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Greater Texas Foundation Announces New Strategic Plan
Greater Texas Foundation recently completed a six-month planning process, under the guidance of FSG Social Impact Advisors, in which the foundation examined current and projected educational needs in Texas and how the foundation’s efforts might be best aligned to address them. Through this process, we learned a great deal about the challenges Texas students face [...]
Greater Texas Foundation Announces New Strategic Plan
Greater Texas Foundation recently completed a six-month planning process, under the guidance of FSG Social Impact Advisors, in which the foundation examined current and projected educational needs in Texas and how the foundation’s efforts might be best aligned to address them. Through this process, we learned a great deal about the challenges Texas students face [...]
Charles A. Dana Center AMDM Mathematics Capstone: A Course to Prepare All Students for College or the Workplace
Greater Texas Foundation awarded $410,000 to the Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas to support the development of an Advanced Mathematical Decision Making (AMDM) mathematics capstone course. In response to the new graduation requirement that Texas high school students complete four years of mathematics, the Dana Center—in partnership with the Texas Association of Supervisors [...]
The FIRST Texas Expansion Plan
First Texas announces its Strategy and Expansion Plan.
FIRST provides the nation a direct solution to an imperative call to action that the U.S. revamp its science, technology, engineering and math workforce in order to maintain its position as a secure nation.
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an organization that strives to inspire [...]
Foundation Grantee Receives William E. Simon Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Social Entrepreneurship
Greater Texas Foundation supports KIPP To (and through) College program, which is a college preparatory and support program designed to ensure access to and success in college for low income, minority students. The minds behind the KIPP charter school program and nationwide movement, Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin, have recently been awarded the William E. Simon Prize for [...]
University of Houston, Clear Lake - Celebrating Our Elders Scholarship
For the 2009-2010 school year, University of Houston - Clear Lake was awarded one of the foundation’s $25,000 Generation Proud Scholarship Program awards. The school decided to set up the Celebrating Our Elders Scholarships with the funding. This program invites students to share how an African-American or Hispanic elder has, through their own achievements, inspired the [...]
Community College Scholarship RFP Released
To help meet the unique financial aid needs of community college students and continue its commitment to remove barriers to education, Greater Texas Foundation announces the 2010 Community College Scholarship Program. The program will provide grants totaling $300,000, in need based aid to a selected set of Texas community colleges in 2010. Awards will not [...]
Generation Proud and Rising to the Challenge Scholarship RFP’s Released
To help encourage and support both first generation students and students making the transition from a community college setting to a four-year institution of higher learning, Greater Texas Foundation announces the 2010 Generation Proud and Rising to the Challenge Scholarship Programs. Each program will provide grants totaling $200,000 in need based aid to selected public [...]
ECHS Students Making Big Strides
While in their senior year of high school, students in El Paso, Texas in are taking upper division course work at the University of Texas El Paso. This group of 23 students attends Mission Early College High School and is among the first cohort to accomplish this level of completion. Because they have not completed high school, these students [...]
Greater Texas Foundation Renewing Support of Book Trust Program Within Two Local Schools.
During the 2008-2009 school year, GTF supported the Book Trust program for Kemp Elementary School (Bryan) and College Hills Elementary School (College Station). For the coming school year, these schools will again be supported. Book Trust is an independent charity dedicated to helping people learn to love books, at any age or in any culture. [...]
Foundation’s 2008 Annual Report Released
What an exciting year for the Foundation. In 2008, Greater Texas Foundation had the opportunity to support a diverse spectrum of education related programs and initiatives. From books for local school children to robotics competitions for high school students to induction and training support for aspiring teachers, the Foundation’s grantmaking reached students of [...]
Foundation Supported Schools Receive TEA Exemplary Rating
Congratulations to the following GTF supported schools for receiving an exemplary rating from the Texas Education Agency:
KIPP Houston High School - GTF supported a college preparatory and support program, To (and Through) College, designed to ensure access to and success in college for low-income, underrepresented students.
Brownsville Early College High School - The foundation, in partnership [...]