Expanding educational horizons for Texas students
Big state.
Big challenges.
Let’s create
big opportunity.
We partner with educational institutions, organizations, and state leaders to help more students earn a postsecondary credential that puts them on a path to success.
Sharing our resources and expertise, we work with other changemakers to improve access to postsecondary education and enhance completion for all kinds of students.
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Together we can help students see beyond the horizon and into a brighter future for themselves. We make grants, convene leaders, form partnerships, fund research, and share knowledge.
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Our Strategy for Brighter Futures
Our investments and partnerships are guided by our Strategic Plan. In 2025, we’ve refined our strategic grantmaking approach while holding fast to our spirit of collaboration and our support for innovative solutions with wide-ranging impact.
Learn about Strategic Plan 2025-29 and how we are working to widen the horizons of opportunity for all Texas learners.
The Challenge
By 2036, 70% of jobs will require a postsecondary credential. Today, only 22% of Texas students are on track to earn a degree or credential after high school.
Investing in Change
$150
million
in grants funded
since inception
Our 2020-24
grantmaking
benefited
1.2 million
Texas
learners
Recent News
Council of Independent Colleges launches a Texas consortium for experiential learning
In 2023, approximately 8.2 million learners wanted to pursue an internship, but only 3.6 million could actually secure one. To address this gap in opportunity, the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) will launch a three-year statewide consortium in Texas focused on offering experiential learning and
IDRA collaborates with ESC 1 to provide tailored on-site support for ECHS and P-TECH models in the RGV
With a $500,000 grant, IDRA will work with ESC 1 to deliver sustained professional development, technical assistance, mentoring, and coaching to replicate nationally recognized ECHS practices in the Rio Grande Valley. Through consistent, tailored on-site support to districts and campuses, IDRA will help build wall-to-wall
The Aspen Institute enhances curriculum for senior leadership at rural community colleges
With a $524,950 grant, the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program (Aspen) will adapt leadership curriculum and resources for senior leaders from 28 institutions around the country, including 4 Texas institutions, that are participating in NCII’s rural regionalized guided pathways work. The curriculum will be designed
Greater Texas Foundation courageously provides leadership and resources to the era-defining issue of postsecondary success for all students.”
-Hector Bojorquez, Intercultural Development Research Association