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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 [...]
Alamo Community College District Foundation: St. Philip’s College
Community College Scholarship Program: to provide need based scholarships to community college students.
Year: 2009
Amount: $25,000
Greater Texas Foundation Receives Community Partnership Award
Greater Texas Foundation representatives recently accepted the University of Houston-Clear Lake’s 2009 Community Partnership Award. The University showed its gratitude for the continued support and partnerships by hosting a breakfast for donors, partners, and friends for their contributions toward the University’s success.
Greater Texas Foundation has supported the University of Houston-Clear Lake since 2003, by helping [...]
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 [...]
Generation Proud Scholarship Program
$25,000 each to Tarleton State University; Midwestern State University; Lamar University; The University of Texas at Dallas; The University of Texas at San Antonio; University of North Texas; Angelo State University; Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi; Texas A&M University – Kingsville; Texas Women’s University; The University of Texas at Brownsville; University of Houston – [...]
Rising to the Challenge Scholarship Program
$25,000 each to Texas Tech University; Tarleton State University; University of North Texas; The University of Texas at San Antonio; Texas Women’s University; University of Houston – Clear Lake; The University of Texas of the Permian Basin; The University of Texas at Brownsville; Texas A&M University – Texarkana; Texas A&M University – Commerce; The University [...]
Community College Scholarship Program
$100,000 each to Lone Star College Foundation, Laredo Community College, San Antonio College, San Jacinto College Foundation, Northwest Vista College and St. Phillip’s College; $75,000 each to Brazosport College and Lee College; $50,000 each to Galveston College, Palo Alto College, Frank Phillips College and Houston Community College; $25,000 each to Midland College and Navarro College. [...]
Education is Freedom: Closing the Gap
$300,000 to Education is Freedom to provide scholarship assistance to help qualifying students pay tuition, fees, and other education-related expenses which are not covered by other scholarships or grants. Education is Freedom (EIF) Dallas was founded in 2003. The program’s approach to scholarship assistance is to help students access scholarships and financial aid offered by [...]