learners to ensure they complete credential of values in alignment with the state’s new funding model established by House Bill 8.
Innovations in Proactive Communication and Support for STEM Success
Validation
This grant supports the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University in assessing the impact of a tech-enabled, academic support innovation targeting students’ STEM gateway course success and persistence at Georgia State University.
Building a National Network of First-Generation Data Savvy Institutions
Exploration
This grant supports the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators in providing technical assistance to 60 colleges and universities through its Center for First-Generation Student Success. The Center will help institutions develop a definition of first-generation college students and set up data systems to understand how well programs are serving them.