GREATER TEXAS FOUNDATION | Annual Report 2021
$17.2 million
in grants made in 2021
Student Supports
$5,000
To support the student-focused track of the 8th Annual Texas MALES Leadership Summit at The University of Texas at Austin. (The University of Texas at Austin)
A Tiered Approach to Student Engagement and Retention Through Undergraduate Research
$289,742
$597,754
To support the implementation of Caring Campus at community colleges in Texas to increase students’ sense of connectedness and sense of belonging to the college, which research has shown increases retention, persistence, and completion. (Institute for Evidence-Based Change)
CROWN & PATH Program
$249,085
$428,794
$315,837
$5,000
$299,274
$691,158
$200,000
To support research that will outline the apprenticeship program landscape in Texas, including analyzing the demographic, sectoral, and gender profile of Texas programs, highlighting potential barriers to work-based learning or apprenticeship program participation in Texas, and identifying promising strategies to expand and brand apprenticeships to women and student parents. (Young Invincibles)
Transfer, Transition, and Advising
2021 NPSI Conference - Equity at the Practice Level
$5,000
To support the National Postsecondary Strategy Institute’s annual conference, which provides participants with practical steps in strengthening their strategies around college access and careers given each school district’s context. (National Postsecondary Strategy Institute)
Aspen Opportunity Youth – Austin
$450,000
To support the OYF community in Austin / Travis County, Texas to deepen the impact of their Opportunity Youth (OY) reconnection strategy and improve education and postsecondary education outcomes for youth and young adults of color in Austin, Texas. (The Aspen Institute, Inc.)
Back on Track in Texas: Cohort II Follow-up
$410,000
To support JFF in solidifying practices and partnerships in five re-engagement schools and programs so that young people who are disengaged from high school not only graduate college-ready but make seamless transitions to postsecondary education and training. (Jobs for the Future, Inc.)
Dallas County Promise Champions Initiative
$130,000
To support the Champions Initiative within Dallas County Promise participating high schools and neighboring school districts which provides rising seniors with mentors to support their college persistence endeavors. (Big Thought)
Dual Credit For All
$200,000
To support the Dual Credit For All project between Lone Star College-North Harris, Aldine ISD, and Spring ISD which will provide scholarships to economically disadvantaged students for dual credit CTE programs and measure the impact this has on increasing enrollment, persistence, and graduation rates. (North Harris Montgomery Community College District Foundation)
Equipping Institutions to Build Competency-Based Programs and Pathways to Drive Equitable Outcomes
$548,106
To support a select group of Texas institutions for CBE design using group-based and individualized technical assistance and supports. Participating institutions will be able to build, launch, and track learner outcomes from properly designed CBE programs and, in turn, prove the effectiveness of CBE models for providing affordable, clear, and efficient credential attainment pathways for students. (Competency-Based Education Network)
Future-Focused Texas Year II
$275,000
To support a second year of programming to help ensure as many high school seniors and recently matriculated college students in Texas have the information, guidance, and support they need to matriculate into college at rates complementary to pre-COVID numbers. (The Get Schooled Foundation)
GTF TAMU Advising Corps 4.0
$540,000
To support the GTF TAMU Advising Corps which places recent Texas A&M graduates at two Bryan ISD high schools and two College Station ISD high schools to serve as college advisers. (Texas A&M University)
Harnessing Course Sharing to Support Texas Pathways at Scale
$645,405
To support a collaboration between the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas and Acadeum to assist colleges across Texas, through inter-institutional course sharing, in solving the problems of persistence, on-time completion, and access to courses to assist in fulfilling guided pathways. (Austin Community College District)
Healthcare and Information Technology Postsecondary Career Pathways
$80,592
To support South Texas College’s Healthcare and Information Technology Postsecondary Career Pathways project, which will serve individuals without secondary credentials in postsecondary career pathways with multiple entry/exit points and stackable credentials (South Texas College)
