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Lumina Foundation supports efforts to increase awareness of the benefits of higher education, improve student access to and preparedness for college, improve student success in college and increase productivity across the higher education system. Such efforts include:
- Work that stimulates broad-based and systemic change, helping the Foundation to accelerate progress on Goal 2025.
- Work that focuses on promoting educational access and success for underserved populations, especially low-income students, students of color, first-generation college students and adult learners. Please note, however, that we do not support direct service programs (see "What We Don't Fund").
- Work to create a more informed environment that is willing to adopt more effective practices and policy reform around issues of access and success.
- Programs that demonstrate capacity for long-term growth and sustainability.
- Research and/or evaluation that results in new knowledge and evidence to strengthen opportunities for postsecondary access and success.
- Work that addresses increasing efficiency, effectiveness and productivity to more cost-effectively educate a significantly larger share of the U.S. population.
- Collaborative work among established organizations with broad, large-scale, interstate or national reach.
Grants vary in size by their scope. The median size of a grant is approximately $250,000. The usual duration for a grant is one to three years. As you consider submitting an inquiry, please pay attention to types of work we don't fund. See: What We Don't Fund »
Info for Grant Seekers
- What We Fund
- What We Don't Fund
- Who and Where We Fund
- Preparing and Submitting a Letter of Inquiry
- The Review Process
- Solicited Proposals
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