By gtf on February 16, 2010
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board was formed in 1965 by the Texas Legislature and charged with the job of providing coordination and leadership for the Texas higher education system. Currently, the board is focused on Closing the Gaps by 2015, and is doing so by working with people and organizations statewide, ranging from the [...]
Posted in News, Outreach for Higher Education, Retired Funding Principles
By gtf on November 23, 2009
Greater Texas Foundation awarded $410,000 to the Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas to support the development
Posted in Features, Improving Science and Math Education, News, Teacher Skill Enhancement and New Teacher Preparation
By gtf on November 16, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in News, Outreach for Higher Education
By gtf on November 13, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Features, News, Scholarship Programs for Higher Education
By gtf on November 4, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in RFP Releases, Scholarship Programs for Higher Education
By gtf on November 2, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in RFP Releases, Scholarship Programs for Higher Education
By gtf on October 2, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in News, Retired Funding Principles, Scholarship Programs for Higher Education
By gtf on September 3, 2009
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. [...]
Posted in News, School-Community Partnerships
By gtf on July 20, 2009
Greater Texas Foundation has committed $150,000 over three years to Reasoning Mind, a nonprofit dedicated to helping children better understand and perform higher in the subject area of mathematics. This GTF funded program will provide additional students with core math instruction from the RM system. The grant will cover the cost of implementation for schools [...]
Posted in Improving Science and Math Education, News, Retired Funding Principles
By gtf on June 17, 2009
Mission Early College High School Scholarships: to support scholarships for twenty-three students transitioning from Mission Early College High School to full-time study at The University of Texas at El Paso.
Year: 2009
Amount: $20,000
Posted in Retired Funding Principles
By gtf on June 17, 2009
Removing Educational Barriers: to establish an endowed, need based scholarship program.
Year: 2008 (program ended), 2009 (actual payout)
Amount: $60,000
Posted in Retired Funding Principles
By gtf on June 17, 2009
Removing Educational Barriers: to establish an endowed, need based scholarship program.
Year: 2008 (program ended), 2009 (actual payout)
Amount: $60,000
Posted in Retired Funding Principles