Pathways To and Through College & Careers Through Student-Centered Advising
$277,722
To support the development of an embedded, four-year advising model that engages the entire school community, industry mentors, and external partners in a holistic approach that begins with intentional purpose planning in the 9th grade and offers guided college and career activities with reflection for each year of high school. (Center for Applied Science & Technology Network (CAST))
Rural Learning Track at 2021 National (Virtual) Conference
$30,000
To sponsor the rural track at NCAN’s 2021 virtual conference to help ensure conference participants from rural areas have content tailored to their needs. (National College Attainment Network)
The Texas College Access Network
$30,000
To support the next phase of TxCAN’s work, as TxCAN moves from coalition building to collective action around promising college access practices for impact and scale. (Communities Foundation of Texas)
Rural Collaborations
$842,780
To support ACCSS in South Central Texas to increase completion of High School Dual Credit classes and to create a seamless transition to postsecondary. The ACCSS partnership is comprised of Columbus I.S.D., Fayetteville I.S.D., Flatonia I.S.D., Schulenburg I.S.D., and Weimar I.S.D., and Blinn College at Schulenburg. (Blinn College)
$250,000
$1,203,182
2021 Brazos Valley Gives – Matching Funds for Participating ISD Education Foundations
$30,000
To support education foundations from six Brazos Valley Independent School Districts participating in the 3rd Annual Brazos Valley Gives Day: College Station I.S.D., Bryan I.S.D., Caldwell I.S.D., Brenham I.S.D., Burton I.S.D., and Navasota I.S.D. (Community Foundation of the Brazos Valley)
$174,500
$181,695
To support Amarillo College and Amarillo I.S.D. (Caprock High School) in creating data pipelines and data-use ecosystems necessary to build and maintain seamless pathways from students’ high school freshman year, through high school graduation, and into a postsecondary institution to ensure college degree/credential attainment. (Amarillo Junior College District)
$3,047,675
To develop repeatable, affordable, and scalable Promise models at North Central Texas College, Grayson College, and Tyler Junior College based on the success of the Dallas County Promise, Alamo Promise, and other Texas Promise initiatives. (Commit!2Dallas)
Math for Success
Addressing Misalignment at Critical Transition Points in Texas Education
$487,068
To support the Dana Center’s efforts to increase the number of Black and Latinx students and students from low-income families who have the mathematics preparation necessary to successfully transition from high school into postsecondary programs that lead to highwage, high-demand jobs in the Texas economy. (The University of Texas at Austin)
Teach to One and Math Innovation in Texas
$240,000
To support individualized math learning for 1,650 students in Dallas and Fort Worth for two academic years through the launch of a partnership between New Classrooms and the Uplift Education network, where four schools will implement the innovative math solutions, Teach to One 360 and Teach to One Roadmaps Plus. (New Classrooms Innovation Partners, Inc.)
Training Math Teachers to Pursue Equity
$400,000
To support Teach for America’s investment to evolve and optimize their math teacher training and support program centrally and across regions to further their joint goal of increasing the number of Texas students experiencing mathematics pathways that allow them to successfully prepare for and complete a postsecondary credential. (Teach For America, Inc.)
UTeach STEM Educators Virtual Conference 2021
$10,000
To support the UTeach STEM Educators Virtual Conference 2021, which brings together a community of over 600 faculty, alumni, students, and education and industry stakeholders for two days of professional learning focused on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in STEM Education. (The University of Texas at Austin)
Innovation
Career Accelerator Pilot Program
$309,126
To support the Career Accelerator pilot program which provides skills training and postsecondary credentialing for young adults who might otherwise become disconnected from both education and employment, while simultaneously filling a need for companies seeking skilled workers to fill well-paying jobs in IT. (Genesys Works Houston)
Student Financial Aid
Blinn College Foundation Emergency Fund: Continuing to Meet the Needs of Hardworking Students
$15,000
To support students seeking a postsecondary degree or certification by continuing the operations of Blinn College’s emergency fund. (Blinn College Foundation, Inc.)
