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Outreach for Higher Education
Intended to create awareness of college and university opportunities and the processes necessary for matriculation from high school into post-secondary education including admission and financial aid processes. Additionally, the foundation is interested in programs from pre-K through grade 12 directed at improving access to post-secondary education for students (and parents) in underserved and economically challenged populations
Foundation Supports Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
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 [...]
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 [...]
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Grant to support a strategic planning process for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Year: 2009
Amount: $108,000
MDC, Inc.
$1,000,000 to support Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, a multi – year national initiative to improve student success at community colleges, especially for students of color and low income students. Achieving the Dream works to help students earn certificates or degrees that open the door to better jobs, further education, and greater opportunities. This [...]
KIPP, Inc.
$450,000 to KIPP, Inc. to fund KIPP To (and Through) College, a college preparatory and support program designed to ensure access and success in college for low-income, minority students. Through academic support, counseling, and Summer of Learning Opportunities, KIPP alumni are empowered to use their KIPP-learned scholarly habits, knowledge and qualities of character in their [...]
The University of Texas at Austin – Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk
$300,000 over three years to The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at The University of Texas at Austin to support the development, implementation and evaluation of Preventing School Dropout with Secondary School Students research project, a drop out prevention program aimed at Texas students in grades 9 and 10. The Meadows Center for Preventing [...]
University of Texas at Austin
Educational Matching Grant Program: to support the College of Natural Sciences UTeach Endowment.
Year: 2007
Amount: $1,000
Linda Lorelle Scholarship Fund, Inc.
To support the 3rd College Preparatory Conference designed to provide high school students with the tools and information to get them ready for college.
Year: 2006
Amount: $24,000
University of North Texas
The Science Place: to support student scholarships for the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas
Year: 2005
Amount: $3,000
Texas Tech University
Cross Cultural Academic Advancement Center (CCAAC): to support Mentor Tech scholarships, the CCAAC endowment, and programmatic development in both units.
Year: 2005
Amount: $75,000
Texas State University – San Marcos
Caminos Program Year 2: to support the Caminos Pre-College Access and Leadership Program designed to provide at-risk eighth grade students with an opportunity to enhance their academic and leadership skills.
Year: 2005
Amount: $94,824
Linda Lorelle Scholarship Fund, Inc.
To support the 2nd Annual College Preparatory Conference designed to provide high school students with the tools and information to get them ready for college.
Year: 2005
Amount: $25,000