Awarded Grants

This grant supports Beyond Savvy Consumers in collaborating with postsecondary education partners to integrate financial literacy instruction into programming for incarcerated learners.

This grant supports The Petey Greene Program in expanding its college readiness and academic support programming to increase the number of incarcerated learners who access and succeed in postsecondary education programs.

This grant supports Wisconsin Watch in establishing new “Pathways to Success” reporting to cover postsecondary topics, trends, challenges, and solutions across the state.

This grant supports The Institute for College Access and Success in addressing the barriers to postsecondary attainment for adults with some college credits but no credential, and elevating evidence-based strategies to help those learners complete degrees. The project will focus specifically on understanding the unique barriers to completion for residents in rural southern communities with disproportionately low rates of postsecondary attainment.

This grant supports the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison in conducting coordination, technical assistance, and an annual convening for the field of Postsecondary Education in Prison.

This grant supports Frontline Justice in convening a national task force to design and implement a curriculum and credentialing pathway for non-attorney justice workers who provide critical legal services to underserved communities.

This grant supports Join FreeWorld in creating more opportunities for formerly incarcerated learners to enter living wage careers by expanding its delivery of CDL truck driver training in partnership with American Job Centers and other local and state workforce training organizations.

This grant supports the Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin in working with state and system-level leaders in Alabama to plan for scaled implementation of redesigned math pathways across the state's colleges and universities.

This grant supports Project Evident in identifying Ascendium-funded nonprofits ready to develop roadmaps for building and using evidence to generate stronger outcomes.

This grant supports the Universities of Wisconsin (UW) System in planning and launching a pilot of the Wisconsin Forward Pledge, an initiative combining financial, academic, and nonacademic supports for learners from low-income backgrounds to ensure their access, persistence, and success. As part of this initiative, the UW System will evaluate which components of support have the greatest impact on learner outcomes, helping to refine the impact and cost-effectiveness of the pledge initiative for future years.