Grants Database
Year
Programs
Amount
Location
Higher Learning Advocates
To support coalition building, policy maker education, and student advocacy at the federal level aimed at improving college access and success
$100,000
HigherEd Insight LLC
To evaluate how Excelencia in Education’s Seal of Excelencia certification drives colleges to improve and identify opportunities to leverage learnings to inform broader policy and practice
$50,000
Hope Chicago Inc.
For its annual fundraising event, which supports college scholarships and wraparound services for Chicago Public School students and a parent/guardian as part of a two-generation approach to economic mobility
$5,000
Hope Chicago Inc.
To support advocacy on equitable public university funding, college affordability, and increased accountability in higher ed
$70,000
Illinois Community College Trustees Association
To educate policy makers about the benefits of community college baccalaureate degrees and survey employers on their perceptions of these degrees
$50,000
Indiana Latino Institute Inc.
To analyze data and convene K-12 and higher education administrators to discuss policies and strategies to increase Latino student participation in dual credit courses in districts with large Latino populations
$120,000
Institute for College Access and Success Inc.
To expand student advocacy and community outreach in Michigan and advance community- informed higher education policy
$225,000
Institute for Higher Education Policy
To develop a landscape map of field engagement on affirmative action in higher education, design an affirmative action research-to-policy framework, and convene researchers and policy experts to vet and socialize the framework
$200,000
Ithaka Harbors Inc.
To research the enrollment, academic, and labor market outcomes of students who enroll in out-of-state online programs and offer policy recommendations to help ensure students have access to high-quality college programs
$50,000
Ithaka Harbors Inc.
To support the Ohio College Comeback Compact, which aims to eliminate financial barriers preventing students with some college and no degree from re-enrolling
$30,000
Jobs for the Future Inc.
To run its Congressional Staff Network and organize a convening for post-secondary success
$130,000
Kids First Chicago for Education
For policy development, advocacy, and parent organizing around teacher quality, school accountability, and equitable funding in Chicago Public Schools
$250,000
Latino Policy Forum
To develop and advocate for educator effectiveness and college and career readiness policies aimed at Latino students and to launch a new post-secondary completion stream of work
$565,000
Launch Michigan
To advocate for strong state policies to strengthen K–12 accountability, funding, and college readiness
$200,000
Logan Square Neighborhood Association
To create policy recommendations on how to strengthen the pipeline and the in-school supports for teaching assistants, known as paraprofessionals
$78,000
National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships Inc.
To support the College in High School Alliance's dual credit state policy workshops
$600,000