News Release
February 01, 2007
Lumina Foundation announces fourth-quarter grants
Indianapolis—Lumina Foundation for Education awarded $16.9 million in grants during the fourth quarter of 2006. These grants went to 79 organizations in 24 states and Washington, D.C. During 2006, the Foundation awarded $42.1 million to 178 grantees nationwide.
"National trends show that too few students will graduate from college over the next 15 years to keep the United States among the world leaders in educational attainment," said Martha D. Lamkin, Lumina Foundation's president and CEO. "Through strategic grants, convenings, and programs targeted at groups of students who have been traditionally underrepresented in higher education, Lumina strives to help close this gap."
Listed below are the 79 grants awarded during the fourth quarter, organized by state:
ARIZONA
Maricopa County Community College District (Tempe)—$334,750 to determine what program practices enhance academic achievement and persistence for at-risk high school and college students.
University of Arizona (Tucson)—$400,000 to provide postsecondary educational programs and services to Spanish-speaking youths and adults in the United States.
ARKANSAS
Arkansas Department of Higher Education (Little Rock)—$150,000 to support College Goal Sunday through 2009 in Arkansas.
CALIFORNIA
Asian American/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (San Francisco)—$110,000 to create and implement a National Giving Circle as a model for community philanthropy.
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (Sacramento)—$100,000 to provide college access information and support to low-income immigrants and their families.
Institute for the Study of Family, Work and Community (Berkeley)—$44,400 to design, publish, and disseminate the report "Working It Out: Community College and the Workforce Investment Act."
NALEO Educational Fund (Los Angeles)—$200,000 to support Latino policymakers to develop more effective education policy at local and state levels that will increase opportunities for Latinos to enter and complete college.
University of Southern California (Los Angeles)—$530,100 to increase Individual Development Account use for educational purposes.
COLORADO
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (Boulder)—$227,000 to develop a methodology for state-level measures of student success.
Regis University (Denver)—$133,300 to support College Goal Sunday through 2009 in Colorado.
State Higher Education Executive Officers (Boulder)—$10,000 to support the Spellings Commission Summit for state policy and higher education leaders.
WASHINGTON D.C.
Academy for Educational Development—$988,300 to build partnerships among four-year and community colleges, technical schools, high schools, community-based organizations, businesses and civic organizations to improve access and success among underserved populations
American Association of State Colleges and Universities—$89,500 to identify and examine campus programs, organizational characteristics and leadership practices that have a positive impact on Hispanic student graduation rates.
American Association of State Colleges and Universities—$136,000 to examine research on the Pell grant program to understand policy options regarding possible changes in the program and their consequences for student access and success.
American Council on Education—$870,300 to implement grassroots outreach efforts over 10 months to complement the KnowHow2Go public awareness campaign.
The College Board—$150,150 to research the effectiveness of student aid policies and programs in increasing access to and success in higher education.
The Finance Project—$18,300 to provide capacity building for the organizations participating in the Breaking the Cycle cluster evaluation.
George Washington Heath Resource Center—$215,000 to provide students with disabilities information on postsecondary education opportunities and success strategies.
Institute for Educational Leadership, Inc.—$407,260 to conduct an evaluation of the Education Policy Fellowship Program.
The Manufacturing Institute—$537,900 to catalyze business leadership in support of policies promoting college accountability, affordability, access and success.
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges—$267,900 to develop and promote a voluntary system of institutional accountability.
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators—$125,600 to support College Goal Sunday through 2009 in Georgia.
National Council for Community and Education Partnerships—$1,500 to purchase 30 copies of the book "African American Men in College" for each McCabe participant in the 2006 training.
National Youth Employment Coalition—$10,000 to support NYEC's participation in a communication leadership institute for nonprofit organizations.
The Forum—$200,000 to identify and develop strategies to promote new philanthropy.
FLORIDA
University of Florida (Gainesville)—$1,602,000 to serve as a partner in the Achieving the Dream initiative.
GEORGIA
Southern Education Foundation (Atlanta)—$138,800 to build awareness of education issues that affect Mississippi and Louisiana in the post-Katrina era.
HAWAII
Pacific Financial Aid Association (Honolulu)—$50,000 to continue to support College Goal Sunday through 2009 in Hawaii.
ILLINOIS
City Colleges of Chicago (Chicago)—$150,100 to support the Bridges-to-Careers program designed to improve education and employment opportunities for 300 low-income adult learners, ages 21 and older.
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (Chicago)—$96,000 to support stage one of the development of a comparative analysis of state performance on adult learning to increase the awareness of policy-makers and other stakeholders about the role played by adult learning systems in meeting educational workforce needs.
DonorsChoose (Chicago)—$120,000 to build philanthropy by challenging individual donors to support public education needs.
Illinois Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (Springfield)—$50,000 to continue to support College Goal Sunday through 2009 in Illinois.
Illinois State University (Normal)—$242,000 to conduct research and write a book on the characteristics of today's college students and young adults who should be attending college but are not.
YMCA of the USA (Chicago)—$518,720 to pilot a student-led college retention and success program.
YMCA of the USA (Chicago)—$110,000 to provide local and national support to the KnowHow2Go college access campaign by assisting students through YMCA programs.
INDIANA
Calumet College of Saint Joseph (Whiting)—$84,300 to increase Twenty-first Century Scholar retention.
College Mentors for Kids (Indianapolis)—$175,000 to support the expansion and assessment of the College Mentor for Kids' mentoring programs.
Hawthorne Social Service Associations, Inc. (Indianapolis)—$1,000 to compensate the grantee for allowing Lumina Foundation to photograph community-center clients for the Web site.
Indiana State University (Terre Haute)—$99,700 to increase Twenty-first Century Scholar retention.
