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Select a category or browse through the following alphabetic list of grants:
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Allocation |
| Increasing Student Success at Community and Open-Admission Colleges |
$ |
1,826,100 |
| Recruiting, Preparing and Retaining Public School Leaders |
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3,940,000 |
| Increasing Access to Preschool Programs |
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850,000 |
| Promoting College Attendance through the Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Scholarship Program |
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5,827,178 |
| Increasing Postsecondary Matriculation by Preparing Students for College |
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1,737,500 |
| Recruiting, Preparing and Retaining Highly Qualified Teachers |
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1,350,000 |
| Increasing Family Participation |
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50,000 |
| Improving Public Universities and Community Colleges through Good Governance |
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210,000 |
| Other |
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488,000 |
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| TOTAL ALLOCATION |
$ |
16,278,778 |
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2010
Allocation |
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Aldine Independent School District
Houston, TX
Toward "Preparing to Dream," a program to encourage students to enroll and succeed in college
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2008 |
$ |
225,000 |
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$ |
75,000 |
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Alvin Community College
Alvin, TX
Toward improving student success by implementing "Achieving the Dream" strategies
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2007 |
$ |
400,000 |
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$ |
74,000 |
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Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
Washington, DC
Toward improving college and university governance in Texas through educational programs for regents, trustees, presidents, chancellors and senior administrators
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2008 |
$ |
30,000 |
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$ |
10,000 |
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Brazosport College
Lake Jackson, TX
Toward improving student success by implementing "Achieving the Dream" strategies
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2007 |
$ |
400,000 |
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$ |
91,000 |
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Center for Reform of School Systems Inc.
Houston, TX
Toward a four-day intensive induction program for new school board members, and toward follow-up programs for previously trained, sitting board members
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2010 |
$ |
250,000 |
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$ |
125,000 |
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Collaborative for Children
Houston, TX
Toward programs that help young children succeed in school and in life, and toward "College Bound-Beginning at Birth," a multi-year, neighborhood-based project to increase high school graduation rates and college attendance through programs that support families, caregivers and teachers and that provide children with access to health care
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2010 |
$ |
1,700,000 |
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$ |
850,000 |
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College for All Texans Foundation: Closing the Gaps
Austin, TX
Toward the Higher Education Policy Institute of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to conduct research on, and disseminate information about, practices that lead to higher levels of student success in Texas's community colleges and universities
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2008 |
$ |
1,912,500 |
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$ |
637,500 |
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College of the Mainland
Texas City, TX
Toward improving student success by implementing "Achieving the Dream" strategies
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2007 |
$ |
400,000 |
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$ |
67,500 |
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Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
Houston, TX
Toward "Preparing to Dream," a program to encourage students to enroll and succeed in college
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2008 |
$ |
225,000 |
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$ |
75,000 |
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Education Pioneers Inc.
Oakland, CA
Toward attracting talented graduate students to careers in public education through summer fellowships in Houston area public schools and education reform organizations
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2009 |
$ |
150,000 |
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$ |
150,000 |
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Fredericksburg Education Initiative Inc.
Fredericksburg, TX
Toward placing a project-based aerospace and rocketry course into more Houston area high schools
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2009 |
$ |
250,000 |
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$ |
250,000 |
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Galveston Community College
Galveston, TX
Toward improving student success by implementing "Achieving the Dream" strategies
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2009 |
$ |
20,000 |
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$ |
20,000 |
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Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District
Baytown, TX
Toward "Preparing to Dream," a program to encourage students to enroll and succeed in college
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2008 |
$ |
225,000 |
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$ |
75,000 |
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Houston Community College System
Houston, TX
Toward improving student success by implementing "Achieving the Dream" strategies
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2009 |
$ |
20,000 |
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$ |
20,000 |
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Houston Independent School District
Houston, TX
Toward "Preparing to Dream," a program to encourage students to enroll and succeed in college
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2008 |
$ |
225,000 |
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$ |
75,000 |
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Jesse H. Jones and Mary Gibbs Jones Scholars Program
Houston, TX
Toward college and university scholarships for graduating Harris County high school seniors
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2009 |
$ |
5,827,178 |
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$ |
5,827,178 |
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Lee College
Baytown, TX
Toward improving student success by implementing "Achieving the Dream" strategies
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2007 |
$ |
400,000 |
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$ |
76,000 |
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Linda Lorelle Scholarship Fund Inc.