Dr. Diana Natalicio Endowment
$25,000
To support the Dr. Diana Natalicio Endowment in honor of her vision for higher education for all. (El Paso Community College Foundation)
Emergency Aid Roadmap Program
$1,225,000
To provide emergency aid funding for students combined with technical assistance provided by Reos Partners to establish or improve emergency aid programs at community colleges with 10,000 students or less. Participating institutions include:
- College of the Mainland
- Galveston College
- Lee College
- McLennan Community College
- North Central Texas College
- Northeast Texas Community College
- Panola College
- Texas Southmost College
- Vernon College
- Victoria Collegeto establish or improve emergency aid programs at community colleges with 10,000 students or less
Greater Texas Foundation Aggie Scholars 2.0
$262,000
To add an additional cohort to the GTF Scholars program, which aims to increase the number of Texas early college high school (ECHS) graduates who successfully transition to a four-year institution of higher education and complete a baccalaureate degree. (Texas A&M University)
The Diana Natalicio Institute for Hispanic-Student Success
$75,000
To support student scholarships at an institution that is an established national model for Hispanic student success. (The University of Texas at El Paso)
UTRGV Greater Texas Foundation Scholars Program
$270,000
To add an additional cohort to the GTF Scholars program, which aims to increase the number of Texas early college high school (ECHS) graduates who successfully transition to a four-year institution of higher education and complete a baccalaureate degree. (The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Other Investments
2021 Texas Higher Education Leadership Conference
$5,000
To support THECB’s 2021 Leadership Conference which provides training for higher education leaders, as well as the annual State of Higher Education Address. The program highlighted key issues facing higher education, students, employer initiatives underway at the Coordinating Board and across Texas institutions, as well as opportunities for connecting with higher education stakeholders from across the state. (Texas Higher Education Foundation)
2021 Membership
$15,000
The Council on Foundations fosters an environment where philanthropy can thrive and cultivates a community of diverse and skilled philanthropic professionals and organizations who lead with integrity, serve as ethical stewards, and advocate for progress. This grant supports the foundation’s 2021 membership. (Council on Foundations, Inc.)
2021 Membership
$3,700
Grantmakers for Education (GFE) is the nation’s largest and most diverse network of education grantmakers dedicated to improving educational outcomes and increasing opportunities for all learners. This grant supports the foundation’s 2021 membership. (Grantmakers for Education)
UTEP Book Project
$5,000
To support the production of a book focused on the story of The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) as a national model of a student success focused institution under the leadership of Dr. Diana Natalicio. (Excelencia in Education, Inc.)
Texas Tribune Rural Support
$10,000
To support the Texas Tribune’s coverage of issues affecting rural Texas and statewide engagement activities in several areas. (Texas Tribune, Inc.)
2021 Membership
$7,390
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) is a community of funders committed to transforming philanthropic culture and practice by connecting members to the resources and relationships needed to support thriving nonprofits and communities. This grant supports the foundation’s 2021 membership. (Grantmakers for Effective Organizations)
2022 Membership
$2,250
PEAK Grantmaking is a member-led community of philanthropy professionals dedicated to advancing effective grantmaking practices. This grant supports the foundation’s 2022 membership. (PEAK Grantmaking, Inc.)
GTF Educational Matching Grant Program
GTF Educational Matching Grant Program 2021
$102,900
This program is meant to encourage giving by Greater Texas Foundation officers, board members, external committee members, managers, and employees to educational institutions or organizations supporting education through scholarships or programs related to any of the foundation’s strategic goals.
The foundation will match contributions up to $5,000 on a 3:1 basis.
- Baylor University
- Blinn College Foundation, Inc.
- Collin County Community College District Foundation
- Howard Payne University
- Prairie View A&M University
- Southwestern University
- St. Edward’s University
- Stephen F. Austin State University (2)
- Texas A&M Foundation
- Texas State University Development Foundation
- The Texas A&M University Commerce Foundation (2)
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Tyler Junior College Foundation
