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Covering the Future of Work

Other
WorkingNation|$140,000|9/2024 - 8/2026
This grant supports WorkingNation in expanding its reporting related to postsecondary education and workforce training, both broadly as national issues and in relation to rural communities and in carceral settings, specifically. The grant also supports focused reporting on specific workforce opportunities in cities and towns across the nation in collaboration with mayors and local leaders in those places.

Supporting the Future U. Podcast

Other
Academic Intelligence|$105,000|9/2024 - 8/2026
This grant supports Academic Intelligence in producing the Future U. podcast series, which features interviews with national thought leaders and innovators working to improve student success in postsecondary education.

Building a Statewide Data Dashboard for Postsecondary Education in Prison

Exploration
Coleridge Initiative Inc|$630,530|9/2023 - 8/2026
This grant supports the Coleridge Initiative in strengthening Arkansas’s data infrastructure to develop a data dashboard and conduct policy-relevant research on postsecondary education in prison. This project will serve as a model for other states on how to develop and use data to understand and improve postsecondary education in prison.

Strategies to Support Holistic Credit Mobility

Exploration
Ithaka Harbors Inc|$1,220,400|3/2024 - 8/2026
This grant supports Ithaka S+R in identifying and documenting learning from postsecondary institutions that are implementing strategies to recognize and apply credits as learners move across educational settings. Ithaka S+R will facilitate peer learning and develop resources to help institutions in better supporting learner and credit mobility, thereby saving learners time and money and increasing their chances of success.

Connecting the Justice-Impacted Community to Pre-entry Resources

Other
Our Community Ltd|$230,000|9/2024 - 8/2026
This grant supports Milwaukee-based Our Community in producing and expanding its bi-monthly prison newsletter, which is distributed to more than 8,000 incarcerated individuals in Wisconsin and provides resources and information to support success after release.

Connecting the Workforce Ecosystem through the Horizons Platform

Other
Jobs for the Future Inc|$350,000|9/2024 - 8/2026
This grant supports Jobs for the Future (JFF) in developing podcasts to be hosted on its online information and resource-sharing hub, the Horizons platform. Informed by an advisory council representing its broad, cross-sector network, JFF will develop two podcast series to explore opportunities and challenges related to connecting education and career in support of economic mobility.

Texas Transfer Alliance Phase II

Exploration
Communities Foundation of Texas Inc|$999,990|8/2024 - 7/2026
This grant supports the Communities Foundation of Texas in building a cross-sector coalition of stakeholders from education and the workforce to improve credit mobility statewide. The expanded Texas Transfer Alliance will work toward the goal of reducing the time and money required for learners to earn a credential of value.

Advancing Alternate Pathways to Technology Careers for Learners from Low-Income, Underserved Communities

Exploration
NPower Inc|$2,319,100|8/2024 - 7/2026
This grant supports NPower in expanding its technology sector workforce training programs. NPower will partner with institutions to support learners at-risk of dropping out, increase alumni engagement support for continued education and career persistence in technology, and launch a new full stack developer training program designed specifically for women from underrepresented communities.

Implementing the Opportunity Accelerator Program to Expand Postsecondary Pathways for Rural Learners

Exploration
Goodwill Industries International Inc|$2,000,000|8/2023 - 7/2026
This grant supports Goodwill Industries International in expanding its Opportunity Accelerator framework to serve eight rural communities. Local Goodwill centers will develop new training pathways aligned to labor market needs in their regions, providing low-income young adults with training and support to attain jobs that pay a living wage.

Creating Enabling Conditions for Adult Reskilling in Rural America through Narrative

Other
New York University|$277,100|7/2024 - 6/2026
This grant supports New York University’s Marron Institute in producing national reporting, communications, and a multimedia web project to raise the profile of rural workers and educational pathways in Appalachia. The project will highlight strategies to help more rural low-income workers in the region, and in other rural regions, to complete postsecondary education and workforce training programs aligned to local economies.