Supporting the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison’s Field Leadership
Exploration
Alliance for Higher Education in Prison|$750,000|10/2024 - 9/2025
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.
Scaling CDL Training and Career Pathways for Formerly Incarcerated Learners
Exploration
Join Freeworld Inc|$741,750|10/2024 - 9/2025
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.
Leveraging NCAN Members to Increase Success for Incarcerated Learners
Exploration
National College Attainment Network|$630,000|10/2023 - 9/2025
This grant supports the National College Attainment Network (NCAN) in developing technical assistance for its members tailored to postsecondary education in prison. With its support, more NCAN members will partner with postsecondary education in prison programs to deliver supportive services to incarcerated learners.
Prevalence of Lived Experience in Leadership Positions
Exploration
The Urban Institute |$100,000|9/2024 - 8/2025
This grant supports Urban Institute in understanding the prevalence of lived experiences in or adjacent to the criminal justice system, including personal history of incarceration, among nonprofit organizational leaders. The project will identify best practices and develop data collection tools funders can use to understand the extent to which their grantees are led by individuals with relevant lived experience.
Supporting the Expansion of the THRIVE Program
Exploration
The College & Community Fellowship Inc|$522,710|9/2024 - 8/2025
This grant supports College & Community Fellowship to refine and expand its THRIVE training and coaching program, which helps college campuses and employers strengthen their ability to serve individuals after release from incarceration.
Formerly Incarcerated Leaders Fellowship
Other
Rockwood Leadership Institute|$938,239|8/2023 - 8/2025
This grant supports Rockwood Leadership Institute in developing and piloting a professional learning cohort for formerly incarcerated leaders working within the field of postsecondary education in prison.
Implementing an Evaluability Assessment
Exploration
Reentry Campus Program|$250,000|12/2022 - 8/2025
This grant supports Reentry Campus Program in continuing to strengthen its core programming aimed at helping incarcerated and formerly incarcerated learners identify a career path, gain college credit and complete degrees and certificates. The grant also supports their capacity to work with an external evaluator to define their unique program model and lay the groundwork for future evaluation.
Fair Chance to Advance: Transforming Systems & Building Pathways from Corrections to Quality Jobs
Exploration
Jobs for the Future Inc|$750,000|6/2024 - 6/2025
This grant supports Jobs for the Future in designing an initiative focused on supporting and scaling high-quality postsecondary education in prison programs in a cohort of states.
Technical Assistance for Teaching and Learning Initiative
Exploration
University of Puget Sound|$598,500|1/2024 - 6/2025
This grant supports the University of Puget Sound in designing and beginning to create resources and trainings aimed at improving teaching and learning within college classrooms in prison. An initial project will focus on identifying and codifying promising practices for preparing faculty to teach in carceral settings.
Planning for a Center for Prison Education Research and Leadership
Exploration
University of Utah|$1,068,000|7/2023 - 6/2025
This grant supports the University of Utah in planning the design and launch of a research center focused on postsecondary education in prisons. The proposed center will serve as a national hub for defining critical evidence gaps and advancing rigorous research to inform the design, evaluation and improvement of postsecondary education programs for incarcerated learners.