Indiana University (Bloomington)—$79,000 to increase Twenty-first Century Scholar retention.
Indiana University (South Bend)—$100,000 to increase Twenty-first Century Scholar retention.
Indiana University (Southeast Region)—$100,000 to increase Twenty-first Century Scholar retention.
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana (Northeast Region)—$100,000 to increase Twenty-first Century Scholar retention.
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana (Region 1)—$94,800 to increase Twenty-first Century Scholar retention.
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana (Indianapolis)—$300,000 to support Ivy Tech State College's transformation to meet its responsibilities as a technical college, a two-year academic college and a provider of workforce and skills training.
Knowledge is Power (Indianapolis)—$55,500 to implement a staff development training program for principals and teachers interested in applying the KIPP model in the Indianapolis Public School district.
Learn More Indiana (Indianapolis)—$200,000 to implement the KnowHow2Go campaign in Indiana.
Martin University (Indianapolis)—$125,000 to implement the succession plan at Martin University.
North Central High School (Indianapolis)—$50,000 to prepare underrepresented students for participation in the Advancing Academic Excellence program.
Purdue University (West Lafayette)—$100,000 to increase Twenty-first Century Scholar retention.
Purdue University (West Lafayette)—$67,500 to support the annual Indiana Retention and Success Conference and the Twenty-first Century Scholars postsecondary support meetings.
Sagamore Institute for Policy Research (Indianapolis)—$226,800 to examine the effects of Indiana's migrant population on the state's higher education system.
Sagamore Institute for Policy Research (Indianapolis)—$25,000 to examine how current Indiana performance measures and programs for adult education support economic and workforce development.
University of Evansville (Evansville)—$97,300 to increase Twenty-first Century Scholar retention.
LOUISIANA
Dillard University (New Orleans)—$200,000 to increase student and alumni involvement with recruitment, retention and fundraising efforts
Louisiana Board of Regents (Baton Rouge)—$700,000 to support a strategic planning process for higher education in Louisiana.
Louisiana Community and Technical College System (Baton Rouge)—$100,000 to support a planning process for improving student success in the Louisiana Community and Technical College System.
MAINE
Finance Authority of Maine (Augusta)—$50,000 to continue support for College Goal Sunday through 2009 in Maine.
MASSACHUSETTS
The Education Resources Institute, Inc. (Boston)—$100,000 to develop Web-based tools for evaluating pre-college access programs and to support the Pathways to College Network research program.
Year Up (Boston)—$500,000 to provide urban youth adults with the skills and experiences needed to pursue postsecondary education and careers.
MICHIGAN
Partnership for Learning (Lansing)—$50,000 to continue support for College Goal Sunday through 2009 in Michigan.
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)—$200,000 to study and analyze the success of Indiana's Twenty-first Century Scholars program.
MISSOURI
Missouri Association of Student Financial Aid Personnel (St. Louis)—$50,000 to continue support of College Goal Sunday through 2009 in Missouri.
Washington University in St. Louis (St. Louis)—$300,000 to develop policy recommendations and support for Children's Savings Accounts dedicated to postsecondary education.
NEW YORK
Action Without Borders, Inc (New York)—$250,000 to encourage people at career transition points to pursue careers in the nonprofit sector.
Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media (New York)—$950,000 to build public understanding and support of issues of higher education access and success and community colleges by helping journalists provide higher quality coverage of the issues.
New York State Financial Aid Administrators Association (Syracuse)—$150,000 to support College Goal Sunday through 2009 in New York.
Social Science Research Council (New York)—$9,600 to support a workshop of research fellows working on projects under the Transitions to College project.
Social Science Research Council (New York)—$160,000 to conduct research on the effect of institutional characteristics, course-taking patterns and social and academic factors on the learning outcomes of disadvantaged students.
The Twenty-First Century Foundation (New York)—$300,000 to support the development of programs and services to address the educational access and success of African-American men and boys.
OHIO
Ohio College Access Network (Cincinnati)—$200,000 to implement the KnowHow2Go campaign in Ohio.
OREGON
Oregon Student Assistance Commission (Eugene)—$142,600 to support College Goal Sunday through 2009 in Oregon.
PENNSYLVANIA
OMG Center for Collaborative Learning (Philadelphia)—$101,700 to support the work of the McCabe Fund's grantee evaluation.
SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (Columbia)—$144,700 to support College Goal Sunday through 2009 in South Carolina.
SOUTH DAKOTA
University of Sioux Falls (Sioux Falls)—$106,300 to support College Goal Sunday through 2009 in South Dakota.
UTAH
Western Governors University (Salt Lake City)—$400,000 to study the characteristics and experiences of underserved populations at the Western Governors University, to determine success and risk factors in their academic progress, and test changes in delivery mechanisms to enhance their rates of program completion.
TEXAS
The Texas Schools Project at the University of Texas (Richardson)—$83,500 to develop college readiness, transition and success measures for Texas public high schools.
WASHINGTON
Northwest Education Loan Association (Seattle)—$149,700 to support College Goal Sunday through 2009 in Washington.
WEST VIRGINIA
National Association of Secondary School Principals (Reston)—$95,000 to survey perceptions of eighth-grade students about the process of preparing for college.
About Lumina Foundation
Lumina Foundation for Education, an Indianapolis-based, private, independent foundation, strives to help people achieve their potential by expanding access and success in education beyond high school. Through grants for research, innovation, communication and evaluation, as well as policy education and leadership development, Lumina Foundation addresses issues that affect access and educational attainment among all students, particularly underserved student groups, including adult learners. The Foundation bases its mission on the belief that postsecondary education remains one of the most beneficial investments that individuals can make in themselves and that society can make in its people. For more information, contact Dianna Boyce, Lumina Foundation's communication associate at 317.951.5116.