Houston, TX
Toward a conference to help Houston area students successfully apply for college admission and financial aid
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2008 |
$ |
30,000 |
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$ |
10,000 |
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Lone Star College System
The Woodlands, TX
Toward improving student success by implementing "Achieving the Dream" strategies
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2007 |
$ |
400,000 |
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$ |
100,000 |
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MIND Research Institute
Santa Ana, CA
Toward improving elementary and middle school student performance in math by implementing a supplemental instruction software program in Houston area schools
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2010 |
$ |
100,000 |
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$ |
100,000 |
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National Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation
Alexandria, VA
Toward a national conference in Houston for pre-K through eighth grade school leaders
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2010 |
$ |
25,000 |
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$ |
25,000 |
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National College Access Network Inc.
Washington, DC
Toward "Preparing to Dream," a program to help five Houston area school districts implement strategies that encourage motivated, academically capable, low-income students to enroll and succeed in college
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2007 |
$ |
2,290,000 |
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$ |
515,000 |
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The New Teacher Project, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
Toward reviewing Houston ISD's human resources infrastructure, policies and practices to improve the district's ability to recruit, place and retain effective teachers in every classroom
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2010 |
$ |
200,000 |
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$ |
200,000 |
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Prairie View A&M University
Prairie View, TX
Toward improving student success by implementing "Achieving the Dream" strategies
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2007 |
$ |
400,000 |
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$ |
100,000 |
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Rice University
Houston, TX
Toward tuition reimbursement to encourage Master's of Business Administration and Education Entrepreneurship graduates to seek full-time employment in Houston's low-performing schools
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2007 |
$ |
2,960,000 |
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$ |
2,960,000 |
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Rice University
Houston, TX
Toward initiating a Master's of Business Administration and Education Entrepreneurship degree program and two other advanced certificate programs to train and credential principals to create and lead successful schools
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2007 |
$ |
4,240,000 |
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$ |
730,000 |
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San Jacinto College District
Pasadena, TX
Toward improving student success by implementing "Achieving the Dream" strategies
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2007 |
$ |
400,000 |
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$ |
100,000 |
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Spring Branch Education Foundation
Houston, TX
Toward developing campus-based case studies to help principals learn how to effectively manage complex enterprises
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2010 |
$ |
100,000 |
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$ |
100,000 |
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Spring Branch Independent School District
Houston, TX
Toward "Preparing to Dream," a program to encourage students to enroll and succeed in college
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2008 |
$ |
225,000 |
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$ |
75,000 |
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Teach for America Inc.
Houston, TX
Toward recruiting, training and placing outstanding teachers in Houston's low-income, inner-city schools, and toward strengthening programs that encourage area alumni to assume leadership positions in public schools
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2008 |
$ |
450,000 |
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$ |
150,000 |
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Texas A&M Foundation
College Station, TX
Toward establishing a consortium of local school districts to investigate and define challenges to middle school student performance
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2010 |
$ |
108,000 |
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$ |
108,000 |
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Texas Southern University
Houston, TX
Toward improving student success by implementing "Achieving the Dream" strategies
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2007 |
$ |
400,000 |
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$ |
100,000 |
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Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Washington, DC
Toward a study to investigate and document conditions needed to build and sustain meaningful public school system reform in Houston and in other large cities
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2010 |
$ |
30,000 |
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$ |
30,000 |
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University of Houston
Houston, TX
Toward expanding "Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count," a unified approach to improving student success at seven community college systems and four universities in the greater Houston area
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2008 |
$ |
400,000 |
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$ |
100,000 |
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University of Houston
Houston, TX
Toward improving teacher preparation programs by sponsoring research and development activities at Texas universities through the Center for Research, Evaluation and Advancement of Teacher Education (CREATE)
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2008 |
$ |
2,800,000 |
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$ |
850,000 |
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University of Houston-Downtown
Houston, TX
Toward improving student success by implementing "Achieving the Dream" strategies
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2007 |
$ |
400,000 |
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$ |
100,000 |
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The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Toward infrastructure and support for "Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count," a unified approach to improving student success at seven community college systems and four universities in the greater Houston area
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2006 |
$ |
4,500,000 |
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$ |
673,000 |
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The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Toward infrastructure and support for "Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count," a unified approach to improving student success at seven community colleges and four universities in the greater Houston area
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2007 |
$ |
550,000 |
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$ |
104,600 |
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The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Toward improving college access and success through a study that supplies information to schools and school districts about the college attendance of their high school graduates
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2008 |
$ |
600,000 |
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$ |
200,000 |
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The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Toward training community college board members in good governance practices and student success initiatives through the Board of Trustees Institute
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2010 |
$ |
200,000 |
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$ |
200,000 |
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W. Oscar Neuhaus Memorial Foundation
Bellaire, TX
Toward free services to help parents obtain information and referrals about dyslexia and other reading difficulties
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2008 |
$ |
100,000 |
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$ |
50,000 |
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Wharton County Junior College
Wharton, TX
Toward improving student success by implementing "Achieving the Dream" strategies
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2007 |
$ |
400,000 |
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$ |
100,000 |
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